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More than one-fifth of all Americans are binge drinkers, regularly consuming more than five alcoholic beverages a day, according to the results of a new Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released Thursday.

Twenty-three percent of the population reported participating in binge drinking, according to Daniel Bates of the Daily Mail. Furthermore, approximately 8-percent of underage drinkers surveyed said that they would get drunk on a weekly basis, despite being prohibited by law from consuming wine, beer, and hard liquor, Bates reported.

“Experts have repeatedly warned about the dangers that binge drinking can have, especially on teenagers,” the Daily Mail reporter noted.

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Physicians Chance Matthiesen of Billings and Michael Confer of Stillwater will present research findings at the annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in early October in Miami Beach, Fla.

Matthiesen has studied newer radiation techniques used to cure large, advanced skin cancers once considered incurable by surgery or traditional radiation therapy.

Confer will present two papers. One will be on the early warning signs of long-term complications in lung cancer patients undergoing a certain type of radiotherapy. Get more…

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Heady, fragrant, exotic… It’s impossible not to be smitten by the summer scents of rose petals, fresh mint and limeThe still, heavy air of high summer has got the better of me and I am already wishing for the return of winter’s clear, cold, frosty mornings, but at least July brings us some wonderful stuff to eat. Ripeness is everywhere right now, from heavy, juice-laden blackcurrants down in the fruit patch to the first of the home-grown Sungold tomatoes no bigger the marbles. Best of all are the white peaches, cantaloupe melons and loganberries, whose ripeness can be sniffed from a metre away.Any food shopper who fails to inhale the summer’s produce is missing a trick. Th Get more…

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CBS 11 AND TXA 21 are proud new sponsors of the Muscular Dystrophy Associations annual Labor Day Telethon. On June 23, Larry Mowry and Karen Borta both visited the MDA Summer Camp.

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My wife and son are doing nebulizer treatments for asthma. We all got mucus and phlegm and coughs but the 2 of them were the worst hit. They were both down and out and could not go to work or school. My 2nd boy missed only one day and our girl missed only one day. I gave them Valda pastilles to sooth their throats so they could expel their phlegm forcefully without pain.

Why does it seem to be such a waste that my wife buys tens of disposable nebulizer sets? Why does that hose and mouthpiece have to be disposable? Why not just buy 2 sets? One for my wife and one for my boy.

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