October 2016
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Healthy eating linked to lower probability of breast cancer
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there have been several articles out about diagnosis and treatment and changing lifestyles regarding nutrition.
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Mount Nittany Physician Group Dermatology welcomes Dr. Loretta Pratt
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STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health has announced the addition of Dr. Loretta Pratt to Mount Nittany Physician Group Dermatology. “My philosophy of care is to treat not just a patient’s symptoms, but the whole person,” said Pratt. “I take into consideration emotional, nutritional, psychosocial and environmental factors that can, at times, contribute to dermatological…
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Free Centre County flu shot clinics set in November
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BELLEFONTE — Sandy Shuckers, health and wellness coordinator, visited the meeting of the Centre County commissioners recently to reveal the dates and times for the free flu shot clinics at local senior centers.
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Toomey to Campaign in State College with Iowa Senator
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania’s Republican incumbent, will bring his re-election campaign to the Centre Region on Thursday.
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Penn State Women’s Soccer in Line for Big Ten Title Despite Adversity
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Coming off its loss against UCLA — its second in a row — Penn State women’s soccer opened the season 1-2-1. The Nittany Lions lost all of three games last season, but with the departure of its three captains and the decision for five likely starters to sit out to compete in the upcoming U-20…
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Al Franken to Campaign for Clinton in State College
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United States Senator Al Franken will be in State College on Friday for a phone banking event on behalf of the Clinton-Kaine campaign where he will talk to local voters and answer questions.
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Rendell to Speak at Penn State on Thursday
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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will discuss the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday at Penn State.
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Happy Valley’s Halloween Tradition
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Lucy Rogers remembers the first time she and her family participated in the annual Centre Region Parks and Recreation Halloween Costume Parade. She had just moved to State College and she and her husband, Gregg, and 8-year-old daughter, Emily, decided to participate in this tradition in their new ho
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It’s Time to Give Lifers a Chance at Life
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There’s a faint glimmer of hope for Pennsylvanians who are condemned to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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Entrepreneur and Part-Time Dinosaur Transforming State College
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While dinosaurs may be extinct, a T. Rex costume is revolutionizing the State College area. Even though you won’t see his face or know it’s him, you can find local entrepreneur, designer, and self-described change-agent Christian Baum downtown anachronistically standing out from the everyday acti