Somerset County: January is National Radon Action Month and other top stories.

• Somerset County: January is National Radon Action Month

  

  Every day, we share news from communities around Central Jersey. WochitAfter learning about radon in their science classes, four seventh-graders at Woodglen School in Lebanon Township recently displayed brains and creative talent to earn recognition in the New Jersey Radon Poster Contest. Nora Curley tied for third and will have her poster entered in the 2015 National Radon Poster Contest, sponsored by Kansas State University in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

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• Giving peanut-based foods to babies early prevents allergies

  

  By Lauran NeergaardAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy. The new guidelines from the National Institutes of Health mark a shift in dietary advice, based on landmark research that found early exposure dramatically lowers a baby's chances of becoming allergic. The re..

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• A long-lasting flu shot may emerge — but not this year

  

  The most vexing thing about the annual flu vaccination is that it’s annual.You have to get it every year, and many people don’t do so. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that only 2 out of 5 Americans have received the shot so far this flu season. Advertisement Wouldn’t it be easier if a flu shot were a once-in-a-lifetime event, or even once or twice in a decade? Public health officials see that as a potential game-changer.‘‘If we had an effective unive..

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• Only 20 percent of Americans support health law repeal without replacement plan

  

  The Republican strategy of repealing the Affordable Health Care Act before devising a replacement plan has the support of only 1 in 5 Americans, a poll released Friday finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation survey also disclosed that shrinking the federal government’s involvement and spending in health care _ the long-sought goal of House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican lawmakers _ is less important to most Americans than is ensuring medical care is affordable and available. (Kaiser Health ..

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• 'I walked my way back to sanity': Bryony Gordon on starting a support group to beat mental illness

  

  Fresh air, the company of other humans… it has been amazing to see how people turn up for walks looking terrified, only to leave with new friends and plans to come again. We have events in Bristol, Brighton, Newcastle, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Oxford and Sheffield (to name but a few), all set up by people keen to find a local support network.  And so here I am, a year older and perhaps, for once, just a little bit wiser. Through this experience I have learnt something quite important, and ..

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• Medical marijuana: What's the holdup?

  

  Voters approved the constitutional amendment in November, but it could be months before the full effect is felt By Dara KamNews Service of Florida Even as the state prepares to carry out a constitutional amendment authorizing medical marijuana, a lack of guidance from health officials could create a "very murky and dangerous legal area" for patients and doctors.Authors of the amendment, industry insiders and legislative leaders have called on the Department of Health to clarify what ..

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