Apr 19 2013

Elementary students encouraged to enter Fit to Draw contest

Students in kindergarten through sixth grade can participate in the “Fit to Draw T-shirt Contest,” and the deadline to submit an entry is June 3 at 5 p.m.

The Fit to Draw contest is designed to enable children to design a T-shirt for the Lancaster Corporate Challenge event which takes place in the city during the months of April, May and June.

Children should incorporate the theme of sports, physical fitness and teamwork into their designs.

Apr 19 2013

Emotional reactions are normal, but we shouldn’t change how we live

Editor’s note: Dr. Charles Raison, CNNHealth’s mental health expert, is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Humans evolved in a dangerous world.

Because of this, our brains and bodies are wired to be overly sensitive to threats. This phenomenon is often referred to as the “smoke alarm” principle, based on the idea that it is better to be awakened 10 times in the middle of the night by a false alarm than to sleep blissfully just once while your house burns down around you.

Apr 19 2013

He wants parents to know she didn’t die alone

BOSTON—The nurse who tended to Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell near the finish line during her final moments of life would like to meet her parents in the hopes he could give them some solace in their grief.

Stephen Segatore would like to tell Campbell’s parents that she didn’t die alone, and she didn’t suffer for long.

When EMTs carried a woman into the medical tent where Segatore was volunteering, he was struck by her beauty, her youth and her bright blue eye shadow.

Apr 19 2013

Two types: viral or bacterial

In response to public concern about a West Hollywood man who died from Meningitis, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services will provide free meningococcal vaccine for low-income and uninsured residents in Los Angeles County.

Residents without health insurance may visit one of the healthcare facilities listed below for a free vaccination.

• High Desert Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, 44900 N. 60th St. West, Lancaster, (661) 945-8520.

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