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Boston board promotes bicycling as healthy mode of travel
June 2, 2016...vehicles. All Boston residents can share their own reasons for biking in the city to promote the activity on social media by tagging @healthyboston and using the hashtag #IBikeBOS. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/02/boston-board-promotes-bicycling-as-healthy-mode-of-travel/Free sunscreen offered at 200 spots around Boston, New England
...the free dispensers, she said, the foundation is helping to bridge that gap and reduce the risk of cancer. “It’s not a lot of money for lots of protection.” NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/02/free-sunscreen-offered-at-200-spots-around-boston/Worcester health board raises minimum age for tobacco to 21
...out “the world’s a big contradiction” in that an 18-year-old can join the U.S. military and fight for the country but by Sept. 1, couldn’t buy cigarettes in Worcester. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/02/worcester-health-board-raises-minimum-age-for-tobacco-to-21/Retail group opposes marijuana proposal
...that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol and say a legal marijuana industry will replace the illegal marijuana trade. — Written by Michael Norton Copyright State House News Service NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/02/retail-group-opposes-marijuana-proposal/Public health
...We will take that as a starting point for further investigation and discussion. Tina McCormick Tina McCormick is Publisher of the NewBostonPost. Read her past columns and messages here. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/02/public-health/Digital health innovation hub debuts in Boston
June 1, 2016...plans to focus much of its future business on developing digital technology for use in many sectors. The company’s GEVentures unit invests in startups, including in the health field. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/digital-health-innovation-hub-debuts-in-boston/Doyle tapped to replace Johnson on Boston health board
...in February. A Harvard University graduate, she has been a teacher in Harvard’s medical school and school of public health as well as leading the city board of health. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/doyle-tapped-to-replace-johnson-on-boston-health-board/Fourth Zika case is confirmed in New Hampshire
...night. Maps posted by the public health service show almost all of Latin America and the Caribbean as areas where Zika infection is a risk, except Chile and Uruguay. NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/fourth-zika-case-is-confirmed-in-new-hampshire/Plainridge aims to help slots players avoid addiction
...ceiling or unenroll at any time. “It’s just a tool to make that person aware of what’s happening and the decisions they’re making.” Warner said. Written by Philip Marcello NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/plainridge-aims-to-help-slots-players-avoid-addiction/The hefty price of ‘study drug’ misuse on college campuses
...does not kill you, it’s gonna leave a scar. That’s the case with nonprescription ADHD drug abuse. Lina Begdache, Research Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/the-hefty-price-of-study-drug-misuse-on-college-campuses/What counts as ‘medical marijuana’ varies from state to state – and that’s a problem
...research addressing the potential benefits and harms. Kenneth E. Leonard, Director, Senior Research Scientist at the Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York NBPHealth......
https://newbostonpost.com/2016/06/01/what-counts-as-medical-marijuana-varies-from-state-to-state-and-thats-a-problem/
