THE KID’S DOCTOR: How to care for a child who’s vomiting frequently
Make sure your child consumes clear liquids after vomiting to stay hydrated.
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PET WORLD: ‘Leave it’ solves a host of doggie transgressions
By Cathy M. Rosenthal
Tribune Content Agency
Dear Cathy,
I have some new neighbors that moved in with an outdoor cat. The cat uses our yard as her potty box. Our two dogs have found this cat poop delectable and they eat these deposits before I can remove them from the yard. Is there something I can do to dissuade my dogs from eating this poop? Thank you in advance for any insights. – Wendy Rutland, Pensacola, Fla.
Celebrating Donate Life Month
Reminding residents of the more than 3,500 people in Michigan awaiting a potentially life-saving organ transplant, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today recognized April as Donate Life Month during a visit to St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit.Michigan Launches New Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Help Prevent Opioid Abuse
Prescribers now provided with enhanced real-time information through state-of the-art technology
As part of Michigan’s multi-faceted strategy to prevent opioid abuse, the state has launched a new Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS). Appriss Health’s PMP AWARxE, replaces the old MAPS and puts Michigan at the forefront of prescription drug monitoring technology.
Excuse me, are you listening? 16-7
Dear Readers,
I am hoping that longer days are helping you deal with cabin fever. It has been a long winter. I know that it was mild but it just seems as though the sun does not stay out long enough. The clouds seem to cover the sun more often than not. It has just been a dreary time.
Teacher resignation letters paint bleak picture of US education
EAST LANSING, MI — As teacher resignation letters increasingly go public — and viral — new research indicates teachers are not leaving solely due to low pay and retirement, but also because of what they see as a broken education system.
Researchers find promising lead that reduces autism symptoms and more
EAST LANSING, MI –Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of autism. Even though the single gene that’s responsible for it was discovered in 1991, and the disease is detected by a simple blood test, there’s no treatment or cure.
Movie: “Going in Style”
Morgan Freeman as Willie, Michael Caine as Joe Harding and Alan Arkin as Albert Garner
Studio: Warner Bros. (1hr 36mins)
Plot: Desperate to pay the bills, three pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
INTERVIEW: INGHAM COUNTY PROSECUTOR CAROL SIEMON LOOKS BACK ON THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED DAYS
By Howard T. Spence
Prosecutor Carol Siemon was elected Ingham County Prosecutor by the citizens in November 2016, and she began service in January 2017. She now is approaching the end of her first 100 days. She took over control of The Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office from Gretchen Whitmer – who had been the interim Ingham County Prosecutor appointed by the judges of Ingham County for the last several months of 2016 following the resignation of former Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III.