Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online Health 2012-02-11T04:19:29-05:00 urn:uuid:71ba7989-bde6-44f2-92bf-f1412c57f5e8 Drug drop-off a success By Bill Wolcott urn:uuid:d7ebc01c-d530-4325-8ba5-1bf54f3b41f4 2011-10-30T00:43:50-04:00 <p> More than 350 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medicines were dropped off Saturday at the Lockport Police Command Center at Lockport Plaza.</p> Prostate cancer strikes Sammarco brothers By Bill Wolcott urn:uuid:e289f604-7235-4020-9aae-14845b053e3f 2010-09-25T23:48:51-04:00 <p> September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and the Sammarco brothers of Lockport know all about it. All five have fought the battle against the disease that takes the lives of 32,000 men each year.</p> Boys can get HPV shots at clinics Staff Reports urn:uuid:16e86b6a-6ddd-4f7a-81e4-1c28091b56be 2010-07-14T01:25:48-04:00 <p> Gardasil is now available to boys and young men at Niagara County Health Department&#8217;s immunization clinics.</p> DMV aims to ‘keep life rolling along’ By Joyce Miles urn:uuid:4cb0612e-aa0f-4e41-888b-223acfc6fb40 2010-04-14T00:46:39-04:00 <p> &#8220;Keep life rolling along&#8221; by getting signed on with the New York State Donate Life Registry.<br /> That&#8217;s the message being put out in Niagara County motor vehicles offices this week. April is National Donate Life month and Department of Motor Vehicles staff decided they have a role to play in promoting it.</p> Living with the new health care plan Michele DeLuca urn:uuid:07117a99-8092-418a-89b8-a10647ecd045 2010-03-23T00:54:15-04:00 <p> Some Niagara region health care officials reacted with caution Monday to the historic passage, by a vote of 219 to 212 late Sunday night, of President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care legislation.</p> HEALTH: Flu clinic to be held in Wilson By Joe Olenick<br><a href="mailto:joe.olenick@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Joe</a> urn:uuid:d89f7ddd-2e1c-414c-b0df-c7ddf436b838 2010-03-15T23:44:00-04:00 The Niagara County Department of Health will be holding a free seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccination clinic Thursday at Wilson High School. HEALTH: County details plans for battling swine flu By Joe Olenick<br><a href="mailto:joe.olenick@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Joe</a> urn:uuid:5e4ba308-b3e7-48a1-8e15-f352f5444743 2009-09-29T00:01:00-04:00 If there is one thing County Health Director Daniel Stapleton wants Niagara County residents to remember about protecting themselves from the H1N1 virus, it can be summed up in three words: Wash your hands. HEALTH: Tops to offer in-store flu clinics, shots Staff Reports urn:uuid:e462f4d5-c9a2-4f1c-85cf-daf09ccaf5ef 2009-09-09T20:32:00-04:00 Tops Markets announced Tuesday that its in-store flu clinics will begin Monday and be available until Nov. 13. NEWFANE: Village Spa offers choices for a healthy lifestyle By Joe Olenick<br><a href="mailto:joe.olenick@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Joe</a> urn:uuid:1864ddc5-2485-4ec6-aec7-033be616f88f 2009-06-23T00:40:00-04:00 Newfane physician Patricia Danaher has opened a separate business, the Village Spa, that offers a variety of services for residents who want to pursue a healthy lifestyle. HEALTH: Two cases of potential swine flu in Niagara County being tested By Matt Winterhalter<br><a href="mailto:matt.winterhaler@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Matt</a> urn:uuid:4e7d9493-449b-4425-b885-8348c2dfa2c6 2009-04-30T01:52:00-04:00 Speaking to a small group of students Wednesday night at Niagara University, Niagara County’s emergency preparedness director said two potential cases of swine flu in the county are now being tested by a state lab.