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December 27, 2006

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FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST (York Daily Record)

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Dec 26, 2006 — of events and other news of note in the area. To add information to this list, e-mail Weekly Record editor Joan Concilio at jconcilio@ydr.com or call 771-2084.

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Detecting Alzheimer’s disease (ABC 7 Chicago)

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Cutting edge brain scanners may help doctors detect Alzheimer’s disease.

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Plan to help make holidays easier for those with Alzheimers (The Ashland Daily Press)

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Holidays, celebrations, festivals- these words conjure up visions of family and friends gathering together, eating, laughing and enjoying each others company. But for the person with Alzheimer’s disease, holidays can be puzzling, confusing and even frightening.

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David Kirby: Help the Environment, Get a Flu Shot (HuffingtonPost)

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Worried about mercury in the environment? Here’s one way to help: Go get a flu shot. More than 100 million doses of flu vaccine have been delivered this year, with another 10-15 million on the way — a US record (the previous record was 83 million) to help meet the CDC’s goal of vaccinating two out of every three people in the country. But now it seems that “drumming up demand for so much …

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Barrow to open adult day care (Gwinnett Daily Post)

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WINDER - Barrow County and Winder are partnering to build a new 5,280-square-foot adult day care facility on Lee Street near Victor Lord Park. Bevens Enterprises in Newnan will begin construction in 2007.

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FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST (York Daily Record)

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Dec 26, 2006 — of events and other news of note in the area. To add information to this list, e-mail Weekly Record editor Joan Concilio at jconcilio@ydr.com or call 771-2084.

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Your views on adult education (BBC News)

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Your e-mails to BBC education correspondent Mike Baker about the decline in adult learners.

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