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By Times Staff
Published May 16, 2006
Teens, stay safe at work Parents know - and teens may dread - that it's time to find summer jobs. But the American Society of Safety Engineers cautions that work dangers lurk: In 2004, the most recent year for which figures are available, more than 38,000 teenagers were injured on the job, 134 of them fatally. Most common injuries were muscle sprains or strains, bruises, cuts and fractures. The Society and the Department of Labor are distributing the pamphlet "Teens At Work: Safety First!" in 95,000 high schools countrywide. By the numbers 80,000 Number of vital signs - data such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, weight - collected each hour at busy times by 1,400+ Veterans Administration facilities. 995 Number of vital signs entered in one minute on the morning of April 19. 1,000,000,000 Total number of vital signs collected by the VA since electronic storage began Aug. 13, 1990. 5.3-million Number of patients treated at VA facilities last year. Paging Delmon Young . . . Feeling anger - and controlling it - are functions of opposite sides of our brain, says psychotherapist Robert Buck. He believes that increasing sunlight shining on the right eye can so stimulate the left hemisphere - the side that offers problem-solving and a rational outlook - that it will at least overrule the right side, which controls emotions. Buck's patented solution to the situation: NeuView sunglasses, wrap-arounds with little flip-down panels on the temple piece that further shield the left eye and provide more light on the right eye. With shipping, the glasses sell for $72.50; go to www.neuviewglasses.com. Free health screenings Bay area women are invited to receive free heart information and screenings of cholesterol, blood glucose and blood pressure on May 25 at the Willa Carson Health Resource Center, 1108 N Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Clearwater. A 12-hour fast is required before the screenings and participants must meet income guidelines. To register, call (727) 462-7500. The event is in collaboration with the Morton Plant Mease Women's Healthy Heart Initiative. Guide for disabled travelers A new guidebook, There Is Room at the Inn, reviews 117 accessible lodgings and is aimed at people who use wheelchairs or have mobility challenges. The 256-page paperback reviews properties in 40 states, ranging from Victorian-style inns to a dude ranch. Each listing includes a detailed description of the access features of the property. Says author Candy Harrington, "Even among wheelchair-users, there are a wide range of access preferences and needs. Add slow walkers to the equation and . . . what is accessible to one person may not even be usable by the next.'' There Is Room at the Inn is $21.95 and is available at bookstores, through Demos Publishing (call toll-free 1-800-532-8663) or www.EmergingHorizons.com/inn.
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