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Annual Flu Shots May Protect One From More Than Flu

CANTON—As fall begins and the annual flu season emerges, many thoughts turn to flu vaccinations, which prevent more than 100,000 U.S. flu-related hospitalizations every year, according to the CDC. Exciting research has emerged providing convincing evidence to encourage individuals to receive a flu shot this year: reduced risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementia. According to this newly published research, with nearly 2 million participants, data shows that people who do not get vaccinated against influenza have a 60 percent higher chance of developing Alzheimer’s or another ...

Fresh for the Pickin’

WHEELING — Food seasonality is a matter of perspective. It’s one thing if you are trying to buy of-the-moment produce at an Ohio Valley market. It’s quite another if your backyard fruit trees are appearing in your dreams — pleading, “Harvest me, harvest me!” in a beat-the-freeze ...

October Makes These WLU Students Smile

WEST LIBERTY — Why does October make the West Liberty University’s Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene students smile? Because it’s National Dental Hygiene Month! “Good oral health is so important, not just to your smile but to your overall health,” said Stephanie Meredith, Dental Hygiene Department Chair. “We remind everyone to visit their dentist regularly and stay on top of their oral hygiene.” The Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene was established in 1938 and graduated its first class in 1940. Accredited by the American Dental Association ...

From Ohio Valley To Old World

WHEELING — An epic farewell to Britain’s longest-reigning queen, a prince with salacious legal issues, an ongoing drama over departed Prince Harry and his American-actress wife. Such stuff is pretty much par for the royal course, according to valley-grown musician Sean Maxwell. A ...

Sarita’s Sort-of-Secret Soups

WHEELING — It wouldn’t have been unusual for a woman ofSarita Oglebay’s marriage-eligible age and uppercrust station to be dreaming up the details of an elaborate household of her own. But, a small collection of recipes assembled in the early 1900s by the daughter of shipping magnate ...

‘Master of Plaster’ To Share Tricks of the Trade

WHEELING — There’s more flaking, sagging and chipping plaster in Wheeling than Sarel Venter has time to fix. The local abundance of both it and stucco is why the South African-born contractor moved his Adventures in Elegance restoration business here eight years ago. It’s also why he’s ...