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Health

Hospital Rejects Doctors' Pleas: Board Votes for High Fat Diet on the CCU

When a board votes down recommendations made by physicians, who are we supposed to trust with our health?

Education

Jilly's story is now Northeast Ohio's story (in Westlake Patch)

The North Olmsted Board of Education has the opportunity to create a happy ending.

Schools

Research shows North Olmsted schools should move start times later, not earlier.

On March 20th the North Olmsted school board will vote on a recommendation to move middle and high school earlier, a move in the opposite direction according to national experts.

Sports Injuries and School Start Times - Doing the Math (in Dearborn Patch)

If early school start times are associated with chronic sleep deprivation, and if chronic sleep deprivation is associated with a 68% increase in sports injuries, it doesn’t take long to do the math.

Schools

Sports Injuries and School Start Times - Doing the Math (in Greenfield Patch)

If early school start times are associated with chronic sleep deprivation, and if chronic sleep deprivation is associated with a 68% increase in sports injuries, it doesn’t take long to do the math.

Anne Arundel 'School Hours Study' - Answers to the Questions (in Annapolis Patch)

The Transportation Division posed several questions in a recent report on school start times, but forgot to finish the thoughts.... Don't worry, though, we've got the answers right here!

Sports

Sports Injuries and School Start Times - Doing the Math

If early school start times are associated with chronic sleep deprivation, and if chronic sleep deprivation is associated with 68% more sports injuries, it doesn't take long to do the math.

Schools

Local petition on school start times getting signatures from Stark County (in North Canton Patch)

Patch readers are encouraged to review the data regarding school start times then decide whether to help speak up for the safety, health and education of our adolescents.

School start time petition getting attention across NE Ohio (in Shaker Heights Patch)

Patch readers are encouraged to review the data regarding school start times then decide whether to help speak up for the safety, health and education of our adolescents.

School start time petition getting attention across NE Ohio (in Strongsville Patch)

Patch readers are encouraged to review the data regarding school start times then decide whether to help speak up for the safety, health and education of our adolescents.

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