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What Moms Can Do to Improve Pedestrian Safety
There is one statistic that local moms are focused on right now. Twenty students have been involved in traffic accidents this school year alone. Nevada is one of the top 10 states with the worst...
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Kick the Bucket List
Something about the new year prompts a fascination with resolutions and bucket lists. We feel compelled to list out all the things we want to get done or experience, yet we rarely check everything off...
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What I Wish I knew Before My 3-Year-Old Son Drowned
I have 16 photos of my 3-year-old son on what would be his final day of life. In 14 of them, he is wearing a life jacket or puddle jumper, time-stamped photos of my boy, grinning proudly as we...
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Why Do We Fix Baby Teeth?
I’ve heard this question many times in the decades I’ve been practicing dentistry. The short answer is that good dental hygiene matters just as much — if not more so — for baby teeth than for adult...
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Quarantine Life: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Beautiful
I write this in week eight of the stay at home mandate. We’ve all had a different quarantine experience, and wanted to share our stories so that you know… You’re not alone… Yes, this is hard… And we’re...
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An Open Letter to My Graduating Daughter: I’m Sorry, but It Won’t Always Be...
Dear Jilleann: I’m sorry you walked in on me crying tonight. But I had just watched a video documenting the “drive-up graduation” of a friend’s daughter from today, and I sat in disbelief thinking this...
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Make Plans to Join Sierra Nevada Journeys for Family Camp
With the travel restrictions in place due to COVID-19, many families are staying close to home and have turned to camping as an alternative to other types of vacation. Additionally, RV dealerships are...
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Waste Management Hosts 100 Days of Recycling Social Media Campaign
By Waste Management of Northern Nevada So much has changed this year, but the rules for recycling correctly are still the same. Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials...
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It’s Time for Casinos and Bars to be 100% Smoke-Free
By Kelli Goatley-Seals, MPH When my son turned 16, he started looking for a job. Here is important context: I am a former contractor for a local health insurance company who provided wellness education...
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Back to School Could Mean Back to Vaping
By Jennifer Pearson, PhD, MPH While I’m not a mother, I spend a lot of time teaching young adults as a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. I’m also a researcher focused on tobacco and...
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