Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in past 5 years and other top stories.

• Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in past 5 years

  

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 percent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 percent. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 states saw increases in overdose deaths resulting from the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids. New Hampshire saw a 191 percent increase while North Dakota, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine had death rates jump..

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• HEB stores issue recall on bakery products - Bryan

  

  Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2016 10:45 am HEB stores issue recall on bakery products 0 comments In cooperation with Dawn Food Products, Inc., H-E-B announced today that it has issued a voluntary recall for certain bakery products made with Valley Milk Products LLC’s High Heat Nonfat Dry Milk Powder. As part of a larger recall affecting several retailers, Valley Milk Products has recalled the affected product, which was supplied ..

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• Scientists are One Step Closer to Reversing the Aging Process Entirely

  

  I’m determined to age gracefully. Though my wife plucks every gray hair she finds, I’d be bald if I did. Even so, I’ve kept myself up over the years, prompting my college girlfriend, whom I recently reconnected with to exclaim, “You haven’t aged at all!” Except for more gray hair, that is. Perhaps it’s just good genes. I’ve always chalked it up to stress-free living. So what can be done to overcome the aging process? Creams, lotions, and other products fill pharmacy shelves, but few have a trul..

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• Cities and towns put brakes on marijuana

  

  The Nov. 8 vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Maine has opened the door to the fastest-growing industry in the country and raised the prospect of cultivation warehouses in suburban industrial parks, cannabis shops on Main Streets and marijuana social clubs in quaint tourist towns. But cities and towns around the state aren’t rolling out the green carpet. Since Maine voted to legalize marijuana last month, nearly two dozen towns have discussed or implemented moratoriums to stop any marij..

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• Birth defects are common for Zika-infected pregnant women in the US

  

  About 6 percent of Zika-infected pregnant women in the United States had a baby or fetus with at least one birth defect related to the viral infection, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.It’s the first analysis of data reported to the U.S. Zika pregnancy registry. The registry is a collaboration between the CDC and state and local health departments in the continental United States and Hawaii that was set up in January to monitor pregnant women with labo..

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• Henry Heimlich, life-saving maneuver creator, dies at 96

  

  CINCINNATI — The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96.His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week.“My father was a great man who saved many lives,” said Heimlich, an attorney and former Hamilton County commissioner. “He will be missed not only by his family but by all of humanity.” Heimlich was director of surgery at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnat..

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