Personal Health: News and Notes

Even though talk therapy is not a familiar concept to recent Asian immigrants to this country, telephone counseling is an effective way to help them quit smoking, a new study shows.

Smokers need not apply to Columbus, Toledo casinos

DAYTON (AP) — All bets are off for smokers hoping to land a job with the new Ohio casinos in Columbus and Toledo.

'Hard to take the street out of the man'

CHAMPAIGN - The bed stays empty in Vern Chounard's little house. Sleeping on the floor feels more like the hard ground he slept on for so long. And all that food he's got now — in his own kitchen — he's not used to it, he says. read more