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Because we truly care about you & your family (your best assets), we opted for a public service segment.

This segment is designed to inform you on the latest news in  insurance, health care, & personal safety.

If you have a topic that you feel would help your community, please submit your idea by clicking here.

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We thank you in advance for your submissions.

Want to keep your family safe during this flu season with the swine flu (aka H1N1 virus) lurking around?

Visit www.who.org & type in "swine flu faqs" in search box

Looking for your H1N1 Vaccine? Click here for times & locations. You can also visit www.pandemicflu.gov  Don't have internet access?

Call your state flu hot line:

MO (877)-358-4141  KS (877)-427-7317

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Are you paying too much for your meds? Read NBC Action News investigation on several Kansas City's pharmacies. Can you guess who topped the list?

Visit www.nbcactionnews.com & type in "Save Hundreds on Prescription Meds" by reporter Russ Ptacek

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Are you or a loved one at risk for a heart attack? Want to cut your risk by as much as 80%?

Visit www.reuters.com & read the article "Cheap three-drug combination helps cut heart risks" by Julie SteenhuysenCheck out these three meds?

Please be sure to discuss it with your doctor before switching from your current regimen.

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Violence in the Workplace?

The prevalence of violence seems to be just a click away on our tv screen. Day in & day out, news outlets are saturated with it.

However, would it not surprise you that some 2 million people across this country are victims of workplace violence?  Or that homocide is one of the leading causes of 'job-related deaths'?  

Check out who is most at risk, & prevention tips listed on www.OSHA.gov (type in "workplace violence" in search box in upper right corner). Also the FBI by clicking here. 

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New deadly strain of MRSA steps out of the shadows!

Educate yourself! Click here. If link does not operate properly, visit www.fiercehealthcare.com & type in "MRSA" in search box.

Protect yourself! Visit www.MRSAinfection.org today to learn how. Please...methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (aka MRSA) is no joke!

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Attention all Do-It-Yourself-ers:

STOP!!! Before opening that 'do- it- yourself book' for home improvements, please read this story published by NBC Action News. It could save you a trip to the emergency room, or a call to the fire department. Please click here.

Note, some of these books may have even been purchased over 3 decades ago! So please check your parents & Grandparents home library too.

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Danger in the medicine cabinet?

Tylenol, Motrin & more, recalled by the Johnson & Johnson Company. For a complete product list of the recalled, please click here. To read the startling article, please click here.

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Human 2 Human!

Relief for Haiti? Simply text the word "YELE" to "501501" $5 will automatically be donated. Or, for more information & options, please visit www.yele.org.

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It's chicken poop!!!!

That's right! Cattle can be fed (legally) "poultry litter". To up the wretch factor, this 'litter' can contain an absolute disgusting mixture of rodents, dead cattle, disease causing bacteria, & so on.

To read the report from (Consumer Reports) Consumers Union, click here.

To do something about it, click here. Or please visit www.filthyfeed.org. Time is of the essence however, the legal deadline for the FDA to respond is February 17th, 2010.

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Parents or Caretakers, help keep your kids safe all year round. For the latest tips, please visit the Klaas Kids Foundation at www.klaaskids.org 

For a list of sex offenders in Kansas

please visit http://www.accesskansas.org/kbi/offender_registry/

For Missouri

please visit http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/CJ38/search.jsp

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Help save a friend or loved one!!!

Please visit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) website, by clicking here.

Contact your local rep:

Missouri

1) Shelli Kastin -St. Louis

     phone: (314)-726-2798

     to e-Mail Miss Shelli, click here.

Kansas

1) Marcia Epstein-Lawrence

     phone: (785)-841-2345

     to e-Mail Miss Marcia, click here.

2) Marilynn Loelliker-Topeka

     phone: (785)-6701933

     to e-Mail Miss Marilynn, click here.

3) Denise Van Dorn-Wichita

      phone: (316)-858-0216

      to e-Mail Miss Denise, click here.

For all other locations, see the AFSP's website.

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The "Choking Game"

Parents, this is a sickening & unbelievably popular game amongst our youth.

One of which the "players" can participate in via a group, or individually!

Do you know that 32% of doctors aren't even aware of its existance!*

How scary is that Kansas City?!!!

Please, learn the warning signs (by clicking here.) You can read the article: "Doctors must be on the lookout for the 'Choking Game' warning signs" in its entirety( www.abcnews.com).

Arm yourselves with information, & help bring this deadly game out of the darkness & into the light!

*per article survey of 163 pediatricians.