(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Most everyone is in a festive mood. Even Grinches still tend to partake in the merrymaking of large gatherings. As the holiday parties get into full swing keep in mind a plan to get home safe and sound. To help remind you to not drive impaired, the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska […]
JUNEAU – The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) welcomed the U.S. Surgeon General’s (SG’s) report, Know the Risks: E-cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. The report highlights the potential of e-cigarettes to cause lasting harm to the health of young users, especially when it comes to their brain development, which continues until age 25. […]
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found a possible mechanism explaining why use of the sugar substitute aspartame might not promote weight loss. In their report published online in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, the researchers show how the aspartame breakdown product phenylalanine interferes with the action of an enzyme previously shown […]
A missing person report was made from Savoonga to Alaska State Troopers based in Nome at 5:40 pm on September 14th, reporting that Savoonga man, 56-year-old Harlan Kingeekuk, was four days overdue from arriving back to the community. Harlan had gone out to a digging site by himself days before on the east side of […]