Category Archives: News

Business of the Week: Barnes Pharmacy – South Platte Sentinel

Barnes Pharmacy was started in Oct. 1972 when Ron Lorenzo purchased the pharmacy from Bob Barnes. It was originally located at 210 Main Street. In 1998, Ron’s oldest daughter Jenae Lorenzo Totten graduated from the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy andreturned to Sterling to work in her father’s business. Barnes Pharmacy moved to its… Read More »

New research finds drinking tea on a regular basis is linked to a longer life

Stick on the kettle.  Listen up tea lovers, as new research has shown that regular tea consumption is linked to a longer and healthier life. The study as reported in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, found that drinking tea at least three times a week can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and improve… Read More »

State Highlights: Four Gun-Control Bills Pass Virginia Committee For First Time; Oregon Health Authority Seeks $20M For Mental Health Treatment

Tuesday, Jan 14 2020 UPDATED 8:34 AM full issue State Highlights: Four Gun-Control Bills Pass Virginia Committee For First Time; Oregon Health Authority Seeks $ 20M For Mental Health Treatment Media outlets report on news from Virginia, Oregon, Maryland, Kansas, Ohio, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Connecticut and Wisconsin. The Washington Post: Four Firearms… Read More »

Plastic additive linked to excessive reproductive abnormalities

Double trouble Colaiácovo’s lab had previously adapted a strategy in which C. elegans eggs glowed green if they developed abnormal numbers of chromosomes. In people, such abnormalities cause more than 35 percent of miscarriages and 4 percent of stillbirths, as well as infertility and conditions such as Down syndrome. In 2019, Colaiácovo used the worms to quickly screen… Read More »