» Home Safety Tips

In observance of Home Safety Month in June, the Allegheny County Health Department is offering tips on how to reduce household risks and make every room and area of the home safer.

In observance of Home Safety Month in June, the Allegheny County Health Department is offering tips on how to reduce household risks and make every room and area of the home safer.

In the kitchen…Monitor cooking very closely; keep combustible materials such as dish towels, paper plates and paper towels at least three feet from stove- top burners; when cooking, use oven mitts, roll up sleeves and avoid loose-fitting clothing; never store poisons with or near food items; and don’t use a fire extinguisher on open pan fires because its force can spread the burning grease.

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Allegheny County Health Department

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A trio of genome-wide studies — collectively the largest to date — have pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia.

A trio of genome-wide studies — collectively the largest to date — have pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in part, to the same chromosomal neighborhoods.

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National Institutes Of Health