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Health tip: anxiety disorders can cause physical problems

Health tip: anxiety disorders can cause physical problems

Anxiety disorders may be mental health conditions, but they can cause a number of physical problems.

The University of Maryland Medical Center lists these physical complications that can arise from anxiety disorders:

Drive by at five

Drive by at five

The Albertville Chamber of Commerce will hold a "drive by at five" on Tuesday, June 14th from 5pm to 6pm.

This is a casual social hour for local business people and they meet the second Tuesday of each month at the Albertville Chamber of Commerce.

Bring a friend and bring your business cards!  For more information call 256-878-3821.

Capacity for commitment may start in early childhood

Capacity for commitment may start in early childhood

The ability of men and women to have staying power and a strong level of commitment in their romantic relationships can be traced back to their early childhood and adolescence, a new study finds.

Researchers asked 78 people aged 20 or 21 and their heterosexual partners about their level of commitment to their relationship.

The researchers already had data on the participants from when they were aged 2 and 16, including how loving and attentive their mothers were when they were toddlers, and how they dealt with a conflict with a friend as teens.

How to guard against dog bites

How to guard against dog bites

Dogs bite about 4.7 million people in the United States every year, but education and proper training and control of dogs can prevent many attacks, experts say.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) are among four U.S. medical organizations joining other groups to raise awareness during National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 15 to 21.

Because they often treat victims of dog attacks, plastic surgeons see firsthand how devastating dog bite injuries can be. There were nearly 33,000 reconstructive procedures on dog bite victims in the United States in 2010, an 8 percent increase from 2009, according to the ASPS.

Deadly accident

Deadly accident

One person has died after an accident on Alabama highway 75 South in Albertville this morning.  There name of the person killed has not been released at this time.

Using technology in your small business

Using technology in your small business

The Albertville Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Alabama A&M University Prime Project and the U.S Small Business Administration is offering Business Seminars to Chamber members and the public.

Pssst...gossip might serve as a useful function

Pssst...gossip might serve as a useful function

Gossip can be malicious and mean, but it also may serve a protective purpose, forcing the brain to focus on people who might be threatening, a new study suggests.

Volunteers shown pictures of otherwise unmemorable faces lingered longer over pictures of people about whom they'd heard unflattering information, researchers say.

When shown images in which they had been told something positive or neutral about the person, the volunteers spent less time looking at them. That also was true for faces they observed for the first time without knowing anything about them.