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Teaching Children to Trust Doctors

By Monica Guzman on Tuesday, August 20, 2002.

A DOCTOR?S OFFICE CAN BE A SCARY PLACE FOR CHILDREN.
A STRANGER IN A WHITE COAT POKES AND PRODS?.KIDS DON?T USUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND THEN THERE?S THE DREADED SHOT.
ONE LOCAL EVENT HELD LAST WEEK TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT KIDS FEARS OF DOCTORS.
AS NHPR CORRESPONDENT MONICA GUZMAN REPORTS, THE PORTSMOUTH CHILDREN?S MUSEUM?S ANNUAL TEDDY BEAR CLINIC LETS CHILDREN EXPERIENCE THE MEDICAL PROCESS??. NOT AS PATIENTS, BUT AS PARENTS.

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NH Looks for New Ways to Use Wood Chips....

By David Darman on Tuesday, August 20, 2002.

Last week, several New Hampshire and Federal energy agencies sponsored a daylong conference in Concord on an alternative fuel, known as ?bio-oil?. Bio-oil is derived from wood, and can be produced from trees and limbs that grow in New Hampshire forests. The conference showed that bio-oil could one day heat homes or fuel certain engines, but is not yet ready for widespread use. NHPR?s David Darman has more.

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Conservative Interest Groups Take Sides

By Trish Anderton on Tuesday, August 20, 2002.

U-S SENATOR BOB SMITH AND HIS CHALLENGER, CONGRESSMAN JOHN SUNUNU, HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DIFFERENCES IN RECENT DEBATES. SOME AREAS OF CONFLICT HAVE BEEN IMMIGRATION POLICY AND TRADE WITH CHINA. WHILE VOTERS MAY STILL BE SORTING OUT THEIR ALLEGIANCES, A NUMBER OF THE INTEREST GROUPS WHO TRACK POLITICIANS ON CAPITOL HILL HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHICH CANDIDATE THEY FAVOR. NHPR?S TRISH ANDERTON REPORTS.

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