Overall, we live in a pretty clean city, so we don't have the mites for roof rats to carry disease. But they can gnaw electric wiring and do a lot of damage.

We're already getting some indications that they're moving west, since some have been spotted in northwest Phoenix. It's inevitable that roof rats will appear in all parts of the Valley.

They're kind of invisible, since they creep into neighborhoods through utility lines. So people may not realize they have them until they've done some damage.

Knowing that this disease is 90-per-cent preventable if caught early and having done nothing about it, Saskatchewan owes an extra duty of care to ensure their patients receive the standard of care without having to pay for it.

It's obviously our perimeter play — we're not taking care of the ball. And it's pretty much a widespread disease for us. She (Davenport) is going to get the number of points she got. But we've got to come back down the floor and score.

We concluded that it's highly unlikely that middle ear disease had any impact on children's later development, ... Children are pretty resilient, and it's not as though there's no hearing. They might be turning up the TV or parents might have to speak louder, but these children aren't deaf. When their hearing gets better, they make up for the temporary loss.