Health Briefs: VNA Offers Free HIV Tests for All Ages March 10
Health briefs: VNA offers free HIV tests for all ages March 10
Mary Beth Strotbeck and Jodi Briguel, physical therapists and cancer exercise specialists from SportsMed, will provide information about how exercise rehabilitation helps during the cancer process. Health insurance… Continue reading
Health Briefs for March 5, 2014
Health Briefs for March 5, 2014
The free program meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Ingalls Center for Outpatient Rehabilitation, 1551 Huntington Drive, Calumet City. Information: Janine Alfirevic, (708) 915-4726. … Bereavement Support Group: Parents who have… Continue reading
Eating Disorders Often Associated With Reproductive Health Problems
Eating disorders often associated with reproductive health problems
Conducted jointly by the University of Helsinki and the National Institute for Health and Welfare, the 15-year register-based study examined the reproductive health of patients treated at the eating disorder clinic of… Continue reading
Willis J. “Dude” Barger, 86, Parkville, MO
Willis J. “Dude” Barger, 86, Parkville, MO
Willis J. “Dude” Barger, 86, of Parkville, Missouri passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 at Riverside Nursing & Rehab Center in Riverside, Missouri. He was born on April 11, 1927 in St. Joseph… Continue reading
Leak Spurs Talk of School Carbon Monoxide Monitors
Leak spurs talk of school carbon monoxide monitors
More than 33 students and staff were taken by ambulance to Utah medical facilities, and a third-grade student and two women were airlifted to Colorado hospitals for treatment. By evening, the two… Continue reading
Managing Anxiety in Sports
Managing anxiety in sports
“The first involves mental skills, strategies to overcome setbacks and obstacles, physiological control, behavioral management and goal setting while the second looks into depression, anxiety, psychoses, eating disorders, relationships and … Read more on Philippine Star… Continue reading
Health Briefs: Yampa Valley Medical Center's Cardiac Rehab Program Earns …
Health briefs: Yampa Valley Medical Center's cardiac rehab program earns …
Steamboat Springs — Yampa Valley Medical Center's cardiac rehab program recently earned certification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, according to a news release. During the… Continue reading
Health Briefs for Oct. 23, 2013
Health Briefs for Oct. 23, 2013
MELANOMA PRESENTATION: The causes and risk factors, warning signs, types and stages, treatment and prevention of melanoma will be covered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Cancer Support Center, 2028 Elm Road, Homewood.… Continue reading
Naperville Health Briefs
Naperville health briefs
The agency's counseling services and prevention and early intervention programs are designed around families because if one family member is impacted by anxiety, depression, or an eating disorder, the entire family is affected by it, officials said… Continue reading