Health And Fitness
Your Child's Health: A reminder about appropriate antibiotic use
Antibiotics are miracle drugs. But like so many good things, they have the potential for causing harm. This negative consequence may be inadvertent as all medications have side effects, or because widespread use of antibiotics may create deadlier germs. In large measure, determining which…
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Welcome patients
One of the area's long-standing health venues is being flooded with business once again.
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Children learn their part in swine flu prevention
Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.
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Put these flu rumors to rest
If there's one thing that spreads faster than the flu, it's unfounded rumors. We asked Dr. Dean Blumberg, pediatric infectious disease specialist at University of California Davis Medical Center, to debunk a few common myths about the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine.
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Lowfat: Mushroom-Herb Chicken
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 1/3 cup mushroom sauce)
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Community health events and meetings
Send community health events and meetings to margaret.kullerstrand@nwi.com or fax to (219) 933-3249.
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Stay safe, healthy this Halloween
Halloween is a day that kids look forward to all year long. It's great fun to dress up like your favorite superhero or princess and dig into mountains of sweets. There are, however, things that can spoil the fun -- a tummy ache from overdoing the chocolate bars, an injury from navigating …
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Pap smear for the breast?
Current statistics on breast cancer have women on edge. The fact that one in four cancers diagnosed in American women is breast cancer, that death rates are higher than any other cancer besides lung cancer, and that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, have resea…
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Lowfat: Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops
Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 pork chop)
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Mom moments: Women who miscarry need support
Miscarriages happen often and support for parents is important
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Community health events
Send community health events and meetings to margaret.kullerstrand or fax to (219) 933-3249.
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