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The truth about risks of summertime overexposure
Sunday, July 5, 2009
We couldn’t do without the sun. It keeps us warm, fuels photosynthesis so we have spinach to eat and helps our bodies make vitamin D. We couldn’t see across the street without the sun. Full story »
Big changes to Medi-Cal will affect 100,000 in county
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The jury is still out on whether coming changes in the way Medi-Cal is run will help more than 100,000 poor people in Ventura County and the doctors and hospitals that take care of them.
But a Ventura County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday made it clear changes are coming.
County healthcare leaders are planning the transformation of the state-run Medi-Cal into a locally administered managed care program, which will alter how treatment is delivered and how providers are paid.
Full story »Exercise in existentialism
Sunday, May 24, 2009
More than a mere exercise, the humble push-up can be viewed as nothing less than a metaphor for life itself. Think of its motion as mirroring the cyclical, up-and-down nature of existence, almost Sisyphean in movement. Often, as in life, you are pushing against your own weight, seeking to overcome self-imposed limits. To perform it well, it takes backbone, both literally and in terms of fortitude. Full story »
Lessen your health risks without too much effort
Sunday, May 24, 2009
There is an intense debate brewing across America about the economic and practical viability of our current healthcare system. Full story »
Freestanding emergency rooms fill a need
Sunday, May 17, 2009
There’s no hospital attached to the emergency department at the Heathcote Health Center, but the freestanding ER has most everything it needs. Full story »
Pumped on prospect of behemoth biceps
Sunday, May 17, 2009
I joined 24-Hour Fitness because the salespeople don’t slide notes across the table and say things like: “How ’bout this? Can you live with this number?” My answer to that question is always the same: “If you can’t say the cost out loud, it’s too much." Full story »
Low pay pushes more doctors away from primary care
Sunday, May 17, 2009
>Why is the doctor “out” for millions of Americans? Full story »
More primary care doctors could help cure country's ills
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The country probably won’t have enough primary care doctors to meet our needs in the next decade or two, not even a generalist for every 3,500 people — the government’s benchmark for family doctors. Full story »
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is not just for women
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009
Matthew Biancaniello’s heart hurt. So he decided to hate his stomach. It was easy to open the refrigerator and stuff himself with chocolate pudding, whipped cream, peanut butter, jelly, lunchmeat, cheese, mayonnaise and bagels — much easier than opening himself up to feeling the despair, anger and anxiety that had left a hole inside he was trying to fill with food. Full story »
As America ages, fitness centers evolve to include head health
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009
Herman Schuler knows what he wants to say but he sometimes can’t find the word — like when the Thousand Oaks senior tried one recent day to describe the hobby he enjoys with his wife. “We went all over the United States and to Paris,” said Schuler, 74. “I like to to ” Full story »
Nutrition Q&A
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
A recent survey conducted by the International Food Information Council found that 90 percent of respondents called breakfast "important," but only 49 percent copped to eating breakfast daily. Full story »
Fast-food TV ads may affect obesity
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads. Full story »
Exer-gaming pulls kids off couches
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
The Kuyat children — 11-year-old John and 9-year-old Anna — worked up a sweat the other day at their local YMCA. The siblings danced, kickboxed, biked and played tennis — an hourlong marathon that bested their dad's 45-minute routine at a nearby fitness center. It wasn't always this way. Full story »
Flu shots urged for more kids this year
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Ventura resident Rheeta Johnstone never considered taking her 17- and 9-year-old sons to get flu shots. Full story »
Group sizes up the ABCs of breast cancer awareness
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
Ann Hohimer made it sound as though she'd never been happier to receive a plastic grocery bag stuffed with gently worn bras. "Thirty-eight F," she crowed, smiling as she read the tags on each of the black lace Frederick's of Hollywood-brand undies in the bag. "This is great. We really needed these." Full story »
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