Archive for June, 2013
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Stories about your father?
By Bob Morrison and Mary Huebbe Marketing & Development Director Ridgecrest Village Father’s Day is an important day here at Ridgecrest Village. Memories of your father are important to reflect on, especially as we approach Father’s Day. We like honoring our fathers with a day of telling st...
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Increasing
By Julie Suchanek, MBA, MT (ASCP) Metropolitan Medical Laboratory Identifying TB Infection is Essential Tuberculosis is a deadly lung disease. It continues to be a significant threat to humanity. One-third of the world’s population is currently infected with TB. In 2011, nearly NINE BILLIO...
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Your Advocacy Connection – Having a Special Needs Family Member
By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Many families have a family member with special needs. In our family, it is a sister with developmental challenges. In one of our church families, it is a person severely injured in a car accident as a teen. One classmate had a stroke very young, leav...
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How to Choose a Physical Therapist
By Tina Howell, PT, MPT, FFMY, CFMT, FAAOMPT Performance Physical Therapy There is some optimism regarding Obama-care in 2013 – that being increased consumer choice in healthcare. Most of us can now choose our own providers, specialist and yes, even physical therapists. When you are refer...
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Health Minute With CASI – Dehydration – A Senior Health Risk
By Michelle Migliore, RN It’s important for seniors to be more aware of ways to prevent dehydration, recognize its signs, and treat it promptly. Sudden shifts in the body’s water balance can frequently result in dehydration, and the physical changes associated with aging expose our seniors...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Rich Ricketts: Living a Full, Healthy and Meaningful Life Most of us seniors (and geriatric medical specialists, too) believe that staying mentally and physically active plays a very large role in insu...
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Love…
By Eloise Graham PUBLISHER’S CORNER A couple of months ago, a friend asked me why I didn’t write an article about love after 50. I pondered that for some time. What is love after 50? Well, what is love before 50? More pondering… What is love? “Love” is a word we probably use ever...
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When Should I Get a Hearing Test?
By Tiffany Meier, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. This is a very good question. It may seem as though this question has a very obvious answer, with the answer being that you should have a hearing test if you are having trouble hearing, and yes, this answer is correct. However, there are...
