Archive for Health & Wellness
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Experience Simulated Hearing Loss!
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC Have you ever wondered what it is like to listen through the ears of the hearing impaired? There are websites that will allow you to experience various types of hearing loss. This is relevant if you have a grandchild who needs tubes, or if y...
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Bend of the River Pilots
Club continues support of Genesis brain injury patients and families By Genesis Health System Pauline Stark has been a family member, waiting hour after hour as a loved one recovers from a traumatic brain injury. “You don't want to leave because you might miss talking with the doctor, o...
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Performance Physical Therapy
By Tina Howell CEO, Performance Physical Therapy Part 1: The Power of Aging At Performance Physical Therapy, therapists want to take care of patients beyond therapy. Older adults face issues such as independence, mobility, continence, obesity and falling. According to the administration on...
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Free Colon Cancer Testing Kits
By Genesis Health System Available During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Anyone 50-years-old or older, or those with other factors associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, are encouraged to pick up and return a free colon cancer testing kit in the Quad-Cities during National Color...
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Is there any way to prevent excessive earwax?
By Tiffany Meier, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Simply answered, “not really.” Earwax, also referred to as cerumen, is a substance produced by glands in the outer portion of the ear canal. Earwax serves as a protective agent in the ear, working to trap dust particles, debris and...
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Protect your Grandchild’s Ears
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC Though it is common knowledge that hearing loss affects people of all ages, we often unintentionally expose our loved ones – specifically our children and grandchildren – to dangerous levels of noise. While we would think nothing of se...
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Your Advocacy Connection – We Solve Long Term Care Problems
By Jamie Long GolderCare Solutions The Hospital Admission That Isn’t an Admit After All Healthcare in America is expensive. Comparing our healthcare results to those of the world’s other industrialized countries, we generally come out average – in the middle of the pack. But our spend...
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The Golden Rule
By Mary Schricker Gemberling I am a newspaper reader! Almost every morning, I pour myself a cup of coffee, turn on the Today show and settle down to read the paper. By knowing what is going on in the world, I feel I am better prepared to understand viewpoints, weigh both sides of the issues and ...
