Archive for Health & Wellness
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Serving You in Your Time of Need
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare We, at Lighthouse Homecare, realize that you didn’t spend your entire life to reach the point where you are not able to enjoy it to its fullest in your later years. That’s why we know that it is important to provide you with as many types of services as pos...
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Invisible Hearing Aids (IICs)
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC There is a new class of invisible in canal hearing aids (IIC). These devices are removable, safe and fit deeply in the ear canals so that others cannot see them. The pictures show the difference in my ear between the traditional small comple...
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Walk This Way Party Kick Off Bix 7
Information from Genesis Health System The Quad-City Times Bix 7 is more than a grueling road race that attracts runners from all over the world. The Bix is also one of the best parties of the summer, starting with the Walk This Way event on Thursday night before the Bix. Walk This Way is set fo...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Advocacy is an act or process supporting a cause or proposal, according to Webster’s Dictionary. Some people think of political advocates when they think of advocacy. Others think in terms of a patient a...
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Be Sun-Sensible This Summer
Information from Genesis Health System Genesis Cancer Care Institute suggests a simple routine to protect your skin and limit your risk of skin cancer during the sunny summer season. "Slip! Slop! Slap! ... and Wrap" It may not be practical or fun to avoid the sunlight entirely, but there...
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It’s Motorcycle Season
By Debra Carney Driver License Supervisor Office of Driver Services Davenport, Iowa NEWS FOR YOU.... from the Iowa Iowa Department of Transportation Motorcycles have been a part of transportation for a very long time. They were once a more prevalent form of transportation, until autom...
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How About Those Over-The-Counter Readers?
By Lisa Brothers Arbisser, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates The eye is capable of changing its refraction (the ability to bend light to focus an image). When light enters the eye, the crystalline lens behind the pupil is partially responsible for focusing light on the retina, the layer of nerve cel...
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Ask the Audiologist – What should you do if you have sudden hearing loss?
By Janet Liddicoat, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Many people with sudden hearing loss realize it when they wake up. It may occur in one ear or both but it is more common in one ear. There is not always a known cause to why your hearing suddenly disappeared. There are two different t...
