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  • Local Chat and Chew now offered after hours

    Local Chat and Chew now offered after hours

    Community volunteer organization creates new event to help put willpower back in your diet With our fast paced, 21st century lives, it is sometimes challenging to prepare good, nutritious meals for ourselves and our families. There are meals sold in restaurants found on every corner that are high in fat, salt, cholesterol, and sugar, and…

  • Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness

    Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness

    A look at prevention 365 days a year It’s time to lavish your pink frocks, flaunt that cotton candy boa, showoff those fuchsia stilettos and sport your cherry blossom bustier! Call all your BFFs as it’s October and that means Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

  • Affordable Care Act Update

    Affordable Care Act Update

    Many Polk County residents are continuing to rely on free healthcare clinics, despite health insurance subsidies available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  As the nation nears its second open enrollment period for health insurance in November, it is business as usual at some area clinics.

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  • Demystifying the Eyedrop Aisle

    Demystifying the Eyedrop Aisle

    By: Daniel Smith, O.D.  Many eye disorders can be treated effectively with eye drops and products found over the counter at the local pharmacy and grocery stores. But with so many options on the shelves, finding the right product for your needs can be overwhelming and confusing. Your eye doctor can provide you with specific…

  • When to Seek Help for Spider, Varicose Veins

    When to Seek Help for Spider, Varicose Veins

    Spider Veins vs. Varicose Veins Varicose veins are superficial veins that appear knotty and — unless painful, achy, or inflamed — may not need to be treated. Varicose veins usually become more apparent with age and are the price humans pay for standing erect, as opposed to monkeys who walk on all four legs. Spider…

  • Brain Attack, Stroke, and Mini-Stroke: Are You at Risk?

    Brain Attack, Stroke, and Mini-Stroke: Are You at Risk?

    Approximately 700,000 strokes occur in the United States annually. Stroke, or brain attack, is a disease that involves the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that brings oxygen to the brain gets blocked by a blood clot most commonly. With the oxygen supply to the brain…

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