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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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  • August Is Children’s Eye Health/Safety Month

    August Is Children’s Eye Health/Safety Month

    Children require clear and comfortable vision to be successful in school and extracurricular activities.

  • Kidneys and Your Vascular Health

    Kidneys and Your Vascular Health

    Your kidneys remove excess water and waste products from your body.  When the kidneys start to lose function, it is most commonly due to advancing age, long-term effects of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart issues, or a combination of these factors.  Sometimes, infections and diseases that are present from birth can affect kidney function. Because…

  • Reducing the Need for Glasses at the Time of Cataract Surgery

    Reducing the Need for Glasses at the Time of Cataract Surgery

    by Damon Welch M.D. & Daniel Welch M.D.   Cataract surgery is an extremely successful surgery. With cataract surgery, we have the ability to restore vision lost over time from the natural clouding of the lens, which occurs with age. In addition, special instruments allow us to measure the eye and lessen the dependence on…

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