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  • Crucial Partnership

    Crucial Partnership

    Winter Haven Hospital’s First FSU Psychology Interns Help to Expand Care to the Underserved Area by PAUL CATALA Ever since Shelby Mathias was a child, she’s felt compelled to help and provide support for those around her. “Showing compassion to those experiencing adversity was instilled in me by my mother,” she says. Losing her mother…

  • Ease Into Routines to Beat the Back-to-School Blues / Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    Ease Into Routines to Beat the Back-to-School Blues / Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    As summer wanes and the school bell starts to beckon, this is a good time to start instituting good habits to facilitate the transition from the laid-back vacation days into the more hectic school year.

  • Need a Mood Boost?

    Need a Mood Boost?

    Supplements Make Big Claims About Mental Health, but Diet Much More Effective

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  • Healthy Cook: Food safety for the outdoor cookouts

      Food Safety for the Outdoor Cookouts The sun is shining and the kids are playing and the picnic lunch is waiting to be eaten. It’s a perfect day in Florida. But tomorrow could be a bummer if the cook and helpers don’t know how to keep the food from spoiling. Food safety is a…

  • Editor’s Dose: My tips if you plan to do a ‘staycation’

    Editor’s Dose: My tips if you plan to do a ‘staycation’

      In my opinion, there’s nothing better than summer in Florida. You have the beaches, the theme parks, and of course, the sunshine to beckon you outdoors. For residents planning their vacations this season, there are just as many reasons to stay close to home as there are to get away. So how do you…

  • Get healthy STAT!

      Weighing in on National Statistics Take a Shot 13 percentage of parents not vaccinating children on the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended schedule. Source: U.S. CDC   The rates in Polk County of parents not completing immunizations on time is 1.6 percent for kindergarten and 1.3 percent for seventh grade, but they…

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