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July August 2009

Have a Berry Merry Summer

Get the Most From Your Walk

Caring for Mind and Body

Get in Tune With Music

I Have Diabetes…Can I Have a Baby?

Raising a Family

Face-to-Face vs. Facebook

Be Safe in the Pool

Vaccination Worries

Protecting Your Health

Your Inherited Breast Cancer Risk

Coping with Illness

The Valves of Your Heart

Hope for Peripheral Neuropathy

Knowing When to Take Charge

Healthy Summer for the Elderly

Why do People Become Obese?

Creative Sandwiches

Teens and Nutrition

Exercise & Metabolism

What Sports Can Do for Your Daughter

Caring for Mind and Body

Don’t Be a ‘Vacation Martyr’

A Female Syndrome You Should Know About

Make Your Mammogram More Comfortable

Raising a Family

How Hard Times Affect Kids

Controlling Diabetes

Heart of Healthy You

New Ways to Care for Your Heart

Protecting Your Health

Decoding Your Insurance Benefits

The Distracted Driver

Coping with Illness

New Stroke Strategies

Living With Lymphedema

What Speech Therapy Can Do for You

Top 10 Culprits in Falls

Skin Cancer in the Elderly

Does Age Bring Happiness?

What I Can Do Now!

March April 2009

Slip Fitness Into Your Life

Using Leftovers Wisely

Don’t Ingest Risky Chemicals

A Journey to Heart Health

Better Views With Endoscopic Ultrasound

Exciting New Findings on Heart Disease Risk

Shopping for Dental Products

The Latest on AD/HD

A Sound Sleeper Now

Happily Ever After

Responding to a Hypoglycemia Crisis

New Breast Cancer Approach

When a Person Stops Working

January February 2009

2008 Year in Review

About Our Network

Healthy You Calendar 2009 (pdf)

Healthy You Stories

Keeping It All in Balance

MedEvac Made the Difference

Be Healthy, Save Money

Rebounding From Heart Valve Surgery

Beating Her Headaches

Finding the Right Senior Center

Handling ’Tweens

New Mom Beats Cancer

November December 2008

Can Appetizers Be Healthy and Tasty?

Are You ‘Functionally Fit’?

Caring for Mind and Body

We All Need TLC

Should I Worry About Preeclampsia?

Coping With Illness

Strokes Affect All Ages

Raising a Family

Playing With Fire

Coping with Leukemia

Kids and Holiday Stress

Heart of Healthy You

Myths About Cardiac Rehabilitation

Protecting Your Health

Using the Emergency Room

Vitamin D: Are You Deficient?

The Gift of You

Options in Elder Care

Weight gain: is it your medication?

How the Guys Lost the Bubble

September October 2008

Good Additives in Your Food

The Benefits of Tea

Do Your Push-ups

Steroids and Young Athletes

Caring for Mind and Body

Coping With Your Parents’ Divorce

Why Am I Always Late?

Is This Affecting My Baby?

Looking Ahead to Menopause

Stop the Cycle of Pelvic Pain

Raising a Family

Teaching Your Child to Drive: Who Gets the Job?

The Terrible Twos

When Children Have ‘Adult’ Diseases

Heart of Healthy You

She Learned From Her Heart Attack

The Pacemaker Q&A

What Smoking Does to Your Heart

Protecting Your Health

Be a Safe Pedestrian!

Hot Water Can Hurt You

Cancer in the Elderly

Childproof Your Home...Again

Don’t Get Scammed

How Realistic is ‘The Biggest Loser’?

Losing the Last 10 Pounds

Coping with Illness

All About Nosebleeds

Is This Headache Serious?

New Breast Cancer Option

Representing Your Loved One in the Hospital

Robotics Help Fight Cancer

July August 2008

Get Creative With Watermelon

Summer Drinks That Make Sense

Old-Fashioned Outdoor Fun

Skateboarding Safely

Caring for Mind and Body

Think Positive!

Raising a Family

Help Your Child Lose Weight

Heart of Healthy You

The Link Between Head and Heart

I Started a Heart Attack Support Group

Protecting Your Health

Could You Be a Blood Donor?

Home Fireworks Safety

Say No to Plantar Warts

Coping with Illness

Do I Really Need Back Surgery?

Living Longer With HIV

Trends in Diabetes Treatment

Moving in With Your Adult Children

Take Your Medications Wisely

Boost Your Mood With Food

How Healthy Is Milk?

What Is a 'Medical Fitness Center'?

Caring for Mind and Body

Myths and Truths About Suicide

Chemotherapy Before Breast Cancer Surgery?

Raising a Family

'I'm Gonna Be a Safe Driver!'

School’s Out? Time for Camp!

Heart of Healthy You

A Bulge Can Cause Problems Too

His Legs Hurt While Walking

Diabetes and Your Heart

New Test Detects Calcium Buildup

Protecting Your Health

Keep Your Head in the Game

Coping with Illness

Calling the Ambulance—Q & A

Great Gadgets for Older Adults

What's a Healthy Weight for Older Adults?

Reshaping a Slimmed-Down Body

March April 2008

Cooking for Someone With Diabetes

More Fitness in Less Time

Caring for Mind and Body

Are You a Hypochondriac?

'What We Wish Women Knew About Breast Cancer'

Pelvic Floor Problems?

Raising a Family

Cold Comfort for Kids

Help Your Child Open Up

Teens Feel Pressure to Smoke

Heart of Healthy You

Is Your Family Heart-Attack Prepared?

‘CPR Anytime’ Could Be a Lifesaver

Protecting Your Health

Coping with Illness

Long Hours in the Sun

New Treatments Brighten Future for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Do You Need a Benefits Checkup?

Is There a Dry Eye in Your House?

He Lost 250 Pounds and Is Still Losing

January February 2008

Dreaming of Farm-Fresh Produce?

The Big 3 for Strong Bones

Coming Back From a Sports Injury

Get Strong With Pilates

Caring for Mind and Body

The Challenge of Schizophrenia

Make Your Spider Veins Vanish for Good

The Inside Scoop on Being Pregnant

Who’s Interpreting Your Mammogram?

Raising a Family

Does Your Child Need Dental Sealants?

Speech Therapy Just for Kids

The Facts About MySpace

Heart of Healthy You

Living With Heart Failure

Sorting Out Your Cholesterol

Protecting Your Health

First Aid for Serious Burns

The Anatomy of a Cigarette

The Big 3 for Strong Bones

Coping with Illness

Coping With Seizures

Restoring Your Health

Changing With Your Community

Healthy and Happy at 100

Yes, I Can Sing! a Capella

Could a Band Help You Lose Weight?

Lose a Little…Gain a Lot

November December 2007

Healthy Holiday Drinks

Predicting Your Heart Disease Risk

Laxity in Your Joints

Caring for Mind and Body

Is Stress Contagious?

Too Many Choices!

Raising a Family

Does Your Child Have a Vision Problem?

The First College Break

Fibromyalgia in Teens

Heart of Healthy You

Sleep Apnea and Your Heart

Protecting Your Health

Don’t Be a Victim of Car Theft

Ordering Prescription Drugs Online

The Facts About Gangs

Time for a New Mattress?

Coping with Illness

New Hope for Lung Cancer

The Gift of a Kidney

Healthy Aging: What's Normal, What's Not?

What Do Your Grandchildren Need From You?

September October 2007

Apples: Nature’s Take-along Snack

Should You Be Eating Six Meals Instead of Three?

Get in the Game!

Arthritis? Get Moving!

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Protect Your Pelvic Health

Regrets About Sterilization

Heart of Healthy You

How to Respond to a Heart Attack or Stroke

Fast Action Saved One Woman's Life

Raising a Family

Breaking Poor Parenting Habits

Move Your Way Through Menopause

Women: Should You Be Taking Aspirin for Your Heart?

The ABCs of CCRCs

Caring for Mind and Body

Benefits of Massage Therapy

Turning 30…40…50…

Growing Up Adopted

Protecting Your Health

Secondhand Smoke in Your Home

Coping With Health Care Costs

Do Weight-Loss Drugs Work?

Coping With Illness

When Neck Pain Is Serious

Traveling With a Chronic Disease

The Liver: Your Body's Processing Plant

July August 2007

Have a Healthy Vacation!

Too Embarrassed to Exercise?

An Alternative to Hysterectomy

Fitting a Woman’s Knee

Raising a Family

When Your Child’s Traveling Alone

Teaching Your Child to Swim

Vaccination Update

Protecting Your Health

Be Smart About Sunscreen

Coping With Illness

After Breast Cancer

Heart of Healthy You

Her Heart is Beating in Rhythm Again

What Is Adult Day Care?

Mindful Eating: Small Effort, Big Rewards

Fruits and Veggies - You need to eat more!

Find Your Perfect Exercise

Why a Childbirth Class Is Worth Your Time

The Overweight Pregnancy

How Smoking Affects a Woman's Heart

Men's Health Update — Prostate

Heart of Healthy You

Arm Yourself —Know Your Heart Test Results

How Risky Are Stents?

Raising a Family

Kids and the Caffeine Craze

When a Classmate Dies

Time to Downsize?

Yes, I Can! Travel by motorcycle

Caring for Mind and Body

How's Your Intuition?

Why You Need to Play

Protecting Your Health

‘What I Learned About My Metabolism’

Cancer News and Reminders

Should You Have a Blood-Sugar Test?

Coping With Illness

Managing Your Chronic Illness

Regrowing a Torn Shoulder

Is Vertigo Limiting You?

Brain Aneurysms

March April 2007

How Healthy Are Eggs?

Caring for Mind and Body

How Weight Loss Affects Your Self-Image

A New Approach to Breast Cancer Radiation

Too Young for Bladder Problems?

When Her Heart Suffers

Raising a Family

Health and Wellness in School

Can Your Child Hear You?

Protecting Your Health

He Couldn’t Quit Smoking on His Own

Your Complex Ankle Joint

Finding the Value in Herbal Medications

Coping with Illness

Advanced Treatment for Melanoma

When Lyme Disease Strikes Hard

Yes, I Can! Earn a New Degree!

New Care for Elderly Patients

January February 2007

Eating for Energy

Go Ape for Bananas

Keep Your Workout Challenging

Caring for Mind and Body

Does Technology Rule Your Life?

Shedding Light on SAD

Is It Depression or Bipolar Disorder?

Telling Your Story

You’re Pregnant! Watch That Blood Pressure

Benign Breast Tumor? Freeze It

Dealing With ‘E.D.’

Raising a Family

Teens and Healthy Dating

Many Kinds of ‘Smart’

Protecting Your Health

Ethnicity and Health

Make the Most of Your Medications

Coping With Illness

Advances in Surgery

The Facts on Hernia

The Challenge of Psoriasis

You’re About to Become a Caregiver

You and Your Nurse

Offbeat Fitness Strategies for Winter

Signs of a Detached Retina

Topics

Can Appetizers Be Healthy and Tasty?

Good Additives in Your Food

The Benefits of Tea

Get Creative With Watermelon

Summer Drinks That Make Sense

Boost Your Mood With Food

How Healthy Is Milk?

Cooking for Someone With Diabetes

Dreaming of Farm-Fresh Produce?

The Big 3 for Strong Bones

Healthy Holiday Drinks

Apples: Nature’s Take-along Snack

Should You Be Eating Six Meals Instead of Three?

Mindful Eating: Small Effort, Big Rewards

Fruits and Veggies - You need to eat more!

How Healthy Are Eggs?

Eating for Energy

Go Ape for Bananas

Are You ‘Functionally Fit’?

Do Your Push-ups

Steroids and Young Athletes

Old-Fashioned Outdoor Fun

Skateboarding Safely

What Is a 'Medical Fitness Center'?

More Fitness in Less Time

Coming Back From a Sports Injury

Get Strong With Pilates

Laxity in Your Joints

Get in the Game!

Arthritis? Get Moving!

Find Your Perfect Exercise

Keep Your Workout Challenging

What Is Sports Medicine?

Caring for Mind and Body

Get Strong With Pilates

Coping With Your Parents’ Divorce

Why Am I Always Late?

Think Positive!

Myths and Truths About Suicide

Are You a Hypochondriac?

The Challenge of Schizophrenia

Is Stress Contagious?

Too Many Choices!

Benefits of Massage Therapy

Turning 30…40…50…

Growing Up Adopted

How's Your Intuition?

Why You Need to Play

How Weight Loss Affects Your Self-Image

Does Technology Rule Your Life?

Shedding Light on SAD

Is It Depression or Bipolar Disorder?

Telling Your Story

Should I Worry About Preeclampsia?

Is This Affecting My Baby?

Looking Ahead to Menopause

Stop the Cycle of Pelvic Pain

Chemotherapy Before Breast Cancer Surgery?

'What We Wish Women Knew About Breast Cancer'

Pelvic Floor Problems?

Make Your Spider Veins Vanish for Good

The Inside Scoop on Being Pregnant

Who’s Interpreting Your Mammogram?

Predicting Your Heart Disease Risk

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Protect Your Pelvic Health

The Overweight Pregnancy

Why a Childbirth Class Is Worth Your Time

How Smoking Affects a Woman's Heart

A New Approach to Breast Cancer Radiation

Too Young for Bladder Problems?

When Her Heart Suffers

You’re Pregnant! Watch That Blood Pressure

Benign Breast Tumor? Freeze It

Dealing With ‘E.D.’

How Bernie Beat Prostate Cancer

How Men Manage Stress

Men Turning 40— What It’s Really Like

Men's Health Update — Prostate

Prostate Cancer—To Treat or Not to Treat

Regrets About Sterilization

Dealing With ‘E.D.’

Raising a Family

Coping with Leukemia

Kids and Holiday Stress

Playing With Fire

Teaching Your Child to Drive: Who Gets the Job?

The Terrible Twos

When Children Have ‘Adult’ Diseases

Help Your Child Lose Weight

'I'm Gonna Be a Safe Driver!'

School’s Out? Time for Camp!

Cold Comfort for Kids

Help Your Child Open Up

Teens Feel Pressure to Smoke

Does Your Child Need Dental Sealants?

Speech Therapy Just for Kids

The Facts About MySpace

Does Your Child Have a Vision Problem?

The First College Break

Fibromyalgia in Teens

Breaking Poor Parenting Habits

Kids and the Caffeine Craze

When a Classmate Dies

Health and Wellness in School

Can Your Child Hear You?

Teens and Healthy Dating

Heart of Healthy You

Myths About Cardiac Rehabilitation

She Learned From Her Heart Attack

The Pacemaker Q&A

What Smoking Does to Your Heart

The Link Between Head and Heart

I Started a Heart Attack Support Group

A Bulge Can Cause Problems Too

His Legs Hurt While Walking

Diabetes and Your Heart

New Test Detects Calcium Buildup

Is Your Family Heart-Attack Prepared?

‘CPR Anytime’ Could Be a Lifesaver

Living With Heart Failure

Sorting Out Your Cholesterol

Sleep Apnea and Your Heart

How to Respond to a Heart Attack or Stroke

Fast Action Saved One Woman's Life

Arm Yourself —Know Your Heart Test Results

How Risky Are Stents?

Protecting Your Health

Don’t Ingest Risky Chemicals

Time for a New Mattress?

The Facts About Gangs

Ordering Prescription Drugs Online

Don’t Be a Victim of Car Theft

The Big 3 for Strong Bones

The Anatomy of a Cigarette

First Aid for Serious Burns

Keep Your Head in the Game

Say No to Plantar Warts

Home Fireworks Safety

Could You Be a Blood Donor?

Hot Water Can Hurt You

Be a Safe Pedestrian!

Vitamin D: Are You Deficient?

Using the Emergency Room

Secondhand Smoke in Your Home

Coping With Health Care Costs

Do Weight-Loss Drugs Work?

‘What I Learned About My Metabolism’

Cancer News and Reminders

Should You Have a Blood-Sugar Test?

He Couldn’t Quit Smoking on His Own

Your Complex Ankle Joint

Finding the Value in Herbal Medications

Ethnicity and Health

Make the Most of Your Medications

Coping with Illness

Strokes Affect All Ages

All About Nosebleeds

Is This Headache Serious?

New Breast Cancer Option

Representing Your Loved One in the Hospital

Robotics Help Fight Cancer

Do I Really Need Back Surgery?

Living Longer With HIV

Trends in Diabetes Treatment

Calling the Ambulance—Q & A

Long Hours in the Sun

New Treatments Brighten Future for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Coping With Seizures

Restoring Your Health

Fibromyalgia in Teens

New Hope for Lung Cancer

The Gift of a Kidney

When Neck Pain Is Serious

Traveling With a Chronic Disease

The Liver: Your Body's Processing Plant

Managing Your Chronic Illness

Regrowing a Torn Shoulder

Is Vertigo Limiting You?

Brain Aneurysms

Advanced Treatment for Melanoma

When Lyme Disease Strikes Hard

Advances in Surgery

The Facts on Hernia

The Challenge of Psoriasis

You’re About to Become a Caregiver

You and Your Nurse

Options in Elder Care

The Gift of You

Cancer in the Elderly

Childproof Your Home...Again

Don’t Get Scammed

Moving in With Your Adult Children

Take Your Medications Wisely

Great Gadgets for Older Adults

What's a Healthy Weight for Older Adults?

Do You Need a Benefits Checkup?

Is There a Dry Eye in Your House?

Changing With Your Community

Healthy and Happy at 100

Yes, I Can Sing! a Capella

Healthy Aging: What's Normal, What's Not?

What Do Your Grandchildren Need From You?

Move Your Way Through Menopause

Women: Should You Be Taking Aspirin for Your Heart?

The ABCs of CCRCs

Time to Downsize?

Yes, I Can! Travel by motorcycle

Yes, I Can! Earn a New Degree!

New Care for Elderly Patients

Offbeat Fitness Strategies for Winter

Signs of a Detached Retina

How the Guys Lost the Bubble

Weight gain: is it your medication?

How Realistic is ‘The Biggest Loser’?

Losing the Last 10 Pounds

Reshaping a Slimmed-Down Body

He Lost 250 Pounds and Is Still Losing

Could a Band Help You Lose Weight?

Lose a Little…Gain a Lot

Need Help?

Call 610-402-CARE (8:30 a.m.-5:30p.m., Monday-Friday) or click here to contact us online. Our nurses and other experts can help you find a doctor and more.

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