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House Call, January 2013

Western Baptist Health Source Summer 2012

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Children prepare to release balloons with messages to their departed loved ones during the final ceremony of Lourdes Hospice Camp Robin in spring 2012. Camp Robin is a free day camp open to grieving children, teens and parents, helping to provide support and coping skills as people deal with the loss of loved ones.

Camp offers refuge during times of grief
Suffering through the loss of a loved one can take its toll on anyone, but especially in children, the grieving process often begins with confusion, leaving parents or guardians the difficult task ...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Joey Wever, 63, is HIV-positive. Thanks to antiretroviral treatments the life expectancy of people with HIV is increasing with many living to their 50s, 60s and older.

Aging with HIV offers own health challenge
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Not long after Bob Reed learned in 1986 that he had AIDS, he watched 20 of his friends die from the disease as it ravaged his body and he battled to survive. Today, as he ...

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American Red Cross seeks community volunteers
The Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region is in need of volunteers. Each year the American Red Cross collects more than 6 million units of blood from roughly 3.5 million volunteer donors. B...

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Cold and flu season brings rash of pinkeye
ATLANTA — Elizabeth Brockob’s eye was red and hurting, so she went to the internet for a diagnosis. Within minutes the 13-year-old from Johns Creek, Ga., was convinced she was going blind and th...

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House Call Monthly — April 2013

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Lindsay Avner is flanked by Mary Kate Fitzgerald, left, and Denise McClanahan at a presentation Avner made to Chicago Bulls employees, March 7, in Chicago. Avner had a preventive double mastectomy at age 23 and has since founded Bright Pink, an organization to help young women facing choices about breast and ovary health.

Double mastectomy offers pre-emptive cancer strike
CHICAGO — At age 23, Lindsay Avner took charge of her genetic fate: she elected to have her healthy breasts removed before cancer could strike first. Six years later, the resident of Chicago’s Nort...

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Benton Elementary receives Project Fit America grant
With a grant from Baptist Health Paducah, Benton Elementary School this fall will launch Project Fit America, a fitness program aimed at reducing childhood obesity. Benton is the sixth area scho...

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This is your teenager’s brain, growing up
Wondering where your teen’s mind is? A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests adolescents may be quite busy adding brain cells during puberty, and it might just ha...

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The cost of care
A new national report suggests 1 in 3 seniors will die from Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia as Alzheimer’s increasingly claims more people despite declines in other major diseases in the past...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Caffeinated beverages and shots are displayed January 21, 2013. Energy drinks, which derive much of their stimulant capacity from caffeine, have shown up in reports of a number of recent deaths, the FDA says.

Caffeine intake: How much is too much?
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Sitting in a booth at the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop in Anaheim, Calif., takes you back to a time long before Starbucks. As you scan the interior to admire the macramé hanging...

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