Include physical activity and healthy nutrition at workEven the most sincere dedication to a healthier lifestyle can be derailed by the challenges presented by the eight or more hours per day most adults spend in the workplace. Healthy food choices and increased physical activity often seem ...
Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death for men and women, yet it is preventable, treatable, and beatable. It can be prevented by finding and removing polyps before they become cancerous and is highly treatable if found in its early stages. About half of all the colon cancer ...
DES MOINES, Iowa LifeServe Blood Center needs to collect approximately 150,000 units of blood annually in order to meet the needs of local hospital patients. In order to do this, more than 3,000 volunteer blood donors are needed on a weekly basis to make life-saving donations. While the demand ...
March is National Nutrition Month and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formally the American Dietetic Association) and Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) want to remind the community that making changes in your eating plans can improve your health.Food is meant to be enjoyed, but ...
Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging has its March meals planned. Each meal includes milk. Meals are offered on a contribution basis for people over 60 year of age. People under 60 must pay the actual cost.There are two menu options on most days of the month. Both congregate and home delivered ...
Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) will host the Grundy area cardiac support group on Monday, March 5, 2012 from 5:00 6:30 p.m. in the education room. Please use entrance #3 on the west side of the hospital.Crystal Petersen, RDLD, GCMH Food and Nutrition Services Manager, will present on ...
NAMI Black Hawk County is sponsoring a free 12-week class for families who have adult relatives with mental illness. The series of weekly classes, taught by trained family members, begins on Thursday, March 8, and runs through May 24. It will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the First Congregational ...
Donating blood is a great way to support your community and save the lives of local hospital patients. Every year, many regular blood donors are unable to donate blood due to travel, medication or illness. LifeServe Blood Center relies on donations from new, first time blood donors to ...
Grundy County Public Health will hold their monthly foot clinic at Westview Independent Living on Monday morning February 13th. The clinic is open to anyone desiring assistance with trimming their toenails. A public health nurse will examine feet and perform nail trimming and filing. A foot ...
Pregnant women are trying to be healthier. Many take all the right steps to promote the birth of a healthy baby, including eating right, taking vitamins and eliminating alcohol and nicotine from their lives.Unfortunately, all those efforts may be for naught if they are still being exposed to ...