October 5, 2007 RSS feed / Health & Wellness

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Radical surgery for large man is life-changing experience

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
Even when he weighed 365 pounds, Ben Gilbert stayed active volunteering in the community and promoting his magazine business throughout eastern Ventura County. More...

Funds provide for mobile mammograms

The Breast Cancer Prevention Fund has recently awarded the Ventura County Cancer Task Force $100,000 for the Health Care Agency Mobile Mammography Project, sponsored by the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation. More...

Costume contact lenses may injure eyes

Novelty or cosmetic contact lenses may be a favorite way for California teens to spice up their Halloween costume, but by using them without first visiting their optometrist, they are risking permanent damage to their eyes. More...

Local health resources are plentiful for those in need

By Barrie Silberberg Special to the Acorn

Often when a family member is diagnosed with a disease, disability or disorder, we don't know where to turn. More...

Here's help for hearing impaired

New technology improves audio aids

Local Miracle-Ear outlets in the Simi Valley area want to amplify a silent problem- hearingimpaired people who avoid getting hearing aids. More...

Healthcare for boomers

Ventura County Homecare Association Inc., and Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center will present an educational symposium "Options for Care- Boomers and Beyond: Healthcare in the 21st Century" from 8 to 11:45 a.m. Sat., Oct. More...

Foundation sponsors benefit walk, carnival

The Amanda McPherson Foundation announces the fourth annual Amanda "Spreading Our Wings" Walk and Family Carnival on Sun., Oct. 7 at 8:30 a.m. to noon. The approximately 2.5-mile walk will begin at 9 a.m. More...

Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. "The Secretary of State's Safe at Home program helps protect survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking from their abusers," said Secretary of State Debra Bowen. More...

Connecting

It's a balancing act

The audience collectively held its breath as the trapeze artist inched slowly up the inclined wire, 20 feet overhead. She balanced delicately on pointed toes; it seemed impossible and then, she was on the platform! More...