Posts Tagged ‘ Health ’

Simple Changes Can Improve Heart Health

Live Healthy Iowa can help motivate heart-healthy habits
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City of Kirksville Announces Boil Advisory

Citizens living on LaHarpe, between the 1800 block of E. LaHarpe to Cottage Grove lane are under a 48 hr. BOIL ADVISORY for drinking water only.
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The American Cancer Society presents Daffodil Days

Help Support the American Cancer Society by participating in their 2011 Daffodil Days campaign. You have until February 14th of place your order for daffodils. Daffodil Week will be March 7-11. If you would like additional materials, please contact Kierstan Peck, Senior Community Relations, at 763-300-0280 or by visiting http://daffodil.acsevents.org/site/TR/DaffodilDays/DDFY11MW?fr_id=34532&pg=entry.
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Quick Reads: Information from IDPH

Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, B.S.N., M.Ed., M.D., has begun her tenure as director of Iowa Department of Public Health. Her first newsletter in this post can be found here. Miller-Meeks served as a Lt. Col. with the U.S. Army Reserves, was the first female faculty member of the University of Iowa Ophthalmology Department and the...
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Governor Culver Brings Justice to Incarcerated Victims of Domestic Violence

Des Moines – January 14, 2011 – The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) and the Skylark Project are pleased to announce that, on his last day in office, Governor Culver commuted the sentence of Sheila Schertz. While serving more than thirty years, she been an active volunteer, a resident of the special privilege...
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Whooping Cough Activity Continues in Iowa: Adults urged to be vaccinated

The latest data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) indicates over 650 confirmed and probable cases of pertussis (whooping cough) were reported in 2010, and activity continues to be strong so far in 2011. The actual number of cases is probably much larger since most adults with pertussis are not diagnosed. There...
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Donate Today at the River of Life Blood Drive

The annual River of Life Blood Drive is being held from 11 am to 6 pm at the Bridgeview Center in Ottumwa, Iowa...
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January is National Radon Awareness Month

Radon is a cancer-causing, radioactive gas. The World Health Organization and EPA has identified Radon Gas as the leading cause of lung cancer in for non-smokers in 2010. Find out what you can do to prevent this silent killer in your home, community, state and nation! Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas released in...
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