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Get Healthy for 2018 With Mark Twain Medical Center & Family Medical Centers |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/05/2018 11:13 AM
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San Andreas, Copperopolis, Angels Camp, Arnold & Valley Springs, CA...Get Healthy for 2018 With Mark Twain Medical Center & Family Medical Centers
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What To Do If You Get the Flu? ~ Pharmacist Patrick Crosby of Meadowmont, Twain Harte & Groveland Pharmacies |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/05/2018 03:29 PM
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Arnold, Twain Harte & Groveland, CA...What To Do If You Get the Flu? I’m guessing that the flu isn’t on your top-10 wish list, right? But just in case you get sick this flu season, here’s a list of 10 things you can do to help ease your symptoms—and to stop the flu in its tracks and protect others.
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New Rules Expanding Opportunity For Small Business Health Plans Moves Forward |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/04/2018 08:20 AM
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Washington, DC....The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to expand the opportunity to offer employment-based health insurance to small businesses through Small Business Health Plans, also known as Association Health Plans.
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Human Trafficking Awareness Class |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/02/2018 07:37 AM
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San Andreas, CA...Human Trafficking Awareness Class: Dispelling the Myths. Victim-Centered and Trauma-Informed Care Please join us for an in-depth workshop for first responders and public service agencies provided by Holly Gibbs, Director of Dignity Health’s Human Trafficking Response Program and Wendy Barnes, author of And Life Continues: Sex Trafficking & My Journey to Freedom.
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Diabetes Drug 'Significantly Reverses Memory Loss' in Mice with Alzheimer's |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/02/2018 10:31 PM
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Lancaster, UK...A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists found it "significantly reversed memory loss" in mice through a triple method of action. The research, published in Brain Research, could bring substantial improvements in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease through the use of a drug originally created to treat type 2 diabetes. Lead researcher Professor Christian Holscher of Lancaster University in the UK said the novel treatment "holds clear promise of being developed into a new treatment for chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease."
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SilverSneakers is Now Available at Big Trees Fitness & Give The Gift of Fitness. |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/26/2017 09:17 AM
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Arnold, CA...We stopped by Big Trees Fitness and Melissa Wagner told us about the SilverSneakers that Big Trees Fitness just qualified for. SilverSneakers is a complete program that is available to most seniors at no cost. SilverSneakers is a fitness program for adults 65+ comes free with qualifying health plans, giving you unlimited access to thousands of fitness locations across the country. From weights and machines to group classes led by certified instructors, we have something for everyone at all levels of ability. For younger fitness buffs Big Trees Fitness is offering the Gift of Fitness with the special offer of Three Months for only $99.
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Affordable Care Act Enrollments Roll On |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/22/2017 08:11 AM
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Washington, DC...In the last week of Open Enrollment for 2018, 4,143,968 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform or were automatically re-enrolled in a plan. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday.
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In 2016, the Rate of Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States was More Than Three times the 1999 Rate. |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/21/2017 08:40 AM
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Washington, DC....Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2016. Key findings. Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
- In 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths in the United States.
- The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in 2016 (19.8 per 100,000) was 21% higher than the rate in 2015 (16.3).
- Among persons aged 15 and over, adults aged 25–34, 35–44, and 45–54 had the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in 2016 at around 35 per 100,000.
- West Virginia (52.0 per 100,000), Ohio (39.1), New Hampshire (39.0), the District of Columbia (38.8), and Pennsylvania (37.9) had the highest observed age-adjusted drug overdose death rates in 2016.
- The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (drugs such as fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and tramadol) doubled between 2015 and 2016, from 3.1 to 6.2 per 100,000.
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What To Do If You Get the Flu? ~ Pharmacist Patrick Crosby of Meadowmont, Twain Harte & Groveland Pharmacies |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/21/2017 11:40 AM
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Arnold, Twain Harte & Groveland, CA...What To Do If You Get the Flu? I’m guessing that the flu isn’t on your top-10 wish list, right? But just in case you get sick this flu season, here’s a list of 10 things you can do to help ease your symptoms—and to stop the flu in its tracks and protect others.
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SilverSneakers is Now Available at Big Trees Fitness & Give The Gift of Fitness. |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/20/2017 10:59 AM
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Arnold, CA...We stopped by Big Trees Fitness and Melissa Wagner told us about the SilverSneakers that Big Trees Fitness just qualified for. SilverSneakers is a complete program that is available to most seniors at no cost. SilverSneakers is a fitness program for adults 65+ comes free with qualifying health plans, giving you unlimited access to thousands of fitness locations across the country. From weights and machines to group classes led by certified instructors, we have something for everyone at all levels of ability. For younger fitness buffs Big Trees Fitness is offering the Gift of Fitness with the special offer of Three Months for only $99.
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