Health And Fitness
Award notes Billings Clinic stroke care
Billings Clinic has received the 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
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Thanks to your tongue and nose, it’s a question of taste
Everybody talks about the taste of great food.
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Some obese folks fool themselves into denial of weight problem
Have you heard of "the fat gap?" It's a term that sprang up last month, when a survey in Great Britain found the majority of overweight people there are oblivious to the fact that they're heavy. The findings pin down a phenomenon that health professionals have been talking about for years…
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Just ask Joyce: Book celebrates days of Level 3 Tea Room
Dear Readers: Those of us who remember Marie Halone and her Level 3 Tea Room are delighted to know that she finished her cookbook of exceptional recipes.
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Health matters: End-of-life discussions best had long before crisis
End-of-life discussions have recently been the topic of debate on a national level in the context of the health care reform discussion. For most people, end-of-life care discussions can be scary. Death and dying are uncomfortable topics that many people avoid. Fear of death is one of our …
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Guide helps arthritis patients
Recent census data show that 15.9 percent of Montana's residents are either uninsured or underinsured. And, with more than 212,000 people living with arthritis in Montana, the lack of proper insurance and care could lead to more severe health issues and greater healthcare costs in the lon…
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Nutrition news: Have others help during the holidays
It's amazing how a joyful celebration like Thanksgiving can become so stressful. We start out looking forward to a special time with family and friends. Then, we get all wrapped up in preparing a huge feast, surrounded by perfect decorations, in an immaculately clean house. With all our e…
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Plastic surgery: Want to know who’s a competent doctor? Ask around
The autumnal gray has become the palette of all our activities - dark in the morning going to work, dark on the way home, nearly dark in the second half of the freshman football games. I can see why bears do what they do - pork out and crash until it cheers up.
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Index notes St. Vincent as ‘Best in Value’
St. Vincent Healthcare has been recognized nationally as a "Best in Value" hospital. The Data Advantage Hospital Value Index analyzes more than 4,500 acute-care hospitals in the United States.
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Hospital recognized for orthopedic care
Billings Clinic is the only Montana Hospital to be recognized for seven consecutive years as among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall orthopedic care in a new study released by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings organization. The HealthGrades study evaluates objecti…
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Teen wheels through 30-mile Yellowstone ride
WEST YELLOWSTONE - Nearing the end of her 30-mile bike ride from Old Faithful to West Yellowstone, MiKayla Briere had a decision to make.
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Giving a little heart to women who exercise outdoors
PHILADELPHIA - Clinical therapist Margaret Preston believes that working out is key to a woman's mental health. Yet when women go to exercise outside, they shouldn't have to do it alone.
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Diabetics should heed feet
Did you know that almost 50 percent of people in the United States who have diabetes have a lower-extremity problem that could lead to a foot amputation? Also, did you know that a person with diabetes who has a sore on his or her foot has a 43 percent chance of losing the foot? Taking car…
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Braces + candy = Halloween nightmare
NEW YORK - For the past two Halloweens, Julie Bonn Heath has gotten into a few battles with her son. It wasn't that he was eating too much candy - he was just eating the wrong kind.
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Alarming weight gain seen in kids on psych drugs
CHICAGO - Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
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Take pumpkin beyond the pie
Pumpkins aren't just an icon of fall. They also are a sign of healthy eats.
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Food labels may be out of hand
Sugary cereals with refined grains are labeled a "Smart Choice" or a way to "support your child's immunity."
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Spinal health takes more than a month
As everyone knows, the holidays are fast approaching.
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Northern Rockies center seeks participants
Hematology Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies is one of approximately 11 sites within the Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network Inc. (ACORN) that has been chosen to participate in a research study to evaluate investigational treatment options for women diagnosed with meta…
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Qigong workshop explores freedom of movement, mind
Chris Fernie's Qigong workshop returns Nov. 7 and 8 at Marillac Auditorium. The weekend workshop will explore freeing muscular tension in the hips and pelvis to enable greater ease of movement, as well as activating the dantien, the physical energy center of the body within the pelvic ca…
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