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Representatives and members from Franciscan Health Crawfordsville and the Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce announced a new health clinic partnership on April 25.The health clinic …
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5/11/18
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Well, parenting was never supposed to be easy, but it just seems to be getting harder. From trying to educate ourselves about social media trends like snapchat, instagram, vine and kik to …
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5/10/18
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Every day, we practice safe food handling by storing our foods in refrigerators and freezers at safe temperatures. This daily routine can quickly become more difficult when extreme weather hits. …
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5/9/18
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The Montgomery County Health Department has received its third supply of overdose rescue kits from the Indiana State Department of Health as part of a community partnership program that began in …
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5/9/18
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Dear Doctor: Being physically fit in middle age can decrease the risk of dementia, according to my sister-in-law. She walks four miles a day and runs on the weekends, so I imagine she’s covered. …
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4/25/18
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Dear Doctor: I have recently experienced severe vertigo due to fluid pressing against my eardrum, which happened after a sinus infection. What was going on? How can I avoid a repeat?Dear Reader: What …
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4/18/18
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Dear Doctor: What causes Crohn’s disease? My grandson has had two surgeries for it. Did the food he ate while growing up cause it? I have heard that it is genetic, but we don’t know of anyone in …
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4/11/18
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The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, has been touted — without proof — as a healthier alternative to traditional tobacco products and perhaps even a method of breaking the tobacco habit …
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4/11/18
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On March 6, 2014, I wrote an introduction article for the Journal Review called “Health Heroes.” It was to be a weekly article whose content was designed to create encouragement, direction and …
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3/7/18
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Imagine pouring a bowl of cereal and opening the refrigerator to get the milk and finding that it is two days past the date marked on the container. Do you use it? If you answered “no,” you are …
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2/14/18
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(BPT) — If you’re looking to improve your heart health, each day is all about making a choice that moves you in the right direction. You’d rather stay in with a big bowl of ice cream. But maybe …
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2/14/18
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Is your New Year’s resolution to get in shape dwindling? This week’s Health Hero Mark Elizondo has some advice. Elizondo is a previous Health Hero who came to Wabash College from Utah, a state …
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2/14/18
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While heart health and how to prevent heart disease are important topics, many people in the United States - African Americans, in particular — remain at risk.According to the Centers for Disease …
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2/7/18
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“He may not do it,” Jason Austin said of his dad’s probable reluctance to be the subject of this week’s Health Hero article. “He doesn’t like to call attention to himself.” Gary Austin …
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2/7/18
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According to the results of his physical checkups the last two years, this week’s Health Hero is losing an unexpected 10 pounds every six months. Rick Warner's secret is that he has done little …
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1/31/18
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Dr. Kourtney J. Morris, an OB/GYN with Franciscan Physician Network Obstetrics & Gynecology, recently received her board certification in obstetrics and gynecology from the American Board of …
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1/24/18
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Franciscan Health Crawfordsville will be a local sponsor for the national “Walk with a Doc” program. The series will start Jan. 29 and run through March 5 at Athena Sport and Fitness.“Walk with …
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1/24/18
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“Perseverance through pain spills over,” this week’s Health Hero explains. “After you have run a marathon everything is a little less intimidating,” says Cara McCauley, who is embedded in …
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1/3/18
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Most people in the health and fitness arena are reassessing their position or the state of those they coach. Their reflections provide insight as to the progress or lack there of and how to plan for …
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12/27/17
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It was in 2003 that the husband of this week’s Health Hero stood on top of their house hosing down the roof, trying to keep it from being a statistic of a raging California wildfire, when the idea …
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12/13/17
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