Food safety tips for a healthier summer
      With picnic and barbecue season here and the weather heating up, it's important to remember food safety tips when you gather with friends and family. "The single best way to prepare and consume food safely is to wash your hands before cooking, serving or eating," said Scott Gilliam of Indiana...
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Hospital's online test focuses on heart disease
      Community Memorial Hospital has launched an online screening for early detection of heart disease in Ventura County. HeartAware is an interactive, seven-minute, online personal health risk questionnaire that focuses on the prevention and early detection of heart disease.To take th...
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Health Care for All event at library
      Health Care for All California will present speakers and information about Senate Bill 840 from 10 a.m. to noon Sat., June 30 at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. The keynote speaker will be Andrew McGuire, executive director of Health Ca...
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Narcissism is alive and well
By Deborah Barber askDrDB@yahoo.com
      My colleagues on college campuses are noticing a sense of entitlement in students that appears to ignore traditional climbthe-ladder approaches to success. They want what they want, and they want it now . They have high expectations of themselves and others, are both high-performance an...
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YogaWorks in Westlake Village hires new general manager
      Paulette Dwyer, the owner of Westlake Yoga for more than 12 years, has left her business to become general manager of the new YogaWorks in Westlake Village, which is set to open in August. Dwyer has worked for more than 30 years in the yoga industry.
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