Conejo Free Clinic needs volunteers
      The Conejo Free Clinic is seeking licensed vocational nurses, certified medical assistants and registered nurses for volunteer duties. Volunteers served for four hours one Thursday a month at a morning pediatric health clinic. Duties include injection, patient intake and compu...
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Westlake group awards grants
      Livingston Memorial Foundation of Westlake Village has presented grants totaling $406,000 to 33 Ventura County nonprofit organizations for medical and health-related issues during its 2007-2008 grant year.
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Dermatologist to give free tips on skin cancer prevention
      James S. Weintraub, MD, will host a free skin cancer awareness seminar from 9 to 10 a.m. Thurs., May 15 at The Oaks mall near Macy's Women's store on the lower level. Weintraub, a dermatologist at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, will discuss various types of skin cancer and how th...
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How to handle adult diabetes
By making reasonably easy lifestyle changes, you can cope
      If you've been told by a healthcare professional that you have type 2 diabetes, it's normal to feel anxious or uncertain. But you're not alone- - almost 10.5 million adults age 60 and older in the United States have diabetes.
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Volunteer group helps foster children
      In California thousands of children are removed from their homes because of alleged abuse. Many of these children don't have parents who contest the allegations or express an interest in their children. As dependents of the court, the children are part of a legal system, which often leaves ...
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