September 17, 2009 RSS feed / Health & Wellness

Blood drive at YMCA to help local teen

Newbury Park teen Andreas Knickman was diagnosed with bone cancer on July 8 and immediately underwent surgery to repair his leg and to remove a nodule in his lung. He is now receiving chemotherapy at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. More...

Diet important in preventing infantile diarrhea

Parents who want to stop the distress of infantile diarrhea might have a simple solution.   Dr. More...

Support St. Jude at local Chili’s

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and when customers stop by Chili’s at The Promenade shopping center in Thousand Oaks, they’ll receive a Create a Pepper coloring sheet for making a donation to St. More...

ALS support group to meet

The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Ventura County Support Group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 at the Westlake Village Library community room, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. More...

Free prostate cancer screening offered next Saturday at Los Robles

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center is offering free prostate screenings to men between the ages of 40 and 80 with no history of prostate surgery and not currently under the care of a urologi More...

Parkinson’s info fair offered by Senior Concerns and local science center

Senior Concerns and the Hazel Hutchman Memorial Neuroscience Center of Reseda will present a “Living Well with Parkinson’s” information fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. More...

Buckle up and put on the brakes

According to the Pediatric Emergency Care Journal , strollers are a common cause of childhood injury. More...

VC Medical Center honors new babies

Ventura County Medical Center will host a 35th anniversary celebration in recognition of former patients of the center’s awardwinning neonatal intensive care unit from 1 to 5 p.m. Sat., Sept. More...