April 29, 2010 RSS feed / Health & Wellness

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Laughter may be the best medicine

By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
Is laughter the best medicine for stress, type 2 diabetes, depression and other ailments? More...

Lecture focuses on intimacy and aging

Simi Valley Hospital will offer a free community lecture for seniors titled “Intimacy as We Age” at 1 p.m. Wed., May 19 at the Simi Valley Senior Center, room 106, 3900 Avenida Simi. More...

Taking part in Relay for Life

STEPPING OUT—Los Cerritos Middle School students, from left, Paige Peel, Emily Lane, Jessica Nimie, Haley Nimie and Hannah Solomon, all eighthgraders except for Haley, a sixth-grade More...

Conejo Free Clinic Women’s Health Fair a success

The Conejo Free Clinic, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente of Thousand Oaks, recently hosted its eighth annual free Women’s Health Fair for underinsured and uninsured women at the Kaiser Permanente medical center in Thousand Oa More...

High Street magic benefits Hospice

Loving Heart Hospice Foundation’s “It’s Magic on High Street” will take place at 2 p.m. Sat., May 1 at the High Street Arts Center, 45 E. High St., Moorpark. More...

Wellness to offer seminar for cancer patients

The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura is offering a free seminar for people affected by cancer“Care for the Caregiver with Molly Rockey,” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. More...

‘Autism Sings!’

Thousand Oaks filmmaker Keri Bowers and Joanne Lara of Autism Movement Therapy Inc. will present “Autism Sings!” from 7 to 10 p.m. Wed., May 5 at The Canyon club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills. More...

UCLA seeks smokers for vaccine study

UCLA researchers are seeking smokers between the ages of 18 and 65 for a national study using an experimental vaccine to help them quit smoking.  More...