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Senior Living Q&A: Having surgery is up to you, not your doctor
Q. My doctor is recommending I have surgery, but I am not sure I want to. Do I have to go ahead and do what he says? The decision of whether or not to have surgery is yours. Be sure to make it an informed decision. Keep in mind that approximately one-...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Health, Heart Failure, Clubs and Associations, Physical Conditions
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Around & About
CAMPS Arbolado Mountain Camp — July 24-31. The YMCA of the Foothills offers this weeklong camp in Barton Flats near Big Bear Lake for boys and girls entering grades 3-7. Activities include high ropes course, hiking, swimming, campfires, canoeing,...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Superman (fictional character), Ice Cream
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From sizzle to normal
What a difference a week makes. Last week, record temperatures were set for 2010. Now things have returned to normal after a gloomy start to the summer and weeklong heat wave. From July 14 to July 17 temperatures were in the mid- to upper 90s across...Tags: California, Weather Statistics, Weather, Santa Ana
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All Health's Breaking Loose: Sweeter without sugar
Ah, the "olden days," a time when life was simpler, even food was simpler. We ate less processed, sweetened food, and sugar was a rare treat. Just before the turn of this century, the average American consumed about five pounds of sugar per year. Cut to...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Immune System, Obesity, Physical Therapists
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In Theory: Weighing an Islamic center near Ground Zero
Those for and against a proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero butted heads during a passionate three-hour hearing of New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission last week, CNN reported. At issue is whether a more than century-old building...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Oklahoma, Islam, CNN (tv network), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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In Theory: An interview with Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced that, after his 79th birthday in October, he is to resign from nearly all of his official commitments and withdraw from public life, the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reported last week. He...Tags: Massacres, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Baptist, St. George, South Africa
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Girl Scout looks to build families
A movie inspired Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy senior Mimi Spindle to research the Los Angeles County foster care system. She questioned whether it could be as terrible as portrayed in the film. What she unearthed — statistics on abandonment,...Tags: Adults, Movies, Entertainment, Children, Family
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Our Readers Write
Is extra 4.1 years worth a move? I have lived in the same house in La Crescenta for 47 years, and I've never seriously considered moving. But, based on the article ("La Caņada residents are living long lives," July 29) about the extraordinary longevity...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Clubs and Associations
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Kropp reclaims her crown
Something was noticeably missing from the area's high school swimming scene last season when one of its brightest stars in recent memory, Andrea Kropp, took a year off from competing for the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming team.
Apparently,...Tags: Sports, Swimming
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Family matters
Memorial Park's function as a meeting place was the same on Saturday, but on a deeper level. Kidsave, a nonprofit organization based out of Culver City, chose La Caņada as the site for a weekend event where older orphaned and abandoned children could...Tags: Family, Children, Los Angeles
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Blue highways of America
We are a product of our many experiences. Even our genetic chemistry has much to do with how we see the world. I've driven myself to drink trying to figure out what makes me tick. What I've learned along the way is that — coupled with a quixotic...Tags: North Carolina, Business Trips, Tennessee Williams, Trips and Vacations, Genes and Chromosomes
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The Valley Line: Events hit all the right notes
At this time of the year I'm usually complaining about the heat and how we are experiencing the dog days of summer. However, capricious Mother Nature has decided she was bored with the same old fare and is giving us what is up to now one of the coolest...Tags: Music, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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