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How To Manage Your Chronic Illness During the HolidaysWith the holidays here it is sometimes hard to plan holiday meals that are as healthy as they are delicious and we are tempted to eat in excess. This is made harder if you or a family member or friend has a special diet due to a health condition like high blood pressure or diabetes.
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Heights Picture of the Week- Nov. 13It is important to take good care of your feet when you have diabetes. This picture from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains how diabetes can affect your feet.
How can diabetes harm my feet?
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What is Diabetic Neuropathy?What is diabetic neuropathy?
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The Healthy Cook: Back-to-School Kale SaladThe Healthy Cook is a new seasonal recipe series presented by City Harvest and their Healthy Neighborhoods Program.
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A reminder of the important (free!) services for caregiversA reminder of the important (free!) services for caregivers
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Got Trees?I've always been a big fan of street trees--don't they make a street look beautiful? Don't they give us welcome shade in the summer? Don't they lessen the "heat island" effect in urban areas? Don't they soften the appearance of the "hardscape" of a city? That's the upside. The downside is they need to bought, planted, and maintained.
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Heights Picture of the Week- Sept. 25What is high cholesterol?
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What Is Childhood Obesity?Obesity is defined as having too much body fat. Being overweight is having too much body weight for your height. Body mass index, or BMI, is used as a way of measuring if someone is overweight or obese. BMI is the preferred way for measuring children and young adults (ages 2–20) because it keeps in mind that they are still growing.
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The Healthy Cook: Sautéed AsparagusThe Healthy Cook is a new seasonal recipe series presented by City Harvest and their Healthy Neighborhoods Program.
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Healthy tip of the week (HTW): September 17- September 24Hearing loss is a growing problem that does not get as much attention as it should, so turn down the volume and listen up!
Contrary to popular beliefs hearing loss affects everyone including children, teenagers and adults. Hearing difficulty and hearing loss can be caused by different reasons such as injuries, illnesses, or genetics.
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