Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer Opens Registration
Online signup is under way for the 20th anniversary Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer. The event is Oct 10 in Cedar Rapids with ceremonies at 7 45 a m and an 8 a m start on Eighth Avenue SE by Mercy Medical Center. The 5K run is for women only. men may join as non-competitors. 5K walk and 1 mile family fun walk welcome all. Visiting Nurse Association seeks volunteers for registration and clerical duties at fall flu clinics across Johnson County with flexible hours and September training. For info or to volunteer call 319 337 9686 Ext 155.
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Cedar Rapids
Especially Foryourace.org
Eighth Avenue SE
Mercy Medical Center
The
Visiting Nurse Association
Johnson County
Free childhood obesity program at St Luke Hospital
A free program with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Mark Zittergruen discusses the rising rate of overweight children in the United States. It covers risks from low self esteem to Type II diabetes and heart disease and offers guidance on achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. The session runs 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday on the 3rd Floor Heart Center Classrooms. To register, call 319 369-7395 or visit stlukescr.org.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Mark Zittergruen
St. Luke Hospital
Heart Center
Stlukescr
Third Annual Shootout Against Cancer Clays Event
More than a hundred shooters will participate in the third annual Shootout Against Cancer at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Fayette County Conservation Club near Oelwein. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. entry is 50 dollars with same day registration. Contact Hugh Curtis or Don Stohr for details.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Grinnell Students Study Girls Exercise Attitudes
Grinnell College researchers Liz Queathem and Kelsey Holkesvik study body image and exercise effects in 12 seventh and eighth grade girls aged 11 to 14. They compare indoor fitness center workouts with outdoor trail cycling, measuring mood, cortisol, and postexercise attitudes for use in education and counseling.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette Rinnell
Kelsey Holkesvik
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Liz Queathem
Holkesvik
Queathem
Trust For America’s Health
Cindy
Hadish
Gazcomm.com
Maddy Smith
Study links high heels to shorter calf muscle fibers and stiffer Achilles
Researchers compared 11 habitual high heel wearers with 9 flat shoe users. They found 13 percent shorter calf muscle fibers and thicker stiffer Achilles tendons in the heel group, suggesting adaptation that aids walking but causes pain when switching to flat feet. stretching is advised.
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Jeannine Stein
Los Angeles Times
Journal of Experimental Biology
Marco Narici
Manchester Metropolitan University
United Kingdom
Narici
Hashimoto thyroiditis and porcelain gallbladder explained
Reader questions about Hashimoto's thyroiditis a common autoimmune cause of hypothyroidism and porcelain gallbladder with cancer risk. Dr Donohue explains symptoms treatment and urgent gallbladder removal despite lack of pain.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Hashimoto
Paul Donahue
North America
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