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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Mary McMillan invites everyone to a free workshop, “Enjoying Your Relationships,” on Friday, Sept. 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Watershed Books, 305 N. Main St., Lakeport.
During this workshop, you will discover exciting new relationship tools.
Bring your questions and learn how to get more of what you want – with your spouse, friends, lover, co-workers – with everyone.
McMillan also will be signing copies of her new book, “Get Inside Your Relationships: Tools and Strategies for Building Attachments.”
According to one reviewer, “'Get Inside Your Relationships' has none of the soap-opera drama that so often infects self-help books. Rather, it is a no-frills operations manual on how to give and get respect, which is really what healthy relationships are all about. McMillan explains relationship styles and interactions in simple everyday language. She moves from the general – basic human emotional needs, to the specific – examples of ways to help us meet those needs by showing and gaining respect in our interactions with others.”
“Get Inside Your Relationships” is available at local bookstores and also at online bookstores or www.GetInsideYourRelationships.info.
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Earlier this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and a diverse group of statewide health care and technology agencies at the University of California (UC), Davis Cancer Center announced the launch of the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which will be the largest dedicated telehealth network in the country, and will enhance access to health care services and improve the quality of care for Californians.
“California is always leading the way with the most innovative and new technology that is changing the future. And, what we are launching today is a new era for health care,” said Schwarzenegger. “Through a simple broadband link, this state-of-the-art system will save lives by instantly connecting people from across the state, including underserved and rural areas, with the best and brightest doctors. The California Telehealth Network marks the beginning of a new digital highway that will fundamentally change the future of how health care is provided.”
The CTN state-of-the-art system will connect telehealth devices in medical facilities from all corners of the state. Today, the CTN is launching its first two remote sites at the Oroville Hospital in Orville and CommuniCare Health Center in West Sacramento.
This phase of the CTN will connect over 800 sites within three years. As the CTN will help to expand health care access, it will also provide significant security and performance improvements over existing telehealth networks, including the ability for time-sensitive or emergency transmissions to receive top priority.
The governor participated in a demonstration of the telehealth network today linking the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento with medical personnel in three other California locations: the Oroville Hospital in Orville; UC Irvine Hospital in Irvine; CommuniCare Health Center in West Sacramento.
CTN is a public and private, federal and state partnership which can be used as a model across the nation as other networks are funded and established.
The network leveraged both private and public funding for a total of $30 million, including grants from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the California Emerging Technology Fund, the California HealthCare Foundation, UnitedHealthcare, the National Coalition for Healthcare Integration, the University of California and other private and public entities.
For more information about the CTN please visit www.caltelehealth.org/.
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SACRAMENTO, Thursday, August 26, 2010 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture has detected Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in raw milk cheese produced in the state of Missouri and sold in California.
The bacteria was found in two cheese products labeled as Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese Garlic Colby and Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese Hot Pepper Colby, both manufactured at processing plant number 29-428 in Mountain View, MO.
The products were shipped from the Missouri plant to locations in the California counties of Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Listeria monocytogenes may cause listeriosis among “at risk” people, including pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.
Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea.
If infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms such as headache and stiff neck can occur.
Infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like illness; however, infections during pregnancy can lead to more serious problems for the fetus.
Consumers should seek immediate medical care if they develop these symptoms.
Consumers should discard the cheese or return it to the place of purchase. No illnesses have been reported.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital’s mobile unit will begin seeing patients starting on Monday, Aug. 23.
The mobile unit will be at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, located at 10th and Country Club in Lucerne on Monday, Aug. 23, and then again on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Appointments are now being scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for both days.
On Tuesday, Aug. 24, and Thursday, Aug. 26, the mobile unit will be at the Live Oak Senior Center, located at 12502 Foothill Blvd in Clearlake Oaks.
Appointments are now being scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for both days at both locations.
To make an appointment, please call the Sutter Lakeside Mobile Health Services Unit at 707-262-5076.
The following is a list of the various services provided by the Sutter Lakeside Mobile Health Services Unit.
Health screenings: basic vision, basic hearing, blood pressure screening, well woman examinations (bone density and mammogram referrals), diabetes screening, cholesterol screening, scoliosis screening.
Education: diabetes, obesity/weight loss, HTN/CHF/heart disease, family planning/STDS, asthma, COPD, pregnancy and hygiene.
The mobile unit accepts the following insurance: Medi-Cal, Medi-Care, CMSP, Family Pact (green card), Healthy Families, and private insurance. Please bring your photo ID and insurance card to every visit.
For additional appointment dates and times, please call 707-262-5076. For more information please visit www.sutterlakeside.org and click on the mobile unit link on the lower left corner.