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                                    • Nine Ways to Make Exercise Part of Your Day

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                                      |Date: January 29, 2019
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                                      Nine Ways to Make Exercise Part of Your Day

                                      Nine Ways to Make Exercise Part of Your Day

                                      Take an activity break during the day instead of eating a snack. Find out if your local shopping mall ope ...

                                      Take an activity break during the day instead of eating a snack. Find out if your local shopping mall opens early for indoor walkers. Listen to music or watch TV to keep yourself entertained while you ...

                                      January 29, 2019
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                                    • Making End-of-Life Healthcare Plans Before You Become Ill Ensures Your Choices are Honored

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                                      |Date: January 29, 2019
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                                      Making End-of-Life Healthcare Plans Before You Become Ill Ensures Your Choices are Honored

                                      Making End-of-Life Healthcare Plans Before You Become Ill Ensures Your Choices are Honored

                                      You have the right to make your own healthcare decisions. Very often these decisions are made together wi ...

                                      You have the right to make your own healthcare decisions. Very often these decisions are made together with your family and the advice of your doctor. It’s usually best to include family and physician ...

                                      January 29, 2019
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                                    • Problems Peeing are Normal as Men Age, but Shouldn’t be Ignored

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                                      |Date: January 29, 2019
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                                      Problems Peeing are Normal as Men Age, but Shouldn’t be Ignored

                                      Problems Peeing are Normal as Men Age, but Shouldn’t be Ignored

                                      The symptoms of an enlarged prostate/BPH that can drive men crazy Do you have trouble starting to urinate ...

                                      The symptoms of an enlarged prostate/BPH that can drive men crazy Do you have trouble starting to urinate (pee)? Does it dribble and flow weakly?  Feeling the need to pee RIGHT NOW? Are you waking up ...

                                      January 29, 2019
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                                    • New Study Discourages Spanking as a Form of Discipline

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                                      |Date: January 25, 2019
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                                      New Study Discourages Spanking as a Form of Discipline

                                      New Study Discourages Spanking as a Form of Discipline

                                      Pediatricians are hardening their stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline. They ...

                                      Pediatricians are hardening their stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline. They say that there seems to be a strong correlation between spanking and aggressive child behavior ...

                                      January 25, 2019
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                                    • How Can a Day at the Park Support my 2 – 5 year old Child’s Language Skills?

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                                      |Date: January 25, 2019
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                                      How Can a Day at the Park Support my 2 – 5 year old Child’s Language Skills?

                                      How Can a Day at the Park Support my 2 – 5 year old Child’s Language Skills?

                                      Therapists often talk about sending families home with “speech homework” at the end of each session. Supp ...

                                      Therapists often talk about sending families home with “speech homework” at the end of each session. Supporting your child’s language skills should be a fun time for everyone involved, both child and ...

                                      January 25, 2019
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                                    • Use Many Different Kinds of Words When Speaking with Your Child Who has Started Talking

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                                      |Date: January 25, 2019
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                                      Use Many Different Kinds of Words When Speaking with Your Child Who has Started Talking

                                      Use Many Different Kinds of Words When Speaking with Your Child Who has Started Talking

                                      Highlight a variety of word types when talking to your child, not just the names of things. It is importa ...

                                      Highlight a variety of word types when talking to your child, not just the names of things. It is important for your child to learn a variety of word types in order to talk in short sentences that ser ...

                                      January 25, 2019
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                                    • Para el niño que empieza a hablar: usar diferentes tipos de palabras

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                                      |Date: January 25, 2019
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                                      Para el niño que empieza a hablar: usar diferentes tipos de palabras

                                      Para el niño que empieza a hablar: usar diferentes tipos de palabras

                                      Es importante utilizar una variedad de palabras cuando hablas con tu niño, no solo nombrar cosas. Para ha ...

                                      Es importante utilizar una variedad de palabras cuando hablas con tu niño, no solo nombrar cosas. Para hablar en frases se requiere el uso de variedad de tipos de palabras, uno no habla solo usando su ...

                                      January 25, 2019
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                                    • Lifestyle Medicine Plants the Seed for Future Caregivers

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                                      |Date: January 22, 2019
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                                      Lifestyle Medicine Plants the Seed for Future Caregivers

                                      Lifestyle Medicine Plants the Seed for Future Caregivers

                                      On Jan. 18, four members of our new Lifestyle Medicine teams in Covington and Maple Valley had the privil ...

                                      On Jan. 18, four members of our new Lifestyle Medicine teams in Covington and Maple Valley had the privilege of participating in Future Ready Day at Summit Trail Middle School in Maple Valley.  Keith ...

                                      January 22, 2019
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                                    • Lifestyle Medicine Expands Southward

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                                      |Date: January 09, 2019
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                                      Lifestyle Medicine Expands Southward

                                      Lifestyle Medicine Expands Southward

                                      Five years ago, Valley’s leadership was determined to prevent, treat and help reverse lifestyle-related c ...

                                      Five years ago, Valley’s leadership was determined to prevent, treat and help reverse lifestyle-related chronic conditions by focusing efforts on staff and community wellness. From those efforts and a ...

                                      January 09, 2019
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                                    • #OfftheClock – Lynn Jackson Red Cross Volunteering

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                                      |Date: January 08, 2019
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                                      #OfftheClock – Lynn Jackson Red Cross Volunteering

                                      #OfftheClock – Lynn Jackson Red Cross Volunteering

                                      When a disaster strikes, volunteers are the source of life for shelters, healthcare delivery, and distrib ...

                                      When a disaster strikes, volunteers are the source of life for shelters, healthcare delivery, and distribution of life-saving resources. The helping hands of volunteers are an integral part of getting ...

                                      January 08, 2019
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