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Be a Santa to a Senior returns - and there's a senior in the SCV who needs you.
You get what you pay for when it comes to hearing aids, plus how to prevent falls.
Take better care of seniors coping with diabetes and hearing loss.
Hearing loss doesn't just affect the person who can no longer hear well - it affects everyone.
Keep the seniors in your life safe and happy with these life-saving tips.
AUDIOLOGY
QUESTION: You've been serving the SCV as an audiologist for 27 years; you've taught or mentored many of Santa Clarita's audiologists; and are the referred office by both Facey and SCENT medical centers. You're famous!
PAIN FREE FOR LIFE
Do you suffer from headaches, dry mouth, itchiness or fatigue? Do you struggle to lose weight, even though you, for the most part, "eat healthy?" Do you have a hard time keeping blood pressure or cholesterol numbers low? Is your digestion "off?" How's your memory holding up? Do you ever experience "cognitive fog?" Do you have trouble maintaining your moods?
My right hip has been giving me trouble lately. I haven't even hit 40 yet - and I'm complaining about hip pain? I'm even more ashamed to admit that I've been having this problem for over two months and haven't done a thing about it.
Sad fact: Most of us experience pain each and every day - and we usually do nothing
about it. What may be worse than "nothing," though, is the "something" many Americans seek out to address our physical discomfort. We self medicate with over-the-counter pain reducers that could damage our liver; we pick up a bottle of beer instead of a barbell; we "comfort" ourselves with rich foods that increase inflammation and raise the number on our scale; we sit on the couch and numb our bodies along with our brains.
about it. What may be worse than "nothing," though, is the "something" many Americans seek out to address our physical discomfort. We self medicate with over-the-counter pain reducers that could damage our liver; we pick up a bottle of beer instead of a barbell; we "comfort" ourselves with rich foods that increase inflammation and raise the number on our scale; we sit on the couch and numb our bodies along with our brains.
The saying goes that "no one knows your body better than you do," - which may be true. But what also might be true is that you don't know your body nearly well enough. Read on to find out what your body wants you to know.
If you've ever injured a tendon, joint or ligament, you probably know traditional Western medicine's most frequent "solution": a cycle of anti-inflammatory pills, numbing injections and, in too many cases, surgery. Few of us would complain about this lineup, though, if we found it effective. The trouble is that narcotics and scalpels rarely put an end to pain and can, in fact, make things a whole lot worse.
In front of a classically-styled stone-masoned building on Lyons Avenue reads a sign: Unruh Spine Center. The body-in-motion logo, tag line ("Freedom to Move: For Life") and gold-standard reputation (the Center's namesake, Dr. Chace Unruh, has regularly been cited as the SCV's favorite chiropractor since he opened his practice in 2002) may lead you to believe that this is the place to be for back pain. You'd be right - and, in a way, wrong. There's much more to the Center than chiropractic services.
HEALTHY & HAPPY
Our family-focused feature notes the benefits of gymnastics, family exercise and the flu shot.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - here's how to show your support.
The biggest beauty blunder - thinning, sparse, receding hair - can be corrected with your own hair, naturally. Find out how in this month's Healthy & Happy.
SCV Professionals share their tips on everything from pregnancy to hearing and everything in between.
FOCUS ON YOUR HEALTH
Imagine being told that your child has cancer. It is the most dreaded news a parent could imagine. Thankfully for the Santa Clarita Valley, the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer (MHF) provides families stricken with this news both the financial and emotional support they need at such a devastating time.
From hair styles to home accessories, everything old is new again.
Most Inside SCV staff members are somewhere in our 30s. Like most SCVians, we try to take good care of our bodies and our appearance - so you can imagine the discussions that have evolved over the years as the calendar pages fly past at top speed, our wrinkles deepen and our skin starts to lose that youthful bounce.
If you're like most people with less-than-perfect vision, you've probably dreamed of being free of glasses and contacts. Perhaps, like many people, price is the reason that you're "on the fence." Sure, you realize that you probably spend a small fortune each year on glasses, prescription sun glasses, contacts, contact solutions, eye drops and unquantifiable time and frustration. Of course you know that LASIK surgery can make those costs a thing of the past. But dropping $6,000 or more on the best LASIK procedure available seemed out of range.
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