Archive By Section - Living well
The Liberty County Recreational Department offers an aerobics class from 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays at Button Gwinnett Elementary School's gymnasium. It's taught by Cynthia "Rocky" Bell, who has been leading the class for a year and a half and plans to continue as long as she can. Bell said she loves helping people but is not a "health fanatic."
November 03, 2012
|
By Rosa Warner
Correspondent
|
Living well
Many people make the mistake of believing that health can be found in the form of a pill. There are seemingly limitless selections of vitamin and mineral supplements available on store shelves these days. A trip to the drug store vitamin aisle can leave shoppers longing for assistance with selecting a simple painkiller. With such a wide selection, it is hard to know which supplements are best and which leave something to be desired.
November 03, 2012
|
By Emily C. Harrison
Correspondent
|
Living well
Button Gwinnett Elementary School has a new set of faces going through the lunch line every year. But one face has been behind the lunch counter for 36 years.
November 03, 2012
|
By Rosa Warner
Correspondent
|
Living well
Area residents kept Richmond Hill Pharmacy staff busy Oct. 26 during its annual health fair.
November 02, 2012
|
By Emily C. Harrison
Correspondent
|
Living well
LONDON - Breast-cancer screening for women older than 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in the United States and other studies.
November 01, 2012
|
Maria Cheng
The Associated Press
|
Living well
Q: What is the role of a stepparent in parenting teenage step-children? My 19-year-old stepson moved in with us several months ago and is disrupting our marriage. He does what he wants when he wants, and there are no consequences. How does one deal with a child that age when he refuses to follow the rules of the house?
November 01, 2012
|
John Rosemond
Parenting columnist
|
Living well
ATLANTA - Experts say Georgia is running out of time to implement its own health-insurance marketplace.
October 31, 2012
|
The Associated Press
|
Living well
The Coastal Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging will conduct meetings to provide an overview of Older Americans Act programs and services, and to seek input from the public on the development of the fiscal year 2012-2015 area plan for senior-citizen services.
October 31, 2012
|
Special to the Courier
|
Living well
Medical personnel from Fort Stewart's Winn Army Community Hospital partnered with colleagues from Liberty County Health Department to fight the flu last week.
October 29, 2012
|
By Randy C. Murray
|
Living well
CHICAGO (AP) - People who collapse from cardiac arrest in poor black neighborhoods are half as likely to get CPR from family members at home or bystanders on the street as those in better-off white neighborhoods, according to a study that found the reasons go beyond race.
October 27, 2012
|
By Lindsey Tanner
Associated Press writer
|
Living well
SAVANNAH - The Coastal Georgia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced the availability of grant funding for 2013-14 to increase breast-cancer education, screening, treatment and support services in our local community.
October 25, 2012
|
Special to the Courier
|
Living well
Q: When my 3-year-old son misbehaves, I generally take things away from him and he generally responds well. One lingering problem is that he tends to react physically when he's mad at a classmate instead of talking it out and letting the teachers intervene. We have all encouraged him to use words when he's angry, but he doesn't seem to get it. Today he bit a classmate (the second time in a year this has happened) and got sent home. Once home, I fed him lunch and then confined him for the rest of the day to ...
October 25, 2012
|
John Rosemond
Parenting columnist
|
Living well
Richmond Hill Pharmacy will hold its ninth annual health fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at 2409 Highway 17.
October 24, 2012
|
Special to the Courier
|
Living well
NEW YORK - The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one blamed in the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials said Thursday.
October 21, 2012
|
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
|
Living well
The fifth annual Fort Stewart Drive-Thru Flu Clinic is scheduled for 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 24-25 in the SFC Paul R. Smith Army Education Center parking lot at 100 Knowledge Drive, just outside the post's main gate.
October 18, 2012
|
Special to the Courier
|
Living well
