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Celebrate Older Americans Month with exercise, activities

Sheboygan County’s community of active individuals is steadily growing as awareness of fitness and nutrition become more popular.

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Exercise is a fantastic, healthy return on time investment

Investing in the stock market can be confusing to many.

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Speak out about what life with mental illness feels like

When mental illnesses or disorders are talked about, the language typically  used to describe them tends to be clinical and impersonal.

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Hope and help exist: come to annual mental health fair

FOR USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN

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Misuse of prescription painkillers a problem here

The prevention program  Dose of Reality has been launched in Sheboygan  County and Wisconsin.

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CSA can be great tool for eating well

Are you one of those people who vows to “eat more fresh veggies this year?”

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Consider attending Honoring Your Wishes

Consider the following scenarios — which would you rather be in: Scenario 1: “I can’t believe this is happening. My 26-year-old-daughter was in a car accident last week and has a severe head injury. She remains in the hospital, is very confused and can hardly talk. She needs physical help 24 hours a day and may need more surgery. Thank goodness we completed a Power of Attorney for Health Care last year that allows me to make her health care decisions, consent to treatments and make placement decisions for her. When she completed her POA-HC, we talked about what type of care and treatment she would want or would not want if anything serious happened. I know what her wishes are and this is a comfort at this difficult time.” Scenario 2: “Last year, a friend’s son fell out of his tree stand. He also had a brain injury along with severe physical injuries. He had not completed a POA-HC document and my friend had to go to court and be appointed as his guardian in order for her to make his health care decisions. She did not have a conversation with her son and did not know what he would have wanted. With everything going on, I am so thankful we planned ahead.”

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Proper child safety seat use vital

As parents and caregivers we always want the best for our children — the best food, schools, neighborhoods and for them to be safe.

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Let’s work together to eliminate TB

Each year we recognize  World TB Day on March 24 to celebrate the discovery of Mycobacterium  Tuberculosis by Dr. Robert Koch in 1882. World TB Day is our chance to talk about Tuberculosis-  related concerns  and share ideas to support worldwide TB control. TB is a disease spread through the air from one person to another.  While a lot of work has been done to control and cure TB within the US, people still get sick and die from it every year. In fact, according to the World Health Organization,  TB is the top infectious disease killer worldwide. This year the Centers for Disease Control selected  the theme “Find TB. Treat TB. Working together to eliminate TB.” This highlights that it takes an entire community  of people working  together to end the spread of TB disease. It also reveals the sad fact that TB is still a lifethreatening  problem and current efforts to find and treat TB disease  are not enough. A united effort is needed to identify new strategies  to improve testing and treatment options.

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Stay informed on consequences of tobacco

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions estimates that 16.8 percent of Americans 18 and older currently smoke cigarettes. This equates to roughly 40 million Americans — the entire population of California. Cigarette smoking has long been known to cause the onset of many preventable diseases and continues to take more than 480,000 American lives each year. With the dangers of smoking widely known, what leads individuals to pick up the habit of smoking and what can we do to not become victims of smoking? Any marketing major will tell you that knowing your target audience for selling a product plays an important role in successfully selling that product. Big tobacco companies know this and employ their advertising tactics on youth in hopes of creating lifetime customers.

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