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Wellness event to provide mental-health information, resources
Approximately one out of every four Americans suffers with some form of a mental-health challenge in their lifetime.…
May 21, 2010
UCLA seeks smokers for study testing cessation vaccine
UCLA researchers are seeking smokers between the ages of 18 and 65 for a national study using an…
April 23, 2010
Local Red Cross offers reduced-fee First-Aid classes at CPR Saturday
The Greater Long Beach Chapter (GLBC) of the American Red Cross, Long Beach City College Carson Campus and…
April 23, 2010
Treasure Box program offers low-cost grocery packages to community
Sometimes the most essential things in life are hard to come by. Providing affordable and quality meals to…
April 23, 2010
SH fitness organization’s bike fest to raise funds for kids’ health programs
The Make a Leap Fitness Foundation, whose mission is to provide community-based wellness opportunities for both adults and…
April 23, 2010
St. Mary presenting diabetes self-management workshops
Those affected by diabetes or who have family members coping with the disease are invited to attend Diabetes…
April 23, 2010
A wake-up call to keep kids fit
By Carol Berg Sloan, RD I don’t know about you, but I am thrilled that First Lady Michelle…
April 23, 2010
Restaurants, artisans, bands joining together for breast-cancer fundraiser
Twelve of Long Beach’s best restaurants and four local bands will gather with a host of artisans on…
April 23, 2010
After getting second opinion, move to LB from Oregon pays off for woman with cancer
When Theresa (Terry) Rossiter, 67, was given the diagnosis of inoperable, metastatic lung cancer on November 11, 2009,…
April 9, 2010
LB Cancer League gala to help fund research, special programs
The Long Beach Cancer League, a fundraising auxiliary of the American Cancer Society, will conduct its 35th Annual…
March 26, 2010