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Hospital staff ‘get the red out’ to raise awareness of women’s heart disease
Miller Children’s Hospital and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center employees don red attire for “National Wear Red Day,”…
February 12, 2009
Children’s Cancer Center gets $100,000 grant
St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded a grant…
February 5, 2009
Gay & Lesbian Center launches mental-health facility
The Gay & Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach (The Center Long Beach), in partnership with First Lady…
January 29, 2009
Local mortuaries promote living through contest
Local funeral homes— the professionals who deal with death every day— are encouraging people to “Plan to Live.”…
January 22, 2009
Free phones available for hearing impaired
Roberta Smith, outreach specialist with the California Telephone Access Program (CTAP), is the featured speaker for the February…
January 22, 2009
Free lecture on prostate cancer treatment offered
Community Hospital of Long Beach will host a health lecture entitled “New Prostate Cancer Treatment Options” with Dr.…
January 15, 2009
Community Hospital continues diabetes education program
Community Hospital of Long Beach (CHLB) recently announced the new course dates for its Diabetes 101 education program…
January 12, 2009
‘Cooking up dreams’ with eight-year-old chef
Leukemia patient Jack Witherspoon was the head chef for the annual “Cooking Up Dreams” fundraiser held on Dec.…
January 2, 2009
Unstuff Your Life
By Wendy Terrado of Virtually Taken Care Of Now that the holidays are over, you find that you…
January 2, 2009
AMC theatres, Autism Society hosting ‘sensory-friendly’ films
AMC Entertainment and the Autism Society of America have teamed up to bring families affected by autism and…
November 13, 2008