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Should Parents Lose Custody of Super Overweight Children? | Health, medicine and fitness
By LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press CHICAGO – Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their children’s weight? A provocative comment in ... -
School nurses in Va do more than distribute bandages | Health, medicine and fitness
By PAMELA GOULD The freelance star FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia – The job of a school nurse seems simple enough. Be there for scraped knees, sniffles, and sore ... -
Not enough is known about kratom to justify its use | Health, medicine and fitness
Dear doctor: What exactly is kratom? The FDA apparently called it an opioid, even though it appears to be an herbal supplement. Is it safer than ... -
Taking Too Much Vitamins Can Cause Unnecessary Side Effects Health, medicine and fitness
Dear doctor: How about a warning about the effect of too many vitamins? An example: B6. I recently checked my daily vitamin formula and found that ... -
Aplastic Anemia Can’t Just Be Cured With Iron Supplements Health, medicine and fitness
As the name suggests, the disease causes anemia, which is a decrease in the number of red blood cells. This can cause significant fatigue and stress ... -
Aplastic Anemia Can’t Just Be Cured With Iron Supplements | Health, Medicine and Fitness
Dear doctor: I have aplastic anemia. It’s hard to explain that to people. Most of them hear the anemia part and get stuck there. I often ... -
Briar Cliff Students Advocate For Repeal Of Medicare Therapy Cap | Health, medicine and fitness
Briar Cliff’s physiotherapy student Alicia Campbell has helped her peers write letters to lawmakers in hopes of repealing the Medicare therapy cap. Justin Wan, Sioux City ... -
Siouxland Breastfeeding Coalition Encourages Businesses to Go “Family” | Health, medicine and fitness
Mariah Hendrix, from Sioux City, wanted to breastfeed her daughter, Ava, now 6 months old, but when she brought her back from the hospital she was ... -
Kate Firestone honored at annual luncheon | Health, medicine and fitness
In honor of Mother’s Day, the Visiting Nurse and Palliative Care (VNHC) hosted their 15th Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon on May 6 at the Four Seasons ... -
Family Health Care of Siouxland Diabetes Wellness Fair takes place on Saturday | Health, medicine and fitness
CITY OF SIOUX | Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people every year, but many people don’t know they have it because ... -
Report Shows Rising ADHD Diagnosis | Health, medicine and fitness
New research shows a dramatic increase in the diagnosis of ADHD in children over the past few years, but local experts say it may not translate ... -
Opening of the CNOS Northside clinic | Health, medicine and fitness
The 6,200 square foot Northside Clinic, which is decorated in a modern “meadow style”, offers eight examination rooms, physician offices, x-ray space and a rehabilitation center. ... -
Zap cold sores in the bud | Health, medicine and fitness
Dr Doug Barr uses soft tissue laser surgery to remove an emerging cold sore from Family 1st Dental colleague Jessica Paulsen in his South Sioux City ... -
Dr. Gott: Anxiolytics Can Have Unwanted Side Effects | Health, medicine and fitness
DEAR DR. GOTT: I would like information about Ativan to include its long term use, side effects, and whether a person – especially an elderly person ... -
Vitamin B12 Injection Can Cure Your Ailments Health, medicine and fitness
“If you’ve been suffering from vitamin B12 deficiency for a while, it will affect the nerves, mainly in the feet. You will notice it in the ... -
Dr Gott: Cold Sore Remedies Abound | Health, medicine and fitness
DEAR DR. GOTT: I noticed a lot of people write to you about cold sores. Valtrex works to totally inhibit them. I have suffered from cold ... -
Health, medicine and therapy for adolescents | Call for Papers
About the journalLog metricsEditorsPublication costsPeer reviewersArticlesObjectives and scopeCall for Papers Call for Papers Health, medicine and therapy for adolescents is indexed online: What is the advantage ... -
Moderation is the key to tanning | Health, medicine and fitness
Alison Kirkpatrick, pictured Monday February 1, 2010, bronze at SunSations Tanning. (Jim Lee / Sioux City Journal) JIM LEE By Joanne Fox All things in moderation. ... -
Food – Lifestyle – Illness – Health – Medicine – HRT – Hormone replacement therapy
Another thing that epidemiological studies have convincingly established is that wealth is associated with less heart disease and better health, at least in developed countries. Studies ...
