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Health & Family

Our Thursday Special Feature Section

Know your numbers: Screenings, diet can help improve cholesterol reading

One factor that makes high cholesterol so dangerous is that there are virtually no symptoms that are noticeable without proper screenings. ....more>>

  • The Greatest Loser: What's your motivation?
    Now halfway through the competition, members of the Joplin Family Y’s Greatest Loser program took time on Tuesday to evaluate their progress.

  • Mat Anderson: Combating the 'Juno Effect'
    For the first time in 15 years, the teen-pregnancy rate in the United States is rising. Hollywood, a frequent lightning rod for any controversy regarding youth, has been blamed for much of this.

  • Health briefs
    Blood donations will be collected at several sites this week by the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks.

  • Health briefs
    The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) will hold blood drives at several locations this week.

  • Mat Anderson: Parents should encourage reading
    A study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that as adolescent reading for pleasure declines, so do scores on reading and writing exams.

  • Yoga: Think of it as the everyday exercise
    Robes, chanting and religion. Those things could be associated with practicing the ancient exercise of yoga. But one local yoga instructor is trying to show that lean muscle, flexibility and overall well-being are just as connected to the discipline.

  • The Greatest Loser: Cardiovascular health
    Kimberly Davis, who works in the cardiac rehab department at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, spoke Tuesday during the Joplin Family Y’s Greatest Loser program.

  • Have a (safe) blast: Always put safety first when using fireworks
    The pyrotechnic displays that put wonder in every child’s eyes can also put fear in every parent’s heart. But experts agree it is easy to have an enjoyable Fourth of July without any scares.

  • The Greatest Loser: Strength and endurance training
    Dustin Parker, an athletic trainer at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, spoke Tuesday to participants in the Joplin Family Y’s Greatest Loser program. His topic was the importance of strength and endurance training.

  • Mat Anderson: Providing alcohol does harm to teens
    While many parents claim that drinking is part of adolescence and this approach is merely an effort to keep teens safe and to teach them to drink responsibly, it may be doing far more damage than parents know.

  • Health briefs
    A prenatal class and two support-group meetings have been scheduled by Freeman Health System.

  • Make a bug box
    Not all insects found in your garden are ones that you should get bugged about. A fun way of attracting these bugs is to make them feel at home by building them a house, using easy-to-find lumber scraps, logs, sticks or bamboo canes.

  • Mat Anderson: Understanding the text generation
    A Harris Interactive study found that just less than half of teens report that text messaging is their No. 1 form of communication, with the average teen sending and receiving more than 30 messages a day.

  • Health briefs
    An autism support group and a class on infant CPR will be offered by Freeman Health System.

  • The Greatest Loser: Body composition
    During Tuesday’s Greatest Loser meeting at the Joplin Family Y, participants learned about the basics of body composition.

  • Mommy instinct vs. scientific research: Issue to be tackled by Jenny McCarthy, others at Pittsburg autism conference
    Doctors and related professionals will speak on a variety of subjects, including special-education laws, applied behavioral analysis, speech therapy and coping strategies for parents during the two-day autism conference.

  • The Greatest Loser: Behavior modification
    The challenge when it comes to fitness is closing the gap between knowing and doing.
    That was the central theme Tuesday when Dr. Jean Hobbs — a kinesiology instructor at Missouri Southern State University — spoke to the 12 members of the Joplin Family Y’s Greatest Loser program on Tuesday.

  • Mat Anderson: Parents can help protect teen drivers
    It’s important for parents and teens alike to realize that factors like driving in bad weather, driving while talking on the phone or texting, driving at night and driving with friends can put even the most responsible young person in danger.

  • Health briefs
    Two support-group meetings and a class for new mothers will be offered by Freeman Health System.

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