Nutrition tip of the week: Is your child overweight?

One third of American children are considered overweight or obese. That’s double the number of overweight or obese children 10 years ago.
What has changed?

Recipe of the Week: Speedy Chicken Pasta

Nutrition tip of the week: The sunshine vitamin

Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin

Recipe of the Week: Breakfast Smoothies

Practice food safety at home

Guard yourself from food-borne illness

Lake Regional offers free test kits for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Common screening options include
• Colonoscopy,
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy and
• Fecal occult blood tests
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Makeover contestants sought

Lake Media's Lake Lifestyles magazine is looking for a mother/daughter duo wanting to spruce up for the summer.

Lake man rides more than 3,000 miles for charity

*From the March/April issue of Lake Lifestyles magazine.

On a ride longer than the Tour de France, a lake man will bicycle more than 3,000 miles to save children from the debilitating effects of the polio virus.

Lake Regional celebrates Social Work Month

This year’s theme, “Social Workers Inspire Community Action,” highlights the expertise and dedication

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests

Organization urges doctors to talk frankly with patients about the risks, limitations of  PSA blood test

Nutrition tip of the week: Vending machine nutrition? Is that an oxymoron?

Every 15 minutes, 3 million to 5 million coins are being inserted into vending machines in the United States.

Recipe of the Week: Triple Chocolate Cookies

Lake Regional offers free test kits during colorectal cancer awareness month

Kits are used to detect hidden blood in the stool, which can be a sign of several conditions

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Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective

New study suggests stents may find much wider use

Abbott stent video

Stroke information

Business Newsmaker: Nieroda named to run Lake Regional Wound Healing Center

Responsible for all aspects of the center’s operation

VA to reopen Gulf War vets' files

Decision is part of a "fresh, bold look"  to help veterans who have what's commonly called "Gulf War illness"

Nutrition Tip of the Week: 5 foods to lower cholesterol

A few simple tweaks to your diet may be enough to lower your cholesterol

Recipe of the Week: Cranberry Walnut Oatmeal

CoxHealth Hospital: Some patients overexposed to radiation

Of the 152 patients who received treatment from a specific piece of technology, 76 were given between 20 to 70 percent more than their prescribed dose

Missouri Extension offers class on heart-healthy eating

Planned for Tuesday, March 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Quail’s Nest Hotel meeting room in Osage Beach; register by March 2

Lake Regional uses cardiac rehab program to teach patients prevention

Suffering a heart attack or stroke is a life-changing event. At least, it almost has to be for someone who wants to move foward and get healthy afterwards in order to live a longer, quality life.

It often means changing what you eat, quitting bad habits and exercising. But it can be scary getting back on the treadmill — literally.

Carl Junction family says energy drinks hurt teen

Says drink called NOS put high school football player in hospital for 5 days

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