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Microvascular occlusion clamps off the artery leading to an aneurysm . This prevents bleeding and rupture. Sometimes a bypass procedure is done as well, rerouting blood vessels to healthy areas of the brain. A portion of the skull is removed (called a craniotomy ) and restored during this complex, open surgery.
Reasons for Procedure
Microvascular occlusion often treats a brain aneurysm that has ruptured and caused damage to the artery.
It will not fix damaged areas of the brain, but it can improve quality of life by stopping bleeding or preventing rupture.
Possible Complications
If you are having microvascular occlusion, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Weakness
- Numbness or tingling
- Speech disturbances
- Visual changes
- Confusion, memory loss
- Seizures
- Infection
- Adverse reaction to anesthesia (eg, light-headedness, low blood pressure, wheezing)
- Kidney damage
- Blood clots ( stroke )
- Ruptured aneurysm during surgery
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Smoking
- Obesity
- High blood pressure
Discuss these risks with your doctor before the surgery.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure (Non-emergency Surgery)
Your appointment before the surgery may include:
- Physical exam, blood and imaging tests
- Discussion of allergies
- Discussion of medicines you are taking, including over-the-counter and herbal supplements
- Discussion of recent illness or other conditions
- Discussion of risks and benefits of treatment options
- Imaging tests (ultrasound, CT , MRI ) may be done before the procedure. Bring paperwork and scans from these tests to the hospital as directed.
- Arrange for a ride home.
- No food or drink after midnight the night before the procedure.
- Discuss your medicines with your doctor. You may be asked to stop taking certain medicines before your procedure. Common medicines to stop include aspirin , nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or blood thinners.
You may meet the neurosurgeon performing the procedure.
Women should let their doctor know if they are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
General anesthesia will be used. It will block any pain and keep you asleep. It is given through an IV (needle) in your hand or arm.
Description of the Procedure
The nurses and doctors will connect you to monitors to watch your blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse during the procedure. A catheter will be inserted to collect urine.
An IV will be placed in your arm for sedation and anesthesia. The nurse will shave an area of your head.
The doctor will perform a craniotomy, removing a small section of the skull to access the brain. X-rays and microscopic viewing will help the doctor find the artery leading to the aneurysm. The doctor will clamp off the artery. A bypass procedure (re-routing blood vessels toward healthy areas of the brain) may also be done.
The section of skull is replaced and the scalp is stitched back into place.
Immediately After Procedure
When the procedure is done, the catheter and IV will be removed. You will need to lie still for 6-8 hours or more. You will stay in the ICU, often for a day. Your blood pressure and other vitals will be monitored closely. You may be given medicine for pain or other symptoms.
How Long Will It Take?
3-5 hours or more
How Much Will It Hurt?
You may feel a pinch when your IV is inserted. Anesthesia prevents pain during surgery. Pain or soreness after the procedure can be managed with pain medicine.
Average Hospital Stay
This complex procedure is done in a hospital setting. The usual length of stay is 4-6 days. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if complications arise.
Post-procedure Care
- You will rest for several hours in the ICU.
- Nurses will monitor your vital signs.
It will take at least 3-6 weeks to recover. When you return home, the following can help ensure a smooth recovery:
- Rest often.
- Keep your blood pressure under control.
- Clean the incision site as directed. Use a soft wash cloth to gently wipe the incision area and keep it dry.
- Ask your doctor about when it is safe to shower, bathe, or soak in water.
- Take medicine as directed.
- Do rehabilitative therapy as directed.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions .
Call Your Doctor
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Changes in physical ability—balance, strength, or movement
- Changes to mental status—level of consciousness, memory, thinking, or responsiveness
- Weakness, numbness, tingling
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, a lot of bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
- Headache that does not go away
- Changes in vision
- Fainting
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given, or that continue for more than two days after leaving the hospital
- Trouble controlling your bladder and/or bowels
Call for medical help or go to the emergency room right away if any of the following occurs:
- Seizure
- Shortness of breath or chest pain
- Loss of consciousness
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael J. Fucci, DO
- Review Date: 06/2013 -
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Work to prolong the life of hundreds of miles of Hampshire's roads and make them safer is underway.
Surface dressing - spraying the road with hot bitumen and applying a thin layer of stone chippings - is preventative work to ensure roads stay in good condition for longer before major works are required. As it costs less than full resurfacing, it means the highways budget can be deployed across a greater proportion of Hampshire's 7,800 miles of roads and footways with the more expensive treatments focused on sites where full resurfacing is most needed. The process can only be carried out in warmer and drier conditions with the summer months generally being the peak period for the surface dressing programme.
Around 220 miles of carriageways and footways are treated each year, helping prevent deterioration and potholes by sealing the surface to prevent water getting in and also improving grip for drivers. Potholes and other defects are also treated ahead of the surface dressing work at each site making the treatment a cost effective way of keeping roads in a good condition. Surface dressing needs to be carried out on average every ten years, depending on traffic volume and skid resistance requirements.
Although the chippings are rolled as part of the process, allowing traffic on the road immediately after treatment helps 'bed in' the chips. Loose chippings are swept from the carriageway within 24 hours and again after three days and seven days. However, drivers should take care and keep to the temporary speed limits which are signed along roads which have been treated, as some loose chippings will still be on the road until swept up. Residents are also advised to inspect their shoes before entering their homes or vehicles as chippings may caught on them.
Councillor Seán Woodward, Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment said: "Surface dressing is part of a package of measures we use to maintain and improve our roads. The programme complements Operation Resilience, our long term planned structural maintenance programme that makes our roads more resilient to high traffic volumes and severe weather. Alongside the planned works the Council will continue to work to fix safety defects to restore roads following the prolonged cold weather last winter.
"Surface dressing is a vital element in maintaining our roads and extending their life. We try our best to keep delays to a minimum, including putting up advance warning signs on main roads to alert drivers, and sending leaflets to nearby residents asking them not to park their vehicles there that day. We do rely on people's co-operation to help us avoid delays and extra expense.
"We also try hard to coordinate work on busy roads at the quietest times, as we don't want to inconvenience drivers. Wherever possible we let traffic pass using stop/go boards if the road is wide enough. Sometimes weather conditions prevent us carrying out the work when planned.
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Hampshire County Council spends about £3 million surface dressing approximately 300km (3%)of roads and 50km (1%) of footpaths each year.
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14% of the 16,000 tonnes of aggregate used each year are from a recycled source.
It costs about £16,000 per mile to surface dress the carriageway, £10,000 per mile for footpaths.

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I don't mind the latte art, in fact, I actually like it--as long as the coffee is good and it doesn't take forever.ReplyDelete
I never liked rude baristas, and that's probably the reason why I like home brew coffee a lot more. I am not a fan of those too fatty drinks neither. As far as those expensive coffee machines, well, some of them are really worth the money.ReplyDelete
I've never experienced a rude barista anywhere I've been. Perhaps, its actually a projected type of behavior and insecurity within.Delete
On latte art, a freepour rosetta or heart takes no longer than doing nothing. Not sure what the complaining is about unless it's somebody etching a still life into a cup.
Cheap people should stick with dark/French roasts as they're cheaper beans. You'll save money and you'll stop annoying the people who actually prefer high quality beans roasted lighter. Everybody wins.
If nobody likes civet coffee, who keeps buying that crap?
And yes, a whole lot of baristas need to get over themselves.
This explains a lot about Zagat and their recent "9 Best Shops in Chicago" list.ReplyDelete
god the comments in this slideshow smack of ignorance and privilege. coffee as a commodity is grossly under-priced.ReplyDelete
As a barista, I really HATE it when other baristas are just plain mean. If you want people to have a better understanding about coffee, you out of all people should be able to give them insight without bias. Otherwise, they won't feel the need to understand and try that awesome Guatemalan you have on your menu. When you truly want to inform your customer and understand your point of view about coffee, chances are they'll be willing to listen. Just be nice about it.ReplyDelete
Coffee is treated like fine wine and it's not. What bothers me is the so called "dark roast" when it's actually just burned coffee that tastes terrible. Starbucks even has "Blonde Roast" and that is only a slightly more palatable version of their usually undrinkable coffee. It shouldn't require a special roast to be drinkable.Delete
Not sure that a DeLonghi could ever be compared to a Lamborghini. Perhaps an old run down Mazda. Try Kees Van Der Westen's Speedster at approx. $10000. Or the La Marzocco GS3. Also the amount of work that goes into a cup of coffee from farming to shipping to roasting to extraction more than justifies some of the prices.
I understand some of these complaints, like the rude barista, but others are a little ridiculous. Coffee is not cheap especially with the growing demand for it. If you want cheap coffee go for rubusta bean coffee at your local grocery store and make it at home. The process of getting a cup of coffee takes a lot more than people expect, I think. A good cup of coffee can be worth the money.ReplyDelete
Being a barista I definitely don't play into the whole rude game, and don't appreciate it when I go out for coffee. But most of the other 'complaints' are BS. Coffee is a lifestyle - look at the cultures of Ethiopia, Turkey, France, and yes, the US. The good stuff does cost more, but its better tasting and is better for the environment (organic). Its also one of the leading imports/exports in the world, employs huge amounts of the population, and can educate people from places like NYC about life and agriculture in places they've only read about in national geographic. Shame on you Zagat!ReplyDelete
Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe I just take the time to say "hello, how are you?" to my local barista before telling them my order. In my experience, more often than not, I've had rude service from a barista at a cafe where the coffee is mediocre at best. I find that at a cafe where the coffee is truly the focus of the business, baristas and all staff are excited to talk about their product and educate anyone who is curious.
Also, coffee isn't "just a drink" for some people. For some people, coffee is their job, their livelihood and their passion. Wine experts are somaliers, who are incredibly respected in the restaurant industry and the general public - why should coffee be any different? Simply because there isn't any alcohol content?
This article hates on independent "3rd wave" shops, Starbucks, and Kopi Lowak: three things that only have coffee in common. It seems the only thing people aren't annoyed with is gas station coffee, since, after all, it's still only 99¢.
It's a shame no one is annoyed by farmers being underpaid or unsustainable farming methods to meet demand for cheap coffee.
I like light roast coffee. Who cares if its called blond. This article is rather whiney.ReplyDelete
I really like how they bash Starbucks twice but can't mention them by name. I don't find this credible. As a barista it is evident that the "customer survey feedback" is not valid or is weighted. Latte art takes no longer than a standard pour. In fact latte art is a mark of perfectly crafted beverage including properly extracted espresso and perfectly textured milk. Coffee is a crop and is very expensive. It is dumbed down by so many lesser quality chains (DD, McCafe, BK, 7-11) so consumers will pay less for far cheaper quality and don't understand where coffee even comes from. This article is ANNOYING.ReplyDelete
The only ones I agree with is rude baristas, burnt coffee, and blonde coffee. Realy? Blonde? Just makes me want to roll my eyes.
Otherwise as an Ethiopian, former barista, and lifelong coffee lover and drinker I absolutely enjoy and am willing to pay extra for a good cup of coffee. Coffee may not be a life style, but it is a major part of my daily diet and definitely hav it more often than communion. Latte art has to be made just as quickly as other drinks or the latte will be cold. So come on lighten up! That's what it's supposed to do.
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Pretentious descriptions? If you are into good coffee these things matter and make a huge difference. If you are not then yes it sounds like giberish and you have never experenced a natural coffee that taste like blueberries or cantalope. #7 To some of us coffee is a way of life not just a drink.
So disappointed in this article, but even more impressed with the feedback! I hope Zagat takes these comments into account when giving this writer another story. I agree with those that said "coffee is a lifestyle". Myself and quite a few friends are "baristas for life", coming back to it many times as an enjoyable, fulfilling and if you work your tail off and give excellent customer service, even a well paid career! Wine is just grapes, coffee is just cherries, with limitless love and education involved. They are from very similar backrounds and deserve to be respected as such! In my experience coffee is getting LESS complicated and going back to its roots, its a good thing. So happy to see so many, baristas, fans and general coffee drinkers defending its greatness. Booo Zagat, booo..ReplyDelete
'Blonde' is what Starbucks call it, explaining the roast is 'light' and specifying the roast is stopped right after 2nd crack.
Light or 'scandinavian' roast is usually stopped right after 1st crack in the roasting curve. That's 'light'.
The problem is, most roasters trying to follow the trend of light roasting are using mediocre coffees. In Scandinavia, only excellent beans are used for this. No wonder 'blonde' roast tastes shit: the amount of bad beans in the blend is too high; it can only be masked by a darker roast.
Arrogant or bitter baristi is truly annoying, but latte art is worth waiting 4 seconds to comnplete.
Seriously? First rude people are in every business, ever had a rude bus driver, accountant, or chef? People can be rude, it has nothing to do with how they earn a buck.
As for the rest of the list, why don't you go to Duncan Donuts if you want that kind of coffee? You're actually pissed off people want to deliver I higher quality product to you?
well stated... This "article" is nothing short of a rant... An ill conceived one at that lol
Use waste your time with this article. Every coffee I've had in the fine reataurants that get your highest ratings is undrinkable sludge. Coffee is part of dessert and a meal so use it in your ratings. I've never seen one rating of a restaurant affected by the coffee.ReplyDelete
As long as Zagat's has the courage to get all truthy on coffee, let's address the real scourge of eating out: restaurants that list wines by those unpronounceable foreign names. I mean really, what's wrong with calling it what it is: red or white. It's just pretentious to have all those hard-to-say names. And what's with the prices that they charge? You know how many cases I can buy at Traders for the price of one bottle of a French wine at a restaurant? And don't get me started on cheeses.ReplyDelete
is this sarcastic? I really, really hope it is.
The amount of ignorance in this list is ridiculous. I really hope people don't believe this drivel. I say fuck the demanding perspective that someone should pump out high volume garbage to fattened sheep that have been told they need their morning caramel garbage. The person who wrote this probably knows nothing about 20 year scotch, the same way they don't know anything about coffee.ReplyDelete
absolute drivel. I thought about writing out why this article isn't worth anyone's time, but plenty of commenters have already done so.ReplyDelete
I do occasionally still like to go to (name of big coffee chain deleted), but I have found that I can make much better coffee at home than any of those places have. I get dark-roasted Costa Rican beans from a shop in New York called the Sensous Bean, a "hole-in-the-wall shop where they have a lot of great coffees (no, I don't work for them:)) I mix this with "Newman's Own" dark roast beans (that's the only kind I can get in whole bean form at my local Price Chopper at 3:00 AM), grind it myself, and it's AWESOME! Who says we can't make our own "blends" ?! :)ReplyDelete
The real problem with latte art isn't the time it takes, rather it has killed the true cappuccino.ReplyDelete
what are you talking about? what exactly do you think a 'true cappucino' is? latte art is simple the direction you pour your milk, and if you steam it correctly and extract your espresso well, latte art simply displays this and incorporates milk and coffee perfectly, combining the crema with the foam to off-set the bitterness of crema and bringing out the sweetness of the milk.
Latte art takes just as long as a regular pour, but it requires the barista to be far more deliberate and results in a far superior cup of coffee.
On blonde roasts, I would note that lesser quality beans, like the ones the big chain most probably uses, yield a flat drink like sour grass. On the other hand, I know a coffee purveyor, who roasts generally lighter, not really "blonde" -- but light. Their better quality single origin beans really shine when more lightly done. Really exquisite, nuanced flavor. But..., in the same way that a fine wine or scotch or whatever is savored as more of a moment than daily fare, I really don't prefer it as my morning cup. It's good stuff, but not just at-your-desk drinkable.ReplyDelete
What? Blonde roast is the bomb! It has slightly more caffeine than other roasts and requires less cream and sugar for me. I gave it a shot and love it!
And know how I tried it? One of those "pretentious baristas" you mentioned actually took the time to teach me. I love baristas, love good coffee, and didn't realize I was the super rare person this article implies.
While there's no excuses for a rude Batista, I must say they are the product and reflection of the kind of customer that visit these kind of places. I manage a coffeehouse and I have witness some of the most ludicrous, bratty, petulant behavior from patrons who didn't get their latte at "360°F" in temperature (that was an actual request). It's only coffee people!!ReplyDelete
This article is extremely offensive to people who work in the coffee industry. There is a reason people continue to go to coffee shops. You can never get a cup of coffee at home that is as good as a professional making you one. Being a barista is like being a chef or other culinary expert. That does not give reason for arrogance on the part of Baristas though. Coffee can be treated as an artisan product just as any other food/beverage can be. To think otherwise shows extreme ignorance.
Dear Zagat, please don't give a megaphone to ignorance. your not fooling anyone.
I'm a barista at a shop, and while I do have my head in the clouds when it comes to coffee, I don't let it get to my head when I'm on the bar.
If you just want a fast cup of coffee, then you really shouldn't be in a nice coffee shop, go run like the rest of the world on shit coffee that takes no skill to make.
A Delonghi $1200 machine is a lamborghini? I think that just about sums up how much research was ACTUALLY put into this article. The author obviously searched on Amazon for the priciest machine they can buy there. That is FAR from the actual truth of the nicest/priciest espresso machine for home use (arguably the LM GS3). $1200 is almost in the budget range for home espresso.
You don't go to a wine tasting and complain that the sommelier about it taking too long, so if you're coming into a 3rd wave coffee shop shut the hell up for five minutes and enjoy your pretty, delicious latte.
I'm with Anon here, coffee, just because you decide to drink it every day due to an addiction that many baristas have the self control to avoid, is still a mysteriously complex beverage well deserving of any fiddling or magic that goes into it.
This was a poorly researched article about a culture that the authors clearly don't understand. As someone who works in specialty coffee, I never understand the hate that it generates in some people.ReplyDelete
How about "Mom and Pop" coffee shops? That would be my number 1 annoyance. They need to get over themselves. Those are the ones with the snobby baristas that treat coffee like "God".ReplyDelete
Idea for an article: The 10 Most Annoying Blogging Trends. Your first entry can be poorly researched listicles and the second entry can be artificially increasing page views by putting each entry of the list on a separate page. Good job, Zagat.ReplyDelete
I wouldn't drink that coffee with the bear on it - it appears to have formed a crust. The rule when I was making coffee was 30 seconds after extraction to add milk or whatever and get it out.ReplyDelete
I do not mind the expensive coffee as long the price is equivalent to taste. The fatty ice cream drinks are the worst always gives me stomach ache feels like they use the worst coffee in it. The worst is snobby barista, to give them the benefit of the doubt I go back a few times. If it still persist, I avoid the place and rather drive through Mickey D for coffee though I have to say their Arabic roast is quite good.ReplyDelete
Please add k-cups to the annoying coffee trends. It kills me people leave our roasters because we don't pack in k-cups. Please find a better way to brew coffee.ReplyDelete
this is one of the worst articles related to coffee i have ever read. most of these complaints are unjustifiable and from people with little to no knowledge of how the industry works. good going, zagat. stick to food, you do that far better than you understand coffee.ReplyDelete
Most of the time I like home brew coffee and avoid those fatty drink. But some time I goes to outside to take the experience. You can have full control if you have coffee machine.ReplyDelete
The only thing more annoying than the pretentiousness relating to coffee preparation and consumption is the silly whining and complaining about coffee culture and particular kinds of coffee and espresso drinks. If you do not like some coffee purveyor or shop, do not patronize said establishment; if you find certain types of drinks to be unappealing, do not order them! Find something important to worry about, like the destruction of the middle and working classes by the ever-rapacious oligarchs.ReplyDelete
Coffee is not cheap especially with the growing demand for it. It is also a style of life about sharing. If you just want to have cheap one, you could make it at home instead.ReplyDelete
I've never been this happy to find such an interesting post. I love those coffee tips there. It's so helpful. I'm gonna try some ideas of yours.
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
These handouts provide basic information about the seven different areas to focus on when you are trying to manage your diabetes. Each one includes facts, tips, advice, and activities that will get you started on your self-care and reinforce the lessons you learn in diabetes education sessions. En español
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
This booklet addresses the special challenges for very large people who are physically active and provides tips and ideas to become more active and healthier—no matter what your size.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
This website has ideas, instructions, and videos of fun activities and games for students in grades 4-8.
San Diego County Office of Education
These web pages provide information and tools to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight. Includes resources for health care professionals to assist in assessing and treating overweight and obese patients.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
These programs aim to assist parents in helping children manage their weight and live healthy lifestyles with specific activities and milestones.
Healthier Generation
American on the Move is an evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to helping you take small steps and make small lifestyle changes for a healthier way of life. This website will help you improve your health and quality of life through healthful eating and active living. Includes an online community, articles on making healthy choices, and more. En español
America on the Move (AOM)
This obesity primer consists of 10 booklets that address adult obesity in the primary care setting. It offers practical recommendations on evaluating patients for health risks related to weight, understanding medication and surgical options, improving communication and counseling, and making office environments more accommodating to obese patients.
American Medical Association (AMA)
This website gives kids ages 9 to 13 the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that are important to them—such as stress and physical fitness—using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. The Teacher's Corner provides interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to national education standards for science and health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This guide will help you fit physical activity into your life—your way. Decide the number of days you'll exercise, the types of activities you'll do, and the times that fit your schedule.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This guide provides a set of generic principles that can be used as the basis for planning, delivering, and evaluating public health activities aimed at changing health-related behaviors.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
This free workshop helps older adults get the support they need and find practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue, and stress. Older adults can also discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment options, and learn better ways to talk with their doctor and family about their health.
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
This toolkit includes articles, videos, and other materials to help you attain greater emotional health and balance in your life.
These teaching resources, including educational classroom games and school activities for preventing obesity, will help educators develop a preschool curriculum that builds a bridge between the school, home, and community and protects young children from developing risky behaviors.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This project works to advance nutrition and physical activity policy in schools and communities in order to prevent obesity and its associated chronic diseases. It develops research-based, user-friendly tools and resources to educate audiences on nutrition and physical activity issues and help groups take action to implement strategies that will improve nutrition and physical activity environments. En español
California Project LEAN
This tip sheet offers strategies to help you improve your eating and physical activity habits. Whether you feel like change is a world away or just around the corner, the information here can help you get started.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
This tip sheet gives ten tips for reducing your child's sugar intake by eating healthy foods instead of sweets.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This bilingual Spanish and English guide provides healthy tips for reducing salt and sodium in your diet to lower your blood pressure. En español
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
These validated patient survey tools work to assess patient and health care professional attitudes, wishes, and needs in diabetes management, a vital and valuable part of patient-centred quality of care improvement.
DAWN (Diabetes Attitutes, Wishes, and Needs) Study
This guide for health care professionals provides comprehensive diabetes information on prevention and control and cardiovascular disease.
California Medical Association Foundation
This tip sheet provides information on how family members and friends can interact with those with diabetes in a polite and helpful manner.
Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI)
This resource provides tools for behavior change and information on how to create new healthy habits as well as a network to connect and share with other concerned families.
Diabetes Families
This online multimedia tutorial provides an overview of proper foot care for patients with diabetes.
This website provides access to program models, tools, and resources to enable health care professionals to provide self-management support for adults with diabetes in real world clinical and community settings. En español
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Diabetes Playbook provides tips for people with diabetes to keep track of their diabetes care. The book was created jointly by health care professionals who treat diabetes as well as people living with diabetes.
Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute
These handouts provide facilitators with tools to implement the DPP intervention using strategies to achieve nutrition, physical activity and weight loss goals. En español
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
This campaign challenges diabetes educators to share the Take Charge Gold Card with their patients with diabetes who smoke or chew tobacco, a card that urges smokers to call a smoking cessation hotline, and use their "ask, advise, refer" intervention with every patient at every visit.
California Diabetes Program
This campaign provides practical resources to help motivate children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food & Nutrition Service (FNS)
This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity. It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you're just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It's for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This booklet provides tips and ideas to improve your eating plan and become more physically active before, during, and after your pregnancy.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
This program will help you develop holistic program interventions to build support for diabetes care in the community.
Minneapolis American Indian Center
This kit contains resources for health care teams that want to begin offering group visits for their patients. Group visits offer staff a new and more satisfying way to interact with patients that makes efficient use of resources, improves access, and uses group process to help motivate behavior change and improve outcomes.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
This guide contains easy-to-understand charts and worksheets to help you track your diabetes health and work with your doctor to develop a plan to maintain a healthy heart. It is available in English and Spanish. En español
American College of Physicians (ACP)
This guide from the American Cancer Society® offers information on how to quit smoking.
American Cancer Society (ACS)
This brochure for health care professionals details the steps to using change interventions with diabetes patients to move them toward disease self-management. En español
California Diabetes Program
This booklet shares ways for kids and parents to develop a heart-healthy lifestyle as a family.
WellPoint Foundation
This nutrition and activity guide for parents has colorful pages filled with tips for teaching children about the importance of proper diet and regular physical activity, and to form healthy habits early on. En español
WellPoint Foundation
This publication will help you find out what your cholesterol numbers mean and what treatment your doctor may prescribe to help lower your cholesterol level. It includes a tool to estimate the risk for having a heart attack and outlines ways to reduce your risk.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This website is filled with information about living with diabetes and developing habits for healthy eating and physical activity through small, sensible steps. En español
This guide shows you how to incorporate regular physical activity into your daily life, with encouraging tips and suggested goals for getting started.
Diabetes Australia
This website for kids tells you cool stuff about how your body works, how eating right helps you play better and feel good, and how staying active is lots of fun! En español
Let's Go! is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program that works to increase physical activity and healthy eating for children from birth to 18 through policy and environmental changes.
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
This initiative, launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, aims to eliminate childhood obesity and create a healthy start for children by empowering parents and caregivers, increasing physical activity, providing healthy food in schools, and improving access to healthy, affordable food in every part of the country.
Let's Move
Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native PeoplesLiving a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples can help health care professionals address psychosocial issues with American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. The toolkit contains a variety of culturally appropriate materials.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This interactive learning program helps you plan a healthful diet using nutrition labels while managing calorie intake.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
This meal planning curriculum is for people living with diabetes and their support persons. The curriculum incorporates participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities, and tasting of foods. En español
Oregon Diabetes Program
This curriculum for an after-school health promotion program is designed to teach young people ages 11 to 13 about the complex media world around them and how it can affect their health—especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
This tip sheet provides helpful ways to lower the risk of high blood pressure through physical activity.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insitute (NHLBI)
This national weight management program is designed to help veterans lose weight, keep it off, and improve their health. The materials available on this website can also be used to help non-VA patients manage their weight. En español
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)
This worksheet helps people with diabetes better understand and manage their physical and emotional health through problem solving.
Prescription Solutions
These three worksheets for young women can help you figure out which types of exercise you'll enjoy most and how to get started, stay motivated, and free up time for fitness.
Center for Young Women's Health at Children's Hospital Boston
This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications. Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
These resources help teachers get their students active, excited, and engaged in the NFL PLAY 60 Challenge. The resources include a teacher guide, lesson plan worksheets, game planner, classroom scoreboard, and certificate.
American Heart Association (AHA)
This booklet provides concise information for African Americans on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This resource provides health care professionals with a set of tested resources and tools to share with patients and families in the day-to-day management of chronic conditions.
Improving Chronic Illness Care
These quizzes will test your knowledge about how today's portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago and the amount of physical activity required to burn off those extra calories.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This curriculum provides communities, diabetes educators, and other program leaders steps to help lead African Americans in making healthy lifestyle changes for themselves and for their families.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This tip sheet helps Hispanics/Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes move more and eat less to reduce their risk. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This list of self-management support training materials provides health care professionals with strategies and patient tools to help patients adopt healthy behaviors.
California HealthCare Foundation
This bilingual Vietnamese and English booklet explains the heart health benefits of proper nutrition and how to lower your risk for heart disease. Tiếng việt
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This three-booklet package helps you assess your risk for developing diabetes and implement a program to prevent or delay the onset of the disease. Use the activity tracker and fat and calorie counter to help track your progress. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This curriculum toolbox is designed for community health workers working with Hispanic/Latino patients to address the prevention and management of depression and diabetes and to prevent emotional burnout from helping clients cope with diabetes and other daily issues. En español
California Diabetes Program
This campaign for employers moves your employees through a 12-week program to incorporate regular walking into their daily lives.
Wellness Council of America
This comprehensive guide will help you control your diabetes by keeping a balance between what you eat, your physical activity, and your medication. It will also help you take important steps to prevent diabetes-related health problems. En español
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This inspirational booklet, written by Dr. Steven Covey, features seven habits that can help you with diabetes management. Learn to become more effective in managing your diabetes on your own, with your medical team, and with your family and friends.
Bayer Diabetes Care
This toolkit helps educate parents and children on ways to change to a healthier lifestyle and diet through a 5-2-1-0 message. The Good Health Club campaign promotes healthy choices and behaviors in children through fun, effective, age-appropriate communications. Some materials are available in Spanish.
BlueCross and BlueShield Association
This website makes publicly available materials that were used in the HEALTHY intervention program, which was designed to moderate risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents including nutrition, physical education, behavior, and communications and social marketing. En español
The HEALTHY Study
This activity guide for after-school program leaders provides quick, simple things to do with kids to help them develop skills for making healthful physical activity and eating choices.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food & Nutrition Service (FNS)
The President's Challenge helps people of all ages and abilities increase their physical activity and improve their fitness through research-based information, easy-to-use tools, and friendly motivation.
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
This toolkit provides materials to begin a community outreach program with African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes, reinforcing the message that type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented. CME credit available. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This easy-to-read, bilingual Spanish and English tip sheet encourages teens to be more physically active to better manage their diabetes. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This easy-to-read, bilingual Spanish and English tip sheet encourages teens to lower their risk for diabetes by being active, making health food choices, and losing weight if they are overweight. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This website provides information on seven self-care management areas for people with diabetes: healthy eating, being active, monitoring, taking medicine, problem solving, reducing risk, and healthy coping.
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
This guide helps Americans live healthier lives by helping them set and achieve personal walking goals. Treat yourself and your family to a daily routine of brisk walking. It's a healthy and simple way to feel better now and reduce the risk of developing serious health problems down the road.
BlueCross BlueShield Association
This bilingual Spanish and English booklet provides helpful steps for Hispanics/Latinos to reduce your risk of a heart attack by making healthy lifestyle changes and watching your weight. En español
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This booklet helps people with diabetes make wise food choices to prevent health problems and keep blood glucose levels on target. En español
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
This booklet helps people with diabetes choose and begin a physical activity program and safely lead an active, healthy lifestyle. En español
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
This online resource from the American Diabetes Association® provides helpful information and first steps for taking control of your type 2 diabetes. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This bilingual Spanish and English presentation flipchart makes it easy to educate Hispanic and Latino Americans about the link between diabetes and heart disease. It includes easy-to-understand illustrations, a scripted presentation, and two copier-ready handouts. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower your blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Gas Pains
Tom grew up in Milwaukee, bartended in Wauwatosa in the '70s and moved here in 1984.
Commentary, observations and musings about the outdoors, life in general and maybe Tosa politics and personalities will be the order of the day. He savors a lively debate as much as terrific cooking.
Friday Morning Music
The summer of 1976 my kid brother and I took that VW bus of mine on a road trip around Lake Superior deep into Ontario. Not much planning - truthfully only about five hours notice.
Lots of good memories about that adventure.
The Garden Chronicles
The garden is growing like mad. Very jungle-like. We've been blessed with more than twice the normal amount of rainfall for the month of June. There has been no need to water so the initial plans for a drip irrigation system have been shelved.
Guess The Critter
My pal Lawyer snapped this picture in Italy.
He is curious as to what he might have captured on the camera.
Friday Morning Music
There's a terrific weekend on tap people.
So crank-up the volume on your office work station, slip your dancing shoes on your happy feet and get The Cure for whatever ails you...
Guns On The Mind
I've had guns on my mind lately.
I recently purchased another handgun. I've been making plans for the Second Annual Schuetzenfest. I recently mentored a couple of young lads in safe firearm handling and marksmanship. And Chicago passed a new handgun ordinance that went into effect this week.
The ordinance was passed in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that made the city's handgun ban unenforceable.
Friday Morning Music
A slightly different twist to start your weekend.
These two guys will grow on you. Scott and Seth.
The Dog Days of Afternoon
How about these sultry summer weekends?
I'm not sure this qualifies as the dog days of summer yet - but it sure has been hot lately.
The Blog and Blogging
Some of you may have noticed that Gas Pains has gotten a face-lift. Literally.
I have finally gotten around to changing that awful mug shot and replaced with something that better reflects my likeable nature. Since that photo was snapped at a festival you have my festival look. I will endeavor to change it periodically. Maybe even seasonally.
Friday Garden Chronicles and Garden Music
I know that many of you are great fans of the Wauwatosa Farmers Market. My pal Karen, who also blogs on this page, has extolled its praises.
I'm beginning to get the feeling that one of these days I should consider becoming a vendor. Because before too long I am going to be swimming in produce.
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Metcalf's Sentry recently had wild-caught trout on sale. So I stocked my freezer with a quantity of these fillets thinking of grilling and smoking opportunities that might present themselves.
Let me tell you - smoked trout is a delicacy that cannot be beat.
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
I happen to think that there happens to be nothing more up-lifting than a puppy picture to brighten your day.
This is Girlfriend making her first retrieve.
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
I happen to think that there happens to be nothing more up-lifting than a puppy picture to brighten your day.
This is Girlfriend making her first retrieve.
Friday Morning Music
Start the weekend with a couple of country impresarios singing a classic...


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Your car suddenly stops running and you step out of it to do what everyone does when experiencing car troubles; you open the hood of the car, take one long look at the motor inside and say; "Yep, I still have no idea how to fix this thing!" Whether you need auto repair, car maintenance or a second opinion on that funny noise your car keeps making every time you step on the breaks, finding the right auto repair shop is no easy feat.
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Diabetes HealthSense
Resources for living well
This easy-to-use resource guide helps you make smart choices from every food group, find balance between food and physical activity, and get the most out of the calories you consume.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This project works to advance nutrition and physical activity policy in schools and communities in order to prevent obesity and its associated chronic diseases. It develops research-based, user-friendly tools and resources to educate audiences on nutrition and physical activity issues and help groups take action to implement strategies that will improve nutrition and physical activity environments. En español
California Project LEAN
This tip sheet gives ten tips for reducing your child's sugar intake by eating healthy foods instead of sweets.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This bilingual Spanish and English guide provides healthy tips for reducing salt and sodium in your diet to lower your blood pressure. En español
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This campaign provides practical resources to help motivate children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food & Nutrition Service (FNS)
This booklet provides tips and ideas to improve your eating plan and become more physically active before, during, and after your pregnancy.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
This interactive learning program helps you plan a healthful diet using nutrition labels while managing calorie intake.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
This meal planning curriculum is for people living with diabetes and their support persons. The curriculum incorporates participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities, and tasting of foods. En español
Oregon Diabetes Program
This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications. Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
These quizzes will test your knowledge about how today's portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago and the amount of physical activity required to burn off those extra calories.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)


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Backyard Safari Explorer Kit
Explore near and far with the Essential Field Gear Explorer Kit. This kit is full of must-haves for visual exploration. The essential field magnifier is the right tool for detailed examination, and the built-in scales help you measure your field specimens. The 10 x 30mm optics of the pocket spyglass let you keep your distance yet still have that up-close and personal view. Three rugged,...
Backyard Safari Mega Magnifier
The Super Wide-View Mega Magnifier is the largest most powerful field magnifying lens ever!
Backyard Safari Dino Caller
From a Velociraptor to the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, call up 10 different ferocious dinosaurs! Just set the dial and blow! Requires 3 AA batteries, included.
Backyard Safari Ocean Caller
From the cry of the Killer Whale to the playful talk of Dolphins, call up ten different salty sounds with the Animal Whisperer's Ocean Caller. Just set the dial and blow as hard as you can! Requires 3 AA batteries, included.
Backyard Safari Cargo Vest
It's your most essential piece of field gear. It's rugged, and tough en
Backyard Safari Camp Lantern
Light up your base camp with the bright white luminance from the upper dome, then flip a switch to activate the warm flickering campfire glow that's built in the lanterns base. No flames, no heat just a comforting illusion and an excuse to gather round the old campfire to sing songs or tell scary stories. The lantern is water resistant and includes a handle for carrying or hanging. ...
Backyard Safari Zoo Caller
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Call up ten different exotic wild animals with the Animal Whisperer's Zoo Caller. Just set the dial and blow as hard as you can! Requires 3 AA batteries, included.
Backyard Safari Field Scope
With this easy-to-carry, take-it-with-you anywhere microscope, you can get six times the magnification of your favorite bugs. Simply trap the bug under the scope for a close-up look at their world. Measures 4.6"L x 3"H x 7.84"H. Requires 1 "AAA" battery (included).


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Support Our Library
Find out how you can support our library.
Your support for the library will strengthen and expand our mission to serve everyone in our service area. Your support is requested for outreach programs, for collections, and for special projects. Your support will demonstrate your appreciation for and understanding of the value in a civilized society of access to information.
Click on the links at left to find out more about the Grimes Public Library's membership in the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and how you can help by volunteering your time or donating materials.


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Some Thoughts On Course Evaluations
30/11/2011 § 6 Comments
It's nearing the end of the term—and that means course evaluations are looming. To be honest, I start thinking about course evaluations on the first day of class. I like to keep mental notes on my classes throughout the semester so that I have coherent comments to offer up at the end of each term. I've been mentally grading my teachers and classes since junior high. Lately, I've been spending a good deal of time thinking on the evaluations themselves to try to understand their purpose and what I can do to make the most of them.
What do professors want?
In thinking about this post, my biggest question was—what do professors want from our evaluations? I reached out to a few professors that I know (across many different fields) and posted this question to them. The breakout theme? Specific comments. Professors want specific feedback on the negative AND positive elements of their class. If you didn't like the syllabus—tell them exactly why. If a paper led to an epiphany about your career goals—say so. In many cases, the comments section of an evaluation form is preceded by a tedious list of ranking and fill in the blank questions. Don't fizzle out and turn in the evaluation until you write something personal and specific to the professor.
Do they matter?
Over the past couple of weeks I've had my ear to the ground listening to what students have to say about evaluations—the conversation is not much different than what I heard in undergrad. A lot of students are skeptical of course evaluations. Many feel that the ratings we give and the feedback we write doesn't matter. To some teachers—they may not. While this is unfortunate, I still think that there are a lot of educators and institutions out there who want to effectively reach students. Help these teachers and universities out and give them solid comments and feedback to act on in future semesters. If there are legitimate concerns that need to be voiced about a teacher or class—consider speaking up in ways other than evaluations. Do your research and determine who you can talk to at your institution so that the issue can be properly addressed. If you feel comfortable with the instructor, and you think they'd be open to it—have a conversation with them about what you liked or did not like. A few professors I know welcome honest, face to face discussions about their courses. If you're not sure about speaking directly with the instructor, talk to a mentor or advisor about how to proceed. I think evaluations have the potential to make the educational experience better—but they're not the be all end all.
What can evaluations do for you?
When you're filling out evaluation forms—don't forget about what evaluations can do for you. In my own experience, course evaluations have been a way to understand what helps me to be successful in a class. Perhaps evaluations can help you to have healthy closure at the end of each semester—or vent a semester's worth of frustrations. Whatever the case, figure out what you can get out of this reoccurring exercise and turn it into an opportunity instead of another chore. Happy evaluating.
§ 6 Responses to Some Thoughts On Course Evaluations
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD TOPIC, Ashley! Some students don't stop to consider that course evaluations are just another format of the evaluation and feedback that we will seek as service professionals; so paying attention to how your school conducts evaluations and what the form consists of are part of your education in some ways.
I'm proud to say that at Simmons GSLIS, the evaluation form was developed by students and professors; the results are used by the Rank, Tenure, and Appointments committee to provide recommendations for faculty promotions/etc; and copies are available of the anonymous forms in the student lounge, so that students can see comments on courses and professors from their peers/"ancestors".
So I'm in total agreement that evaluation is an opportunity to learn and to help your fellow man. Also, if I told my 16 year old self that one day I'd feel this passionately about the usefulness of course evaluations, she wouldn't have believed me.
I second the "good choice" Ashley, and a nicely written piece to boot. It is a quite important and topical "hack" right now and unfortunately too many don't take it seriously — myself included in previous semesters.
I find it odd and unfortunate that, at least for my program, surveys are done before the real end of term. I'm sure there is some thought that your final grade might influence your evaluation but with other deadlines looming it is difficult to give these the brain space they deserve.
I'm sure we all have those "arrrggg" or "ahhhh" moments and your suggestion to keep notes over the course of the semester with evaluations in mind is a good one so that you aren't scrambling to remember useful things while under deadline for your term paper.
One other note (especially for all the professors or TAs lurking about), I found it extraordinarily helpful to have a professor the other night give us all 10 minutes in class (online) to do our course evals. I gave her more specific and quality feedback than I might otherwise have without the dedicated time to do so.
Emailing more information is something that I too have done and recommend — keeping in firm mind professionalism and the meaning of "constructive."
Happy Grading All!
Stephanie, it sounds like Simmons has a really productive and transparent evaluation system. I'm sure a lot of other institutions could take a note from your school.
Joanna, I agree that it is really hard to make time for evaluations. End of term is a really pressing time for most students–the last thing we want to do is evaluations. I think it is great when professors can build the process into class time.
At my school (Pratt SILS), summaries of the evaluations are available in our library and are a great resource for students considering the course in the future. The one time I ignored poor evaluations and took the class anyway, I regretted it. I don't think that professor reads his evaluations, which is unfortunate because he is smart and friendly, but greatly needs to improve his teaching style.
The evaluation process is built into class time at the last class meeting of the year.
I've been fortunate; even the (happily rare) negative evaluations of my courses have been specific and constructive, for the most part.
That doesn't mean I haven't run into a few headscratchers. One student was bothered by how "opinionated" I am. Um? You'd rather have someone who doesn't care enough about the subject to form opinions? All-righty then…
Generalizing this a bit: criticize the course content and delivery, not the instructor's personality, please. Consider it a useful job skill, even: you'll have to cope with folks whose personality happens to clash with yours.


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Even Mild Weight Loss May Lower Diabetes Risk in Obese Teens
Evening East-West NFL Matchups Put One Team at Disadvantage: Study
Exercise Affects Men's, Women's Hearts Differently: Study
Exercise Alone May Help Those With Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise in Pregnancy May Boost Baby's Brain, Study Says
Exercise in Youth Boosts Bone Strength Later: Study
Exercise Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women
Exercise May Curtail COPD Complications
Exercise May Ease Pain of Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests
Exercise May Help Breast Cancer Survivors Battle Bone Loss
Exercise May Help Ease Depression in Teens: Study
Exercise May Lower Older Women's Risk for Kidney Stones
Exercise May Lower Risk of Esophageal Cancer
Exercise May Make Life Better for Those With Arthritis
Exercise May Not Stave Off Holiday Weight Gain
Exercise Might Boost Men's Sperm Counts, Study Finds
Exercise Might Ease Joint Pain Caused by Breast Cancer Drugs
Exercise Might Lift Libido in Women on Antidepressants
Exercise Seems to Ease Parkinson's-Related Depression
Exercise Up in U.S., But So Is Obesity: Report
Exercise Won't Ease Hot Flashes, Study Finds
Exercise, Diet May Help 'Pre-Diabetics' Dodge Heart Disease Death
Fatigue Affects Baseball Players' Strike-Zone Judgment: Study
Fitness Club Best Place for Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study
Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later
Fitness in Teen Years May Guard Against Heart Trouble Later
Fitness Linked to Lower Heart Attack Risk in Heart Disease Patients
Football Concussion Risk Highest During Games, Not Practice: Study
For Many Men, Impotence Is Treatable Without Drugs
For Seniors, Unhealthy Living May Lead to Disability
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Grueling X-Country Ski Race May Affect Heart Rhythm
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Heart-Healthy Lifestyle May Also Prevent Lethal Blood Clots
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Higher Altitude May Lower Sports Concussion Risk, Study Suggests
HIV Patients Get a Mental Lift From Exercise, Study Finds
Home Treadmills May Help People With Poor Leg Circulation
How Many Extra Calories Add Up to Obesity for Kids?
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It's Natural for Winners to Strike a Victory Pose, Research Shows
James Gandolfini's Death From Heart Trouble at 51 a Sign of the Times
Just 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Gets Enough Exercise: Report
Just 12 Percent of Women Over 50 Are 'Satisfied' With Their Bodies
Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?
Kidney Disease Patients Can Benefit From Exercise: Study
Kids Bullied During Gym Class May Stop Exercising
Kids' Concussion Recovery Varies by Symptom Severity: Study
Kids' Concussions Defined by Where They Live, Study Finds
Kids Who Exercise More May Get Better Grades
Kids With ADHD May Face Higher Obesity Risk as Teens
Kids With Past Concussions Take Longer to Recover
Kids Worldwide Getting Less Heart Fit, Research Shows
Knee Surgery May Put Kids at Higher Risk for Future Arthritis
Lack of Sleep Compounds Health Problems for Obese Teens: Study
Ladies, Take 5 Steps to Avoid Osteoporosis
Less Physical Activity, More TV for Today's Moms, Study Finds
Light Exercise Might Reduce Risk of Kidney Stones
Living a Full Life, Irregular Heartbeat and All
Male Cancer Survivors May Live Longer If They Exercise
Many Kids Missing Out on Healthy Lifestyle
Many Public Pools Contaminated With Human Waste: CDC
Many Would Give Private Info to Health Insurers to Save Money
Marathon Training Might Boost Heart Health
Massage May Improve Blood Flow While Easing Muscle Soreness: Study
Men in Red: Higher Testosterone Levels, Study Finds
Middle-Aged Health Behavior a Matter of Degrees
Mind Over Diet?
Minorities Harmed Most By Fast-Food Outlets Near School: Study
Moderate Exercise May Cut Women's Stroke Risk
More Evidence That Exercise Can Help Prevent High Blood Pressure
More Proof Healthy Living, Not Smoking Pay Off
More Time in Gym Class Equals Stronger Kids
Most Statin Users Won't Have Major Side Effects
Move More to Control Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Study
Nearly 60 Percent of Uterine Cancer Cases Preventable: Report
New 'Active' Video Games May Give Kids More Exercise
New Guidelines May Widen Use of Statins
New Knees, Hips May Also Help the Heart
New Ligament Discovered in Human Knee
New Obesity Weapon: Kids Teaching Kids
Obesity Risk Factors May Vary for Boys, Girls
Older Women May Spend Two-Thirds of Their Day Sitting
One Exercise Session Won't Bring a Good Night's Sleep
Only 1 in 5 Americans Gets Enough Exercise: CDC
Overuse Injuries May Rise When Kids Specialize in One Sport
Parents Who Set, Stick to Rules May Help Kids Stay Slim
Pedometers Can Keep You Moving
Pelvic Exercises May Help His Sex Life
Physically Active Jobs Tied to Unusual Amounts of Sleep
Police Work Isn't Very Physical, Study Says
Poor Fitness in Middle Age Tied to Higher Risk of Dementia
Positive Attitude Linked to Longer Life in Heart Patients
Quarterback's Death, NFL Study Split Over Brain Disorder
Quick Vision Test May Help Spot Concussions on Sidelines
Ready to Get in Shape? Ease Into Exercise, Experts Say
Red Wine Supplement May Block Benefits of Exercise in Older Men
Regular, Vigorous Exercise May Lower Your Stroke Risk
Romance Can Sour When Only One Partner Slims Down
Safety Tips for Holiday Football Games
School Sports May Cut Rates of Violence, Bullying Among Teens
Scientists Explore Effect of Exercise on Prostate Cancer Patients
Shivering, Like Exercise, May Help Boost Weight Loss
Short Bouts of Brisk Exercise May Help Cut Obesity Risk
Shoulders Take a Pounding in High School Football
Singing Together Fosters Harmonious Hearts
Ski Your Way to Happiness?
Small Efforts Can Boost Use of Public Parks
Smartphone Apps Can Make Workouts More Fun
Snow-Shoveling Health Tips as Winter Looms
South Asian Men May Need More Exercise to Stay Healthy: Study
Specializing in One Sport as Child No Guarantee of Future Success
Sports for Teens Are Beneficial -- Up to a Point
Sports May Be OK With Defibrillator, Study Says
Sports-Related Sudden Death More Likely to Occur in Men: Study
Statins May Hamper Workout Results
Stress-Busting Tips From Experts
Stressed by Work-Life Balance? Just Exercise
Stroke Prevention Tips for Women
Struggles With Motor Skills Compound Social Problems in Autism
Study Probes Why Exercise Leaves Women More Breathless Than Men
Suicide Rate Higher for Adults Who Were Out-of-Shape as Teens: Study
Summer Camp Health Tips for Parents
Take Safety Measures Before Letting Kids in the Pool
Taking a Bath After a Workout? Hold the Ice, Researchers Say
Teen Drinkers, Pot Smokers at Raised Risk of Concussion, Study Says
Teens' Stress Levels Rival Those of Adults, Survey Finds
Thank Ancient Humans for That Fastball
The Best New Year's Resolutions Are Those You Can Keep
There Is No Safer Football Helmet for Kids: Study
Time of Month May Affect Women's Concussion Recovery
Tips for Safe Winter Workouts
Tips to Jump-Start Your New Year's Resolutions
'Tommy John' Surgery Gets Major League Pitchers Back on the Mound
Too Little Vitamin D May Add to Obesity's Burden
Too Much Running Tied to Shorter Lifespan, Studies Find
Too Much Sitting After 60 May Lead to Disability, Study Says
Too Much Sitting May Be Harmful for Older Women
Too Much Sitting May Raise Heart Failure Risk for Men
Too Much Sitting Tied to Higher Risk of Colon Polyps in Men
Training in the Heat
Treating Sleep Apnea Might Be a Win-Win for Golfers
TV in Child's Bedroom Tied to Weight Gain
Type 2 Diabetes Is Often a Family Affair
U.S. School Kids Should Get Hour of Exercise Daily: Report
U.S. Schools Show Progress in Healthy Behaviors, CDC Says
U.S. Teens Begin to Slim Down, Study Suggests
Ultramarathoners: How's Their Health?
Veteran Firefighters May Develop Heat Resistance
Vigorous Exercise May Lessen Young Men's Risk of Epilepsy
Walk More to Cut Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, Study Suggests
Walking May Be Good Medicine for Kidney Patients
Walking May Cut Stroke Risk in Older Men
Walking May Help Older Men Sidestep Hip Fractures
Walking Speed a Good Gauge of MS Disability, Study Says
Want to Stay Young? Start Moving
Water-Safety Essentials for Parents
Ways to Cut Your Colon Cancer Risk
Weight Loss Can Combat Irregular Heart Beat, Study Says
Weight Loss May Help Thwart Diabetes
When Moms Get Active, Kids Follow
When Winter Fun Isn't So Fun
Why Ballet Dancers Can Spin Without Getting Dizzy
With Weekly Exercise, Time Trumps Frequency
Working Out May Help Counteract Holiday Eating
Yoga Fails to Cool Hot Flashes, But May Aid Sleep
Yoga May Help Ease High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
Yoga May Reduce Fatigue, Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors
Young Athletes' Concussions Often Unreported: Report
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This website for kids tells you cool stuff about how your body works, how eating right helps you play better and feel good, and how staying active is lots of fun! En español
Let's Go! is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program that works to increase physical activity and healthy eating for children from birth to 18 through policy and environmental changes.
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Transfer pattern to box using pattern transfer paper.
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