A healthy heart will keep beating for many years
      With Valentine'sDay around the corner, it's a great time to take a look at the state of your heart. "Coronary heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death for both men and women in the United States. However, healthy lifestyle habits can prevent disease and markedly impr...
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Simi Valley Hospital to sponsor START! program
      The Ventura County Division of the American Heart Association recently announced that Simi Valley Hospital will sponsor the association's new START! program in Ventura County. START! is a national movement that encourages employers and their employees to take up walking and other healt...
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How to support a healthy immune system
By Joyce Goldstein, RD Special to the Acorn
      It seems there's so much talk these days about antioxidants that sometimes it can be somewhat confusing and overwhelming. So here's a quick overview to provide a better understanding of what antioxidants are and how they support your immune system.
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Steps to prevent diabetes
      Researchers say that people at risk for type 2 diabetes can reduce their risk by making just a few small lifestyle changes. More than 54 million Americans are on their way to developing diabetes, and many don't even know it. They have a condition called prediabetes, which means their bl...
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Mental health services now available
      WELCOME- The Wellspring Counseling Center opens a new office at 165 High St., Suite 102, last Tuesday. The center provides marriage and family therapy and psychotherapy.
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Malibu Horizon attacks addictions
      Malibu Horizon is a nontraditional, science and researchbased outpatient and inpatient detox and addiction treatment center which offers individualized treatment. The medical director, Dr. Akikur Reza Mohammad, is an addiction medicine specialist and board-certified psychiatrist/ neurol...
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