Need to Eat More Vegetables?

Posted by on May 25, 2012

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I’m guessing the answer is a resounding YES to that question. I definitely know I need more vegetables in my diet. So guess what!?! This is the season for the best meals ever! I am positively giddy when fresh local vegetables and fruit start showing up in the produce isles and, even better, at our farmer’s markets in town.

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Who will make your health care decisions for you when you are unable?

Posted by on April 20, 2012

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Make your healthcare wishes known and guide you, your family and your friends through the process of Advance Care Planning for a living will and durable power of attorney for health care decisions.
Copies of Kansas State University’s Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, and Living Wills Fact Sheets are available in the library’s Health Information Neighborhood.

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HUSH: a podcast from your library – Episode 21 – Medical Memoirs

Posted by on April 20, 2012

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Listen or download the library’s premier podcast – HUSH! In Episode 21, enjoy a discussion (26:27) about Medical Memoirs — books by doctors, nurses and patients about their experiences in unique or compelling situations. Have you read any of our recommendations? Plus continue the discussion on the library’s Goodreads group!

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February is Heart Health Month – Do you know the warning signs of a heart attack?

Posted by on February 2, 2012

February 3, 2012 is Go Red for Women day from the American Heart Association. Watch a funny yet serious 3 minute video starring Elizabeth Banks, and learn the warning signs of a heart attack. More women die of cardiovascular disease than from the next four causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer. But 80 percent of cardiac events in women could be prevented if women made the right choices for their hearts involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking. Learn more at goredforwomen.org

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