http://marconews.com/news/health/marconews.com Stories: Health Newsen-ushealthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/15/10-tips-help-ensure-childs-success/Raising a child is a precious gift, but it also is a great challenge. Here are 10 tips to help ease the burden of getting your children to adulthood. Thu, 15 May 2008 18:09:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/15/10-tips-help-ensure-childs-success/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/how-get-child-interested-reading/My fifth grade son hates to read. It is that simple. This is extremely frustrating because he has a great memory and loves to learn by watching TV. He doesn’t miss a program about animals, and he knows more about history than me. Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/14/how-get-child-interested-reading/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/11/tooth-talk-young-smile-part-ii/ Q: My dentist won’t stop bugging me. I had a tooth that broke and needed to be pulled, so my dentist pulled it. Now he keeps bugging me to have it replaced. I’m in my 60s and at my age it’s just not worth it. Why won’t he leave it alone? Mon, 12 May 2008 01:43:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/11/tooth-talk-young-smile-part-ii/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/05/mind-matters-how-can-therapy-help/What happens in therapy? What should you expect? Why do we believe therapy helps? Individuals usually seek help from a therapist when overwhelmed by life’s problems. Life tends to be very difficult; sometimes we are stressed beyond our capacity to easily cope. Tue, 06 May 2008 01:54:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/05/mind-matters-how-can-therapy-help/features/mind_mattershttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/04/tooth-talk-invest-your-future-replace-your-teeth/Q: Hey Doc, my dentist won’t stop bugging me. I had a tooth that broke and needed to be pulled, so my dentist pulled it. Now he keeps bugging me to have it replaced. I’m in my 60s and at my age it’s just not worth it. Why won’t he leave it alone? Mon, 05 May 2008 02:42:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/04/tooth-talk-invest-your-future-replace-your-teeth/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/may/01/cert-week-one/At the culmination of the spring session of CERT training, Marco Island will have over 100 trained volunteers prepared to augment our local, county, state and federal disaster responders. Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/may/01/cert-week-one/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/29/lely-hosting-blood-drive-wednesday/The Lely High School National Honor Society is sponsoring a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Community Blood Center’s Bloodmobile will be located in the school’s west parking lot , located at 1 Lely High School Boulevard in Lely Resort, East Naples. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:18:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/29/lely-hosting-blood-drive-wednesday/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/28/tooth-talk-no-pain-great/Q: Hey Doc, I’m a snowbird and have my teeth cleaned both here and up north. I have one girl that really gets in there and scrapes. My gums are sore afterward and they bleed a lot when she is cleaning them. The other gal just seems to go around and scrape here and there. I just don’t feel like I am getting a good cleaning. I’ve talked to some of my friends and we all disagree. What’s the real truth? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:19:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/28/tooth-talk-no-pain-great/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/21/relay-life-its-all-about-hope/Dr. Gordon Klatt took the first step in 1985, and today more than 3 million people continue the tradition. Klatt, a Tacoma, Washington colorectal surgeon wanted to do more to help his cancer patients, so 23 years ago he appealed to the public. He circled the athletic track at the University of Puget Sound for 24 hours, raising $27,000 in donations — and the Relay for Life was born. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:05:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/21/relay-life-its-all-about-hope/going_outhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/13/healthcare-decisions-free-lecture/Sanitasole at Barfield, Day Services for Adults along with other national, state and community organizations, are leading a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making — an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:07:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/13/healthcare-decisions-free-lecture/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/13/tooth-talk-need-work-done-cant-afford-it/Q: I was just at the dentist and he gave me an estimate for some work that I needed to have done. I wasn’t prepared for the amount and am just not sure if I can afford to spend that much money right now. Do you have any suggestions? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:03:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/13/tooth-talk-need-work-done-cant-afford-it/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/10/new-cert-class-seeks-volunteers/In an emergency, your first source of aid might just be your neighbors. Not to worry, they are learning their skills from Marco Island’s finest, and you can too. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:49:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/10/new-cert-class-seeks-volunteers/localhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/10/auxiliary-awards-ceremony-were-all-hugs-smiles/Hugs and smiles set the tone for the Marco Healthcare Center Auxiliary (MHCA) 2008 Awards Presentation held March 28 in the Marco Island Yacht Club’s Harbor Room. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:46:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/10/auxiliary-awards-ceremony-were-all-hugs-smiles/going_outhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/06/mind-matters-close-look-benefits-psychotherapy/When Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis in the nineteenth century he opened the door to the mysteries of man’s mind and launched us on an endless journey of discovery. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:52:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/06/mind-matters-close-look-benefits-psychotherapy/features/mind_mattershttp://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/06/tooth-talk-forms-can-save-lives/Q: Every time I go to the dentist they want me to fill out a form with my medicines and health changes. I hate filling out these forms. I can’t see what any of it has to do with my teeth. Why do they need to know? Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:49:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/apr/06/tooth-talk-forms-can-save-lives/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/31/even-good-friends-can-give-bad-advice/I love my friends. I love that they are there for me, and I respect their advice. But in some cases, the advice of friends may not be as helpful as they or you would like it to be. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/31/even-good-friends-can-give-bad-advice//http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/tooth-talk-braces-are-cool/Q: Doc, my child’s adult teeth are coming in crooked and she won’t smile anymore. What can you do? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:15:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/tooth-talk-braces-are-cool/healthhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/its-your-health-trimming-down-after-holidays-part-/We’re a finicky lot when it comes to food. Many equate healthy with unappetizing. If we omit butter and heavy sauces, it will be bland. Or we get in a rut eating the same things and never try something different. Last week I suggested nutritious alternatives to help you drop a few holiday pounds without sacrificing flavor. This week I’ll include some of my favorite easy, delicious, better-for-you edibles. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:12:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/30/its-your-health-trimming-down-after-holidays-part-/featureshttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/25/relay-cleans/Saturday morning may have been overcast, but that didn’t stop the Marco Island Branch of M&I Bank sponsored American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life team Lion King Roaring for a Cure from stepping out of their banking cloths and into shorts and florescent green T-shirts to wash cars and raise donations for their team. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:23:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/25/relay-cleans/going_outhttp://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/25/its-your-health-trimming-down-after-holidays/March was a tough month for our waistlines. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, Spring Break noshing and Easter feasting were the primary culprits (did you eat your way through the Ides of March too?) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:38:00 -0000http://marconews.com/news/2008/mar/25/its-your-health-trimming-down-after-holidays/features