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Diabetes is highly preventable. It is also one of the fastest growing health problems in the United States, especially among children.
The Walk and Play in Awareness of Diabetes event will be held 9-12 am on Sunday Morning, Nov. 14 at the Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility, at 3890 Cypress Drive, in Petaluma. Get full details here
Dieting is often a response to a diabetes diagnosis. Dr. Chappell says there are many effective diets to choose from, but the choice itself is not all that significant.
Beyond video games and insufficient exercise, Dr. Chappell cites one other significant contributor to the rapid increase in obestiy among children and young adults.
The Icarus Project has become an outspoken advocacy organization for the idea of "radical mental health. Co-founder Jacks McNamara explains how they define that concept.
Radical mental health asks if being "different" is something that requires treatment, or can sometimes be recognized as just a different way of being. need not be seen or treated as a mental illness, argues Artist and poet Jacks McNamara argues that her bi-polar disorder should be seen as a "dangerous gift," something to cherish and to be wary of.
The art and poetry of Jacks McNamara, as well as her personal history as told in her own words, forms the subject matter for the short film, Crooked Beauty, by Ken Rosenthal. Here is a trailer for the film.
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Now that the Icarus Project is eight years old, and well established across the country and beyond, McNamara says she is now turning more of her energies toward nurturing a new class of leaders and advocates to take the organization on to its next level.
Within a month of the opening of the Golden Gate in 1937, the first suicide from the bridge occurred. Since then it is estimated that some 1300 people have taken their lives there. Kevin Hines syas there is evidence emerging that suggests the actual total is considerably higher.
One reason that total is so high, Hines argues, is the lack of any suicide prevention measures installed on the Golden Gate Bridge. Mere signs, such as this one, are not an effective deterrent.
Looking back on it now, Kevin is clear that it was his poorly treated mental illness that drove him to his sujicide attempt.
Kevin Hines wll give a free talk on "The Truth About Suicide" at the Sonoma State University Cooperage at 7:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 8.
The medicinal use of marijuana, once simply illegal, is now not only permitted in California and 14 other states, but has become a billion dollar industry, even as the plant remains classified as a dangerous, outlawed drug by the federal government.
To the surprise of many, reports Geluardi , Oakland has become California's most prominent city embracing the new medical marijuana industry, a symbiotic partnership that appears to be benefiting everyone involved.
Some observers have seen a link between the day when U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder weigned in against Proposition 19, and the downturn in professed public support for the measure. But Geluardi is skeptical.
At the summit of Mt. Elbrus lie mementos from climbers who have successfully scaled the 18,590 foor peak.You can't climb a mountain alongside someone you hate or distrust. That's the basic philosophy behind the Santa Rosa group, Climbers for Peace, which just completed their 7th expedition with an international group including members from Russia and Ukraine.
Fred PtuchaSince Fred Ptucha formed Climbers for Peace in 1997, the group has sponsored and led climbs in four contries on three continents. Here's a short history of their activities.
The most recent Climbers for Peace team paused for this group photo during their explorations of national parks in southern Utah and Northern Arizona.Why mountaineering as a pathway to peace? Ptucha insists it is an activith that is iherently condusive to fostering fellowship.
