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LAKEPORT – There will be a free information session for the Wellspring Diabetes Program from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in the fellowship hall at the Lakeport Community Seventh-day Adventist Church, at the Park Way exit of Highway 29.
At this session you will learn why lifestyle change is the best treatment for Type 2 Diabetes; understand how proper nutrition can help to restore your health; hear what Wellspring participants say about their experience; prepare medically and mentally for the Wellspring Diabetes Program; and sample recipes from the diabetic cookbook.
The actual program will be presented Tuesday and Thursday through the month of February.
For further information please call Sherry at 707-349-5016 or Dolores at 707-496-1294.
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LAKE COUNTY – Safeway Inc. is reminding consumers to protect themselves against both seasonal flu and H1N1 flu during the holidays.
Safeway is providing the vaccines on a “walk-in” basis at most pharmacies. The vaccines are the best protection against getting the virus and/ or spreading it to friends and family.
The Lakeport Safeway, which has a pharmacy, is offering the shots, according to pharmacy staff.
“A number of factors make people more susceptible to seasonal flu and H1N1 flu during the holiday season,” said Dave Fong, senior vice president of Pharmacy. “Simply traveling to visit family could mean being in an enclosed airplane with airborne viruses. It is difficult to avoid potential exposure, but easy to lessen your chances of becoming ill by getting vaccinated.”
Safeway pharmacies are partnering with state and county public health departments to increase the access, availability and convenience of the H1N1 vaccines to people in high-risk groups, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC reports that people in the following groups have increased susceptibility and should receive the H1N1 vaccine: pregnant women; household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age; health care and emergency medical services personnel; people six months to 24 years of age; persons aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.
However, in many states and counties, these restrictions have been lifted and anyone can be vaccinated.
Medicare Part B participants will receive the flu shots at no charge.
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Post-menopausal or overweight women may be most susceptible to the effects of alcohol on recurrence, according to the researchers.
Detailed results of this study will be presented December 9-13 at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center – American Association for Cancer Research San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium by Marilyn L. Kwan, Ph.D., staff scientist in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.
"Women previously diagnosed with breast cancer should consider limiting their consumption of alcohol to less than three drinks per week, especially women who are postmenopausal and overweight or obese," Kwan said.
While previous research has shown that consumption of alcohol is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, there have been limited studies about alcohol's role in patient prognosis and survival among those already diagnosed with breast cancer.
Kwan and her colleagues examined the effects of alcohol on cancer recurrence and mortality in the Life After Cancer Epidemiology Study, a prospective cohort study of 1,897 breast cancer survivors diagnosed with early-stage invasive breast cancer between 1997 and 2000.
The researchers recruited participants from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Cancer Registry and compared breast cancer recurrence in women previously diagnosed with breast cancer who drank with a reference group of women previously diagnosed with breast cancer who did not drink.
Researchers used a questionnaire to document information on wine, beer and liquor consumption over the past year. Each year, participants also completed information on health outcomes, including recurrence of breast cancer, which was then verified by their medical records.
After eight years of followup, Kwan and colleagues found 349 breast cancer recurrences and 332 deaths from cancer and other causes. Among drinkers (50 percent of the study population), wine was the most popular choice of alcohol (90 percent), followed by liquor (43 percent) then beer (36 percent).
The increased risk of recurrence appeared to be greater among participants who were postmenopausal and overweight or obese, and was present regardless of type of alcohol. Alcohol consumption was not associated with overall mortality.
"These results can help women make more informed decisions about lifestyle choices after a diagnosis of breast cancer," Kwan said. She added that these findings should be confirmed with more research because few studies have addressed the influence of alcohol on breast cancer prognosis, and the increased risk of recurrence was observed in only some subgroups.
Additional researchers on the study include Erin Weltzien, Emily Tam, Adrienne Castillo, Lawrence Kushi and Bette Caan, all with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; and Carol Sweeney, with the division of clinical epidemiology and department of internal medicine at the University of Utah. Funding for the study was provided by the National Cancer Institute.