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Pedometer Challenge Week 7 Partners Keep Each Other Moving

A few married couples are using the Pedometer Challenge as a friendly competition to hopefully help improve their health.

ThedaCare Earns Grant to Attend Renown Depression Education Program

ThedaCare received a 2014 Perfect Depression Care Learning Community grant from the State of Wisconsin. ThedaCare Behavioral Health will use the grant money, which is provided by Wisconsin’s Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, to send two employees to a workshop at Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit to learn more about their “Perfect Depression Care” initiative.

Take Time to Experience Your Food

It’s time to eat. Your stomach is growling. You are so hungry that all you can think about is food. You sit down and dive into your meal. As you eat you also do one of the following: chat with your spouse, coworker, family member, or friend; watch TV; check your email; surf the internet; read; talk on the phone; drive a car.

Ladies Night Out to Provide Functional Footwear Tips During Fashion Show

ThedaCare is offering a free educational evening filled with great fun, food and footwear and a fashion show with prizes. “Walk-This-Way Shoe Fashion Show with Dr. Kristen Kuratnick” will help women learn how to choose the right shoes for their feet. This free “girls’ night out” offers expert advice for functional footwear from Dr. Kuratnick, a foot and ankle specialist, and physical therapist Karen Ferris, both from ThedaCare Orthopedic Care.

Prediabetes Can Be Treated

Pre-diabetes is more prevalent than most people think. “It affects 35 percent of adults age 20 and older and half of Americans age 65 an older,” said Anne Menzies, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca. People can learn more about the topic at an upcoming ThedaCare community presentation “Pre-Diabetes: What should I do?” at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., April 3, in the lobby of the 900 building.

National Doctors Day is March 30

Doctors play an important role in our lives. March 30 is set aside each year as National Doctor’s Day, a time for all of us to stop and say thank you to the men and women who are there to help us at every stage of our lives.

Pedometer Challenge Week 6 Breaking Out of Hibernation

Spring officially starts Thursday and while the weather is still sometimes in winter mode, temperatures are inching higher while snow piles slowly melt, making it easier for everyone to come out of hibernation. This past week, several participants in the Pedometer Challenge sponsored by ThedaCare and ThedaCare Orthopedic Care saw their numbers increase.

Waupaca Falls Workshop Teaches How to Prevent Risk of Injury

Stepping On is a free seven-week workshop using adult education to develop the knowledge and skills needed to help older adults prevent falls. In conjunction with the THRIVES (“Teaming for Health & Resiliency Improvement via Education and Support”), Stepping On will be offered starting March 18 at Riverside Medical Center (RMC).

Not Out of the Woods Yet A Story of Recovery and Hope

It has been just over two years since traumatic brain injury (TBI) crashed into the lives of the DeGroot family. While downhill skiing at Nordic Mountain on January 13, 2012, 13-year-old avid skier Jacob DeGroot tried to avoid other skiers who had fallen. To avoid injuring these people in his path, he veered off and ended up airborne, striking his head against a tree in the woods head-on at a high speed and suffering a depressed skull fracture and underlying brain bleed.

Thousands of Area Residents May Lose Health Insurance

Effective April 1, 2014, new income limits go into effect for Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus health insurance for low-income residents. Adults with family income over the federal poverty level will no longer qualify for this plan. If their employer does not offer health insurance they must enroll in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov in order to continue coverage.

Event Raises Funds to Improve Rural Healthcare

A Wine and Cheese Tasting will benefit the Rural Health Initiative in Waupaca County. The third annual event will be from 7-10 p.m. Fri., April 25, at Crystal Falls Banquet Hall in New London. The Wine and Cheese Tasting will feature 40 kinds of wine, seven beers from Pigeon River Brewing and 40 types of cheese. Uptown will provide the evening’s entertainment.

From Mother to Daughter

Are you prepared to have “the talk” with your teenage daughter? If you are the mother of a teenage girl, this presentation may be helpful for you. Dr. Post of Women’s Care of Wisconsin will speak about new guidelines for pap smears, HPV vaccinations, birth control options and more. This is a hard time for both mother and daughter; being better educated on these topics may help make this transition period a little easier.

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