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Health And Wellness Fair Features Local Resources For Public

GLENDALE, AZ - Local companies and organizations will share products and provide services such as free chair massages and blood pressure checks at the 5th annual Health and...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Caroline Cannon Wins Prize Caring for the Arctic and the Inupiat

Caroline Cannon has led dual roles throughout her life. She is a leader of her people as well as a steward of the earth. For more than 30 years Caroline has been working to...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Mailman Charlie Rose Sniffs Out Gas and Saves Lives

Something didn't seem right to mail carrier Charlie Rose. He smelled gas more than once while delivering the mail on his normal route. It wasn't just coming from one house and the...

AmericanTown Heroes: Leslie Perkins Picks Posies for Patients

Leslie Perkins, a hospital volunteer for more than 28 years is also the head of the fresh flower program. In addition to overseeing the placements of fresh flowers in all the...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Bob Davidson Wants Your Pledge to Rise Above the Plastics

If you see a grown man covered in plastic bags, don’t think he’s crazy or a homeless person trying to stay warm. Go over and introduce yourself and find out what he has to say...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Rebecca Stivers—Nurse Educator and Role Model

A nurse educator and her husband happen upon the scene of a serious crash just in time to administer critical care. As a trained nurse, Rebecca knows what to do to help make...

Glendale Fire Partners With Maricopa County Health Department For Child Immunization

from:City Of Glendale

Who: The Glendale Fire Department along with Maricopa County Public Health Department are working jointly to assist parents in getting their children’s required vaccines for...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Team Winter Races to Fund Research for Prostate Cancer

After losing her father to prostate cancer, Winter Vinecki started Team Winter to help raise money for prostate cancer research. Winter is a young triathlete who inspires...

Hands-Only CPR: Saving Lives in Glendale

from:City Of Glendale

Each year roughly 300,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in our country, making it one of the leading causes of death. In Glendale alone, there are about a dozen sudden cardiac...

Swine flu information, symptoms and resources for Maricopa County

The reports of Swine Flu in Arizona (official name, H1N1) are alarming, but as the virus remains in the headlines, experts are urging common-sense in handling the outbreak. This...

JuneFit Tip: Stretching is for Everyday!

from:JuneFit - Health and Fitness Tips

My motto is, "Stretching is for Everyday", and I do practice what I preach. Research has indicated that regular stretching may be more effective in preventing injuries...