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February is the month to think about the health of your heart
Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:22amCardiovascular disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States – more than cancer, accidents, and communicable diseases.
Each year, nearly one in four deaths is caused by heart disease, but luckily, this is something we can all work together to change. There are many risk factors for heart disease: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, cigarette smoking, overweight and obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity and alcohol use. Many of these risk factors can be modified or eliminated by choosing to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Eating away at cancer
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 6:38amIn the nearly six years since she was diagnosed with cancer in the lymph system, Susan Sutton has learned to rely on food to heal her body.
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Obituary: Cynthia "Cyndie" Jean Carter
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:01amCynthia passed away on January 1, 2012 at the age of 70 following her brave battle with lung cancer. The daughter of Merton "Doc" Mathews and Rachel Mathews, Cyndie is survived by her husband o...
Crime Log: Man arrested for stealing cancer patient's medication
Submitted by T. Costa on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:03pm
Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested Orion Johnathan Haines, 20, a Carson City resident, at around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at the 1900 block of North Carson Street.
Officers were dispatched to the location to apprehend a fleeing felon. The felon in question was quickly apprehended. Haines refused several times to comply with officers after his friend was arrested, and was discovered to have allegedly stolen medications from a cancer patient that lived next door to him.
Get Healthy Carson City: Make the New Year Tobacco Free!
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 11:35amTwenty percent of adults in Nevada said they smoke, but of those, 40 percent say they have considered quitting or would like to take action to quit smoking. The New Year brings a chance to act on the desire to quit. Why not make your health a priority this year and resolve to quit smoking?
Obituary: Maude Irene "Cookie" Way
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 3:01amOur beloved Cookie lost her courageous battle with cancer on December 18, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. Cookie was one of ten children born to Marvin and Mary DeWitt on July 12, 1943 i...
Grand opening this weekend for Sierra Le Bone
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 12:56pm
Sierra Le Bone, a boutique for dogs and cats as well as their owners, will celebrate their grand opening Friday and Saturday at their new location at 880 South Stewart Street, across from the fire station.
The business moved in October from their previous location in the Raley's Center, and co-owner Jan McMinn said they are very happy in their new place. Even though their old store was just a few yards off busy South Carson Street, they had trouble converting that traffic to customers as other businesses in the same building began closing their doors.
Obituary: Charles Howard Stevens
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 7:49amCharles Howard Stevens (Howard), July 1932 to December 2011 of Minden, Nevada. After a multi-year battle with cancer, Howard, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Carson Tahoe Reg...
Carson City Relay for Life Wants You!
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:24pm
Event Date:
December 7, 2011 (All day) The Carson City Relay For LIfe committee wants you! Join us at our Community Interest Meeting on Wednesday, December 7 at the Starbucks on Hwy 50 East at 6:30pm to find out how you can get more involved in the world wide movement to end cancer! Free coffee will be provided! For more information, contact Patty Chang at (775)884-0397.
Obituary: George N. Sapp
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:01amGeorge passed away at home on November 5, 2011, after a short battle with lung cancer. He was a local resident for over 25 years. He was the proud owner of local business "Romantic Image" and a...
Obituary: Jack Lewis Means
Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 3:01amJack Lewis Means passed away on November 20, 2011 due to complications that arose after cancer surgery. Jack was born on November 5, 1928 in Dowagiac, Michigan to Lyle and Velma Means. His fath...
Obituary: Norma Meyers Elliott
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 3:01amNorma Meyers Elliott, the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Mair, was born on November 2, 1940 in Denver, Colorado and died in Reno, Nevada on November 8 of cancer. She grew up in Arvada, Colorado...
Doctors: Pap remains best test for cervical cancer
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 3:00amThere's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women.Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's...
New effort to reduce drug shortages a small step
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 3:00amWASHINGTON - Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward ...
New effort to reduce drug shortages a small step
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 3:00amWASHINGTON - Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward ...
Doctors: Pap remains best test for cervical cancer
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 3:00amThere's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women.Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's...
Apple Hill trip planned for cancer patients and caregivers
Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 3:00amSpace is available for a day trip to Apple Hill on Nov. 10 for local cancer patients and their caregivers. The day provides both the patient and their caregivers a day away from the reality of trea...
Cancer Firkin Sucks 5k draws 550 participants
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 3:00amThose who live on the west side of Carson City or drove by the Firkin & Fox Saturday morning would have seen more than 550 walkers and runners of all ages dressed in pink to support The Pink Tot...
21st Annual Women's Wellness Week at Tahoe's Granlibakken
Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 1:24pmAs part of Granlibakken’s commitment to health & wellness, the annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Wellness Weekend – a long standing community event previously coordinated by the Tahoe Forest Hospital - will now be hosted by Granlibakken, Nov. 12-13, 2011. The event fuses Eastern tradition with Western practices to offer a balanced weekend interactive clinics on skin screenings, body/muscle testing; inspirational and informative seminars on health, nutrition, aging; recreational activities along with food and wine.
Baseball Legend, Dave Dravecky to visit Carson Valley
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 1:40pm
Event Date:
Repeats every day until Mon Oct 24 2011 .
October 22, 2011 (All day)
Event Date:
October 23, 2011 (All day) LifePoint Church welcomes World Series pitcher and San Francisco Giants legend Dave Dravecky to speak at all three services on the weekend of October 22nd/23rd.
Carson City breast cancer survivors planning fundraiser walk to remember
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 3:01amMary Thompson remembers being on the cusp of turning 40 and "glum about getting older."Then she was blindsided by a breast cancer diagnosis, and it forever changed her perspective."Now I'm just ...
Wally's Pizza serves a Slice of Hope
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 9:10am
Event Date:
October 7, 2011 (All day) Wally’s Pizza and Subs is helping raise critical funding for breast cancer research by donating twenty-five percent of its sales from Friday, Oct. 7 to the Karen Mullen Breast Cancer Foundation, a national charity based in Seattle.
Gov. Sandoval Makes Appointments to Health Insurance Exchange Board
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 3:44pm
Dr. Ronald Kline.
Governor, Legislative Leaders, Make Appointments To Economic Development Board
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:18pmCARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders today announced their appointments to the new Economic Development Board, which will focus on job creation and economic diversification.
Carson City IHOP shooting: South Lake Tahoe woman among those killed, husband wounded
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:53am
Florence Donovan Gunderson and her husband Wally Gunderson, part-time residents of South Lake Tahoe, were having breakfast at IHOP in Carson City Tuesday morning when a gunman shattered their lives forever.
According to a family friend, Florence was killed inside the restaurant, along with three Nevada National Guard members, while Wally was wounded. A man interviewed by KRNV 4 described how he applied first aid to Wally, while his wife was obviously killed instantly.
Cancer center celebrating 5 years with food, music
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 3:01amCarson Tahoe Regional Healthcare Foundation is inviting the public to Hopefest, a community fundraiser in honor of the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center's fifth anniversary, that will feature food and ...
Cancer center celebrating 5 years with food, music
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 3:01amCarson Tahoe Regional Healthcare Foundation is inviting the public to Hopefest, a community fundraiser in honor of the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center's fifth anniversary, that will feature food and ...
Cancer foundation aims to empower: 'Recovery happens in your head'
Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 3:01amWhen Susan Sutton sees cancer patients - "battleship gray with no hair" - she knows how they feel."I've been there," she said. But she also wants them to know they have the power to feel better....
Cancer foundation aims to empower: 'Recovery happens in your head'
Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 3:01amWhen Susan Sutton sees cancer patients - "battleship gray with no hair" - she knows how they feel."I've been there," she said. But she also wants them to know they have the power to feel better....
Tyrus W. Cobb: Steve Jobs has strong ties to Northern Nevada
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 3:00amThe announcement by Apple CEO Steve Jobs that his illness (pancreatic cancer) no longer will permit him to serve as the CEO of one of the highest capitalized corporations in the world, Apple, was s...
Carson boy succumbs to cancer: Benefit concerts will go on
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 9:39amCarson City resident Jonah Navarro, 11, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.Diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010, it quickly spread to Jonah's hip and back. As a result, doctors declared Jonah as terminal...
Hopefest Event Set to Raise Funds for Local Cancer Patients
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 8:39am
Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare (CTRH) Foundation introduces, “Hopefest,” a community fundraiser in honor of the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center’s 5th Anniversary. The outdoor event will be held on September 9, 2011, 5 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on grounds of the Cancer Center, located on the Carson Tahoe Medical Campus. All proceeds from Hopefest will directly support local cancer patients.
Caden's yard sale today
Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/06/2011 - 3:01amA yard sale today and Sunday will benefit a Carson City 5-year-old battling brain cancer for the second time. Organizer Kathy Johnson said they've received enough to donations to fill the Eagle's L...
American Cancer Society drops appeal over convention center smoking
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 7:09pmBy Cy Ryan CARSON CITY – The American Cancer Society has dropped its appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court in a fight over allowing smoking in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The American Cancer Society, which opposes smoking because of the ...
Movie Review: 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' a nice reworking of an old story
Submitted by Sam Bauman on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 2:52pm
"Crazy, Stupid, Love," a romantic comedy currently showing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is a romantic comedy built on the well-trod idea of love, fall out of love, fall in love and live happily ever after, a la such as "The Phlaelpia Story" of times gone by. The cast, chiefly Steve "Cyrano-nosed" Carrell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, is excellent, pros to a turn.
Relay for Life a celebration for survivors, memorial to those lost
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 3:01amParticipants in the annual Relay for Life beat the heat Saturday at Centennial Park by pitching tents and easy-ups to support those who have been able to beat cancer.Jennifer Overlock, of Dayton...
Fighting cancer, one lap at a time
Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 12:44amAfter losing his mother and younger brother to cancer, Jeff Stepanski called Relay for Life "a natural fit.""It was a way I could fight back," he said. After becoming involved four years ago with t...
Affordable Health Care Insurance Now Available To Nevadans With Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 3:38pmCARSON CITY – Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services put out the word today that a new affordable health insurance plan is available for Nevadans with pre-existing medical conditions.
The plan, offered through the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will serve as a bridge to cover this group of people between today and Jan. 1, 2014, when the major provisions of the law take effect, said Herb Shultz, regional director of HHS for Nevada.
Nevada Office Of Consumer Health Assistance Gets New Director
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:25pmCARSON CITY –The state office created to help guide Nevadans through the complex maze of health care billing and access to care has a new director starting tomorrow.
Marilyn Wills has been named director of the Office of Consumer Health Assistance by Mike Willden, director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson dies at 66
Submitted by editor on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 4:03pm
By Andrew Barbano
RENO, Nev. — Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson, 66, died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno shortly after midnight of Friday, June 10. She suffered from complications after a long battle with cancer.
Carson Tahoe Opens Their Second 'Clinic at Walmart' in Carson City
Submitted by editor on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 1:24pm
CARSON CITY, Nev — Walmart and Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare announce Carson City’s newest location for basic health care services – “The Clinic at Walmart” operated by Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics.
American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe tickets available at Raley's
Submitted by editor on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 8:57pmPRESS RELEASE — Grocery shoppers can now add Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Tim Tebow and Ray Romano to the basket at their neighborhood Raley’s, Bel-Air and Nob Hill Foods supermarkets. Discounted tickets are now available to the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, July 12 – 17, 2011.
Healthy Communities June 9 Meeting: Multi-Agency Health Care Event Planning
Submitted by quest lakes on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 2:50pmLyon County, Nevada -The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey is hosting a meeting to discuss a multiple agency, one or two day “triage” style free health services event in Lyon County. The discussion will be part of the Coalition’s June public meeting held on Thursday, June 9 at 9am at the Silver Springs Community Center. This will be the first in a series of planning workshops with the goal of multiple agencies and volunteers working together to deliver free primary care, dental care, and other medical services to those who have no insurance or are under-insured.
New Women’s Health Institute Opens in Carson City
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 3:23pm
Located on the Carson Tahoe Medical Campus, this free education resource is open to women of all ages
(Carson City, Nevada) – The Carson Tahoe Women’s Health Institute, a free education and information hub located on the Carson Tahoe Medical Campus, was developed to meet the various health needs of women of all ages. The center opened to the public on May 12, 2011 at 1470 Medical Parkway, Suite 250 in Carson City, Nevada.
Carson City archery group raises $1,000 for cancer research
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:03pmThe Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, held its fundraising archery shoot on Sunday, May 8 and took in about $1,000 in entry fees to fight cancer. Click to the PDF below for a complete list of winners.
Officials report that there were 67 shooters that participated in the fundraiser. The donation will be made to the Carson Advocates for Cancer Care.
Clear Creek Bowmen Cancer Shoot on May 8
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 2:38amAs a reminder, the Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, will hold a fund raising, archery shoot on Sunday, May 8.
That shoot will be held at the Centennial Park Archery Range (east of the Eagle Valley Golf Course), just off U.S. 50.
Driving directions to the Archery Range from the intersection of U.S. 395 and U.S. 50 in Carson City: Drive four miles east on U.S. 50 (go past the Deer Run Road Intersection).
Turn left at the Added Storage Building and drive north until the road ends. Turn right at the Archery Range sign and look for the green building.
Reminder of Clear Creek Bowmen Cancer Shoot
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 11:12pmThis is a reminder that the Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, will hold a fund raising, archery shoot on Sunday, May 8.
That shoot will be held at the Centennial Park Archery Range (east of the Eagle Valley Golf Course), just off U.S. 50.
Driving directions to the Archery Range from the intersection of U.S. 395 and U.S. 50 in Carson City: Drive four miles east on U.S. 50 (go past the Deer Run Road Intersection). Turn left at the Added Storage Building and drive north until the road ends. Turn right at the Archery Range sign and look for the green building.
Teams now forming for Carson City’s Relay For Life
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 9:01amCarson City area walkers will go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
This celebration brings together numerous groups and individuals concerned about cancer in a unified effort to fight back.
Teams of enthusiastic residents will gather at Centennial Field for an overnight relay from 10am July 16th to 10am July 17th. The event celebrates anyone who has battled cancer and their caregivers and also remembers loved ones lost.
Jimmer Fredette to join American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe
Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 3:59pmNEWS RELEASE — Jimmer Fredette, the All-American scoring guard for Brigham Young University will join the celebrity-studded field at the American Century Championship, July 12 – 17 at Edgewood Tahoe, in what is becoming one of the strongest line-ups in the tournament’s 22-year history.
Clear Creek Bowmen to hold Cancer Shoot
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 6:17pmThe Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, will hold a fund raising, archery shoot on Sunday, May 8.
That shoot will be held at the Centennial Park Archery Range (east of the Eagle Valley Golf Course), just off U.S. 50.
Driving directions to the Archery Range from the intersection of U.S. 395 and U.S. 50 in Carson City: Drive four miles east on U.S. 50 (go past the Deer Run Road Intersection). Turn left at the Added Storage Building and drive north until the road ends. Turn right at the Archery Range sign and look for the green building.
