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Healthy Wednesday: Roseburg woman, 94, thrives at YMCA
One minute it’s balancing on one leg. The next, it’s a combination of bicep curls and squats. As fitness instructor Shirley Northcraft calls out, “Switch!,” women upstairs at the YMCA of Douglas County in Roseburg rotate. Some swing into cardio mov …
Read More »Antioxidant-rich coffee offers surprising health benefits for heart, liver and brain
Roseburg resident Stacy Bass drinks her coffee black, one cup in the morning and another at 2:30 p.m. Sipping an Americano espresso at My Coffee & The Wine Experience on Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, Bass, 38, said she likes …
Read More »Healthy Wednesday: Are multivitamins necessary?
“Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat ... college. — Woody Allen’s character in the 1977 film “Annie Hall” Roseburg pharmacist Lee Harman swallows a daily multivitamin because he knows what will hap …
Read More »Healthy Wednesday: Winter Ridge Natural Foods Market cancels plans for Roseburg grocery store
Downtown Roseburg likely won’t have a grocery store anytime soon after an Idaho chain canceled plans to open a market in a vacant building that once housed a Safeway. Winter Ridge owner Gregg Prummer of Sandpoint, Idaho, said Tuesday the family-owned …
Read More »Health Journey: Gift of personal trainer beginning of new, fitter lifestyle
Meet Terrilu Guillen. Terrilu is 43 years old and lives in Roseburg with her husband, Patrick, and their four sons, ages 7, 16, 21 and 23. An Oregonian, Terrilu grew up in Coos Bay and moved to Roseburg when she was 22 years old. Terrilu owns her ow …
Read More »Forage specialist promotes red meat as healthy and green
Peter Ballerstedt takes a stand that goes against the grain. A forage agronomist from Philomath, Ballerstedt is a believer that red meat is healthy for human consumption and its production is environmentally green. He expressed his views Saturday du …
Read More »Douglas C.A.R.E.S. reports 227 child abuse victims in 2012
Child abuse threatens victims’ health directly, but it can also lead to a lifetime of unhealthy habits. Douglas C.A.R.E.S. Director Evelyn Badger-Nores said the county had 227 confirmed victims of child abuse last year. These children are more likel …
Read More »Healthy Wednesday: Before the stork arrives, Douglas County nurses pay a call
Mother-to-be Brittany Bratlie gets down on her living room floor across from husband Kory Bratlie. She places an ultrasound picture of their unborn baby, Waylund, on a baby blue poster board. The Camas Valley couple place words and images around the …
Read More »First-time donors have little to fear when giving blood in Sutherlin
SUTHERLIN — After 15 years in law enforcement, Sgt. Justin Marquis doesn’t bump into much that makes him queasy, needles included. So the prospect of opening a vein for the American Red Cross created no nervousness for the Sutherlin police officer. …
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