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The Nevada County Public Health Department is continuing the distribution of H1N1 swine flu vaccine with public clinics for high school students next week. more...
11/19/2009 11:00pm
The 4th Annual Michael Bratton II Turkey Trot run/walk promises to be rain-free and well-attended, if early registration is any indication.
  11/19/2009 1:40pm
There will be a meeting of the Nevada County New Business Network from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the Holbrooke Hotel in Grass Valley, with interested entrepreneurs invited.
  11/10/2009 1:04pm
Dr. Don Williams, D.C., will give a free talk on how depression develops from unresolved trauma buried in the subconscious from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.
  11/10/2009 11:26am
Miners Family Health Center now is offering maternal and pediatric dental services, with the addition of family dentists Justin Pfaffinger and Jean Creasey, and Joyce Johnson, RDH.
  11/10/2009 11:25am
Locals who want a status check on their memory can take advantage of free, confidential screenings on Nov. 17 as part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America designed to promote proper detection of...
  11/10/2009 11:17am
A 6th degree black belt, Cynthia Hayashi is one of the highest ranking female aikidoists in the world. She has used her aikido-based self-defense in real life and teaches around the world.
  11/10/2009 11:16am
The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a forum on healthcare issues from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 14.

Topics include health care in the United States and in Nevada County, education and socialism.
  11/10/2009 11:15am
On a Saturday morning when much of Grass Valley's business district was sleeping in, a medical office on South Auburn Street buzzed with activity.
  11/10/2009 9:17am
Fearing high costs and government mandates, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, voted against the House version of health care reform over the weekend. The bill, now in the Senate, is endangered over abortion issues.
  11/09/2009 9:42pm
Just a year after they started tackling barriers to walkability along Sutton Way, a coalition of residents, county health officials and non-profit leaders have landed $800,000 to improve sidewalks in their neighborhood and along West Main Street.
  11/09/2009 5:46pm
A few years ago, a young pregnant woman, Michelle, was referred to my dental office for care.
  11/09/2009 5:34pm
Much has been written about the popularity of yoga in the United States today. But, in Nevada County we have enthusiastically embraced yoga for over forty years.
  11/09/2009 5:33pm
Here's news that may make your flu shot more effective. Some researchers now say this: Don't take any of the common pain killers when getting a flu shot.
  11/09/2009 5:30pm
Catholic Healthcare West has reached an agreement with the California Nurses Association on two new contracts and the extension of a third, avoiding a threatened strike over swine flu concerns.
  11/07/2009 12:55am
Experts in treating substance abuse will conduct a day-long workshop to help medical professionals better screen for substance abuse, do brief interventions and refer patients for treatment.
  11/06/2009 11:04pm
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