http://www.rutlandherald.com Pulitzer Prize Winning Vermont Newspaper Established 1794 en-us randal.smathers@rutlandherald.com webmaster@rutlandherald.com http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030307/1028/FEATURES14 CASTLETON — Castleton Community Center hosts the following wellness programs: ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030306/1028/FEATURES14 The Senior HelpLine provides options and answers for many of the questions that come with aging. The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging offers this free information and assistance service to Vermonters age 60 and older, and friends and relatives who may assist them. ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030305/1028/FEATURES14 FAIR HAVEN — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice announced that the H1N1 vaccine is now available to the general public for all individuals age 6 months and older. ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030303/1028/FEATURES14 No matter what our ages, there are some words that just make our hearts sink. As parents of teenagers, pregnant or police officer have that impact. As older adults, it's cancer or Alzheimer's. This past fall, I went through that scare when the search for the cause of my sciatica revealed I had bladder cancer. ... - By SCOTT FUNK HERALD CORRESPONDENT Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030302/1028/FEATURES14 MONTPELIER – Tom Slayton worries about his brother if Gov. James Douglas' proposed budget cuts are approved. ... - By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030304/1028/FEATURES14 As an eye-care provider, I have seen and treated thousands of patients. In addition to performing surgery and prescribing medications, a large part of my role — perhaps the most important one — is patient education. ... - By PRAVEEN H. KESHAVA Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100203/FEATURES14/2030308/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is under way to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way. ... - By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:28:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270314/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — If the cardiologist's warnings don't scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia. ... - By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270313/1028/FEATURES14 SPRINGFIELD — Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont is looking for volunteers, who are comfortable with computers, to help seniors with Medicare D enrollment. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270312/1028/FEATURES14 SPRINGFIELD — The Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont Inc. is offering a free in-home counseling program called PEARLS, Program to Encourage Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors, for eligible seniors 60 years or older residing in Windham or Windsor counties, who have been feeling down or blue or who have lost interest in doing things. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270311/1028/FEATURES14 BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont is looking for elders who have accessibility barriers and would like help with them. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270310/1028/FEATURES14 CASTLETON — Castleton Community Center hosts the following wellness programs: ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270309/1028/FEATURES14 The Senior HelpLine provides options and answers for many of the questions that come with aging. The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging offers this free information and assistance service to Vermonters age 60 and older, and friends and relatives who may assist them. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270308/1028/FEATURES14 The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice announced that the H1N1 vaccine is now available to the public for all individuals age 6 months and older. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270302/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis — and which can immediately text-message loved ones that the person is headed for a hospital. ... - By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270301/1028/FEATURES14 NEW YORK — Sweet news for baby boomers: Despite all those warnings that loud rock music would damage their ears, their generation appears to have better hearing than their parents did. ... - By MALCOLM RITTER The Associated Press Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270305/1028/FEATURES14 Today ... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270306/1028/FEATURES14 By now everyone has picked up a 2010 calendar and started filling in all the important dates for the year — birthdays, anniversaries, school holidays, vacation time — the days that really count. ... - By TAMERON HARVELL Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100127/FEATURES14/1270307/1028/FEATURES14 A $15 million project designed to link electronic records in Rutland Regional Medical Center was given a name and a timeline. ... - By BRENT CURTIS Staff Writer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:04:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200320/1028/FEATURES14 Rutland eye care building becomes first ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:52:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200315/1028/FEATURES14 CHICAGO — An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight — a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children. ... - By LINDSEY TANNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200311/1028/FEATURES14 SPRINGFIELD — Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont is looking for volunteers, who are comfortable with computers, to help seniors with Medicare D enrollment. ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200310/1028/FEATURES14 SPRINGFIELD — The Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont Inc. is offering a free in-home counseling program called PEARLS, Program to Encourage Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors, for eligible seniors 60 years or older residing in Windham or Windsor counties, who have been feeling down or blue or who have lost interest in doing things. ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200309/1028/FEATURES14 BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont is looking for elders who have accessibility barriers and would like help with them. ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200316/1028/FEATURES14 What is occupational therapy as it relates to children? ... - By LORA CLEMENTS Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:14:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200314/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — Disabled by chronic back pain and unable to afford medical insurance, Lea Walker hoped President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would close a coverage gap that has trapped her and millions of other workers. ... - By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200306/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. ... - By LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100120/FEATURES14/1200305/1028/FEATURES14 Today ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:12:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100113/FEATURES14/1130304/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — First there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much? ... - By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:02:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100113/FEATURES14/1130315/1028/FEATURES14 The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice announced that the H1N1 vaccine is now available to the general public for all individuals age 6 months and older. ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100113/FEATURES14/1130305/1028/FEATURES14 WASHINGTON — In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare drug program. ... - By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100113/FEATURES14/1130303/1028/FEATURES14 The human eye has a natural lens, which is normally transparent and forms a clear image of the outside world in the eye. When this lens develops haziness and opacity the sight is decreased or may be completely lost — this is called cataract. ... - By VERED SOBEL Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:44:00 EST http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100113/FEATURES14/1130317/1028/FEATURES14 SALEM, Ore. — The Obama administration's decision not to interfere in states' medical marijuana laws has emboldened a citizens' initiative to get the state of Oregon involved in providing the drug for residents who have permission to use it. ... - By BRAD CAIN The Associated Press Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:42:00 EST