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What kind of house are you building?
Most people, especially kids, don’t think too hard about what they eat. They pick something up, put it in their mouth and chew. They don’t realize that what they just ate will be a part of their body...
Posted by PairMarotta - Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:56:32 PST
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Surviving the holidays when you live with chronic pain
For most people the holidays are busy and can be overwhelming at times. But for someone dealing with a chronic pain condition, like Fibromyalgia, the holidays can be truly daunting.  During the time the...
Anonymous user - Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:44:12 PST
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Against Medical Advice
The dog lay prone in the road directly in front of my house. She was very still, although a gentle breeze ruffled her fur and mimicked movement. In the light of the nearly full moon, I easily recognized the unfortunate dog as Tasha, the...
Posted by ghostriter - Mon Oct 20, 2008 15:35:19 PDT
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You Can’t Go Home Again?
Is that statement true? You know the one I mean-- the Thomas Wolfe title of his most successful novel....is it really true? For many years now I have been absent from Shafter and Bakersfield, absent from the lands, roads and people who...
Posted by Contributor - Wed Oct 8, 2008 15:11:20 PDT
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CSUB joins national children's health study
At a national news conference this morning, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development announced that California State University, Bakersfield has been selected to partner with University of California, Berkeley,...
Posted by CSUB1 - Mon Oct 6, 2008 16:31:32 PDT
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Radiology Technology Program gets positive review at Bakersfield College
The Bakersfield College Radiologic Technology program has announced a completely compliant Accreditation review by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) following a two-day visit by a two-member...
Posted by amberc - Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:35:45 PDT
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March of Dimes — Bakersfield Signature Chefs Auction
The San Joaquin Community Hospital presents the March of Dimes Bakersfield Signature Chefs Auction at Holiday Inn Select/Marriott Hotels & Resorts in Bakersfield on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. March of Dimes —...
Posted by vwagner - Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:14:06 PDT
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Help Give An angel A Breath
 Cassie Ann Stockton is a 15-year-old who  was diagnosed at the age of 5 with a chronic lung disease, COPD, which was caused by the influenza A virus. Her future was left unknown. Cassie has struggled for many years to stay...
Posted by cassie15 - Fri Sep 12, 2008 14:08:57 PDT
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My Hero - Battling "Lupus" for 27 Years
As you may have already seen in past newspapers and articles, my brave and miracle walking husband, James W. Nutt,  has been battling Lupus for 27 years now, and has been such an inspiration to all of us. At the age of 20 years...
Posted by cnutt47 - Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:38:55 PDT
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Family in need of support
08/18/2008 my brother, Michael Boyer, had been taken to the hospital for what we had thought was a spider bite or staph infection that was getting out of control, which caused his face to swell to where his eyes were swollen...
Posted by samantha0918 - Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:05:31 PDT
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation grants nursing scholarships
Sixteen local college nursing students were presented scholarships by the Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation.  Jackie Hay, scholarship committee chair and BMH Foundation board trustee made the...
Posted by CarylEdward - Thu Aug 7, 2008 14:10:05 PDT
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Fitness is Persistence
Research confirms the conventional wisdom that successful people work hard, and rebound from setbacks.  In short, they persist.  People who successfully maintain their New Year's resolutions for two years report an...
Posted by PeteStrongin - Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:48:27 PDT
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Frye Motorsports — racing for a cause
Frye Motorsports was originally set up to help bring awareness to brain tumor patients.  A very good friend of mine was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. Thank goodness through God's good grace he spared him his life...
Posted by Espee1 - Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:35:08 PDT
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"RECOVERY AND EMPOWERMENT-Living Schizophrenia to Become a Professional Peer
I will be featured on a nationally syndicated radio show, the Popp Off show in Sacramento at 11:30 A.M. on Monday July 14th, 2008 on station www.kahi.com to discuss my autobiography "RECOVERY AND EMPOWERMENT-Living...
Posted by mom123 - Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:54:53 PDT
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The Corset Diet
Yet another new diet to add to the overcrowding diet isle, but wait… this one might actually work.  A client of mine recently sent me an email asking me to custom make a corset for her. She wanted a heavy duty,...
Posted by snaresofvenus - Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:37:28 PDT
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Fires Put Pregnant Women, Infants at Risk
Fires Put Pregnant Women, Infants at Risk March of Dimes provides tips to protect those most vulnerable during disaster   (Bakersfield, CA , July 8, 2008)  March of Dimes urges pregnant women and families with young infants...
Posted by vwagner - Tue Jul 8, 2008 16:10:25 PDT
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Bakersfield is a Solar Gold Mine For Home Owners
This time of year in Bakersfield, it’s easy to have a chip on your shoulder while trying to avoid the blazing sun day after day, month after month.   Not me, every day the sun shines, I’m actually being paid by our...
Posted by LovinBakersfield - Tue Jun 24, 2008 14:37:39 PDT
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Prenatal Massage Benefits Two
                 There is no other time in a woman's life which massage can have such important an application than during pregnancy.  When we begin to...
Posted by vlightworker - Mon Jun 23, 2008 15:17:50 PDT
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The Depths of a Walking Skeleton
My name is Jolie Brouttier and for the past two years I have been struggling with Anorexia. I used to be a chubby girl and muscular female, who played softball for thirteen years (from TBall to Varsity fast pitch). That's the old me,...
Posted by bakobornnraised - Mon Jun 2, 2008 13:09:03 PDT
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IN-SHAPE HEALTH CLUBS Hosts Bakersfield Parties This Saturday!
In-Shape Health Clubs welcomes all Bakersfield residents to a Summer Kick-off Party this Saturday, May 31!  All Three Bakersfield In-Shape locations will be hosting events to help members and non-members relax and enjoy the...
Posted by michelle10161 - Wed May 28, 2008 10:33:37 PDT
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Posters for health
This spring, as One Book One Bakersfield One Kern read "Fast Food Nation," local high school students participated in a poster contest to show their health consciousness. The topics to choose from were either "National...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue May 27, 2008 17:27:38 PDT
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IN-SHAPE HEALTH CLUBS Grows in Bakersfield, Announces New Director of Tennis
BAKERSFIELD – In-Shape Health Clubs has announced the addition of Catalin Chira as Director of Tennis/Head Tennis Pro for their Laurel Glen facility.  Chira will play a critical role in developing Laurel Glen’s tennis...
Posted by michelle10161 - Tue May 13, 2008 10:03:04 PDT
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Counseling Services Available
The University Counselor Training Clinic at Cal State University Bakersfield offers individual, couple, family, and group counseling services to members of the Bakersfield community. The clinic is open Monday through Thursday, afternoons...
Anonymous user - Mon Apr 21, 2008 09:21:44 PDT
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Bereavement Without End-A Plea From Alienated Parents Everywhere
The death of a child is indisputably one of the most incredibly horrible tragedies one can imagine. Whether by sudden accidental circumstance, or by a more lengthy cause as in illness, the loss of a child is undeniably painful to...
Posted by splitntwo - Thu Apr 17, 2008 15:35:31 PDT
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Real ‘Gidget’ to discuss healthy aging for CSUB social work program training
California State University, Bakersfield will host Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the woman who inspired the movies and television series “Gidget,” in a talk titled “Models of Healthy Aging.” Zuckerman will be speaking...
Posted by CSUB1 - Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:17:33 PDT
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UNICEF's Tap Project comes to Bakersfield!
For World Water Day, March 22, The United States Fund for The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has initiated the Tap Project, a campaign that asks patrons of participating restaurants to donate as little as $1 as payment for the...
Posted by nickdziegler - Mon Mar 17, 2008 15:28:48 PDT
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“AUTISM HEROES” DISCUSSION AND BOOK SIGNING
On Sunday, March 30, 2008, the Kern Autism Network welcomes Dr. Barbara Firestone, author of “Autism Heroes,” to Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 4001 California Avenue, Bakersfield, for a discussion and book signing from 2...
Anonymous user - Mon Mar 17, 2008 13:50:28 PDT
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Clinica Sierra Vista Opens State-of-the-Art Dental Facility in Delano
  Clinica Sierra Vista recently opened a new dental facility at 441 Diaz Avenue in Delano that offers general and family dentistry.  The “West Delano Dental Center” is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30...
Posted by clinicasierravista - Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:45:01 PST
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Rusty Shoop, One Year Later
  Rusty Shoop has been missed by a lot of people this last year. When he and I talked at the Writers of Kern Meeting I asked him if I could interview him and get the word out about his recovery from a brain aneurysm last...
Posted by clr2 - Tue Feb 19, 2008 08:59:22 PST
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March for Babies is new name for March of Dimes WalkAmerica
WalkAmerica, the March of Dimes largest fundraising event, which brought in $117 million nationwide last year, has been renamed March  for Babies.  The new name makes a clear connection to what the March of Dimes is all...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Wed Feb 6, 2008 16:57:35 PST
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The Best Doctor Ever, Dr. Kay!!!
On May 11, 2004, I received a phone call from my doctor telling me to come in concerning the results on my test. It was cancer. One thing I knew for sure was that the Lord would take care of me. My doctor sent me to another doctor who...
Posted by Sunsetbee - Fri Jan 25, 2008 16:17:50 PST
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kindly Dr.J Foster Campbell
Dr.Campbell has been our Dr. for many years now and he is very kind, knowledgeable and easy to talk to.  Years ago he even wrote me a prescription at Costco for one of my children while he was there with his family...
Posted by girlsmom - Fri Jan 25, 2008 16:14:03 PST
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Love Through Thick and Thin... Literally!
I have had to battle my weight since high school and during the course of 25 years,  I have lost over 400 pounds on five different diet plans.  I always reached my goal weight on these plans, but I could never keep the...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Jan 25, 2008 16:12:28 PST
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My weight loss story
Do you just wake up one day and find yourself 100 pounds overweight? Not likely. That wasn’t the case with me. I carried around that extra weight for over 25 years. Of course I have tried every trendy diet along the way and I...
Posted by bestcherylc - Fri Jan 25, 2008 16:11:11 PST
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Weight Loss Journey
            For most, weight management is a life long struggle; it is no different for me. Even now as I work as a personal trainer and assist people in reaching their body image...
Anonymous user - Fri Jan 25, 2008 15:50:53 PST
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Personal Weight Loss journey
I have always struggled with my weight, but managed to keep it under control in high school by playing soccer and running cross country.  At the age of 18 I was in a serious car accident that included leg and ankle injuries; unable...
Posted by karaleemom - Tue Jan 22, 2008 16:07:00 PST
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A Resolution to 'Chew On'
The top 3 New Year’s resolutions always include weight loss or fitness (Journal of Clinical Psychology) or some variation on the theme. If so many of us make such goals, why is 66% of our population overweight or obese (CDC)?...
Posted by whitakerm - Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:15:25 PST
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!!!DR. KOTHARY IS BY FAR THE BEST FAMILY PRACTIONER IN BAKERSFIELD!!!!
In my humble opinion Dr. Hemmal Kothary is one of if not the best  Family Practitioner in Bakersfield.  My experience started a little over 7 years ago when Dr. Kothary was a 4Th year resident at Kern Medical Center and my son...
Posted by nmdedo - Wed Jan 9, 2008 15:03:34 PST
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Weight Loss Story
Back in the late 1980's I had the stomach stapling done to loose weight.  At that time, I weighed 367 lbs; I got down to 190 lbs; that was my lowest weight, but I still looked good because I am 5' 11". Within 5 years I had...
Posted by CALLMEMSTRACY - Thu Jan 3, 2008 12:01:33 PST
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Fundraiser Silent Auction & more. Kidney 4 Johnny Fitzpatrick
Your attendance is requested. We are having a Fundraiser with a Silent Auction & Raffles, Dinner, 50’s Music & Santa Claus! Benefiting Vietnam Vet, John Fitzpatrick. John is having his kidney transplant in later...
Posted by tajwilly - Tue Dec 4, 2007 08:48:07 PST
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The Best Doctor
Dr. Regis DeBarros, formerly of Clinica Sierra Vista, currently of Kaiser Permanente, is my choice for the best doctor in Bakersfield.  He has been my family's doctor for eight years, including my sister, nephews, daughter, and...
Posted by karaleemom - Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:41:41 PST
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Mark Schamblin, A caring doctor
For patient care, “bedside manner” and professionalism, Dr. Mark Schamblin has to be among the best in Bakersfield.  Dr. Schamblin operated on my broken leg I suffered in a golf-cart accident recently.  Opting...
Posted by Gwenspen - Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:11:45 PST
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I have a great doctor
Do I have a great doctor? The answer is yes. Several years ago I had the misfortune to come down with the shingles - painful. My right leg went numb and I fell, unable to walk. I spent a month in skilled care. My physician S. T....
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:48:14 PDT
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GOT A GREAT DOC!
DR. THOMAS D. NELSON (DPM) 2627 H. Street    93301       ...
Posted by jackicarter - Mon Oct 22, 2007 14:20:40 PDT
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Best Doctor
Dr. Kothary.... He's located in Highgrove Medical center.. He's  straight to the point, he cares for his patients, and the best part is i have never had to wait over 10 min to be called in to see the doctor... So hands down he's a...
Posted by roxygrl21 - Wed Oct 17, 2007 17:26:28 PDT
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Prefered Family DR. RAJ PATEL
I first started seeing Dr. Raj Patel when he was in practice at Kaiser Permanente. I was 15 years old at the time. When Dr. Patel left Kaiser to open up his own office it saddened me because I had Kaiser Insurance at the time. Over the...
Posted by Mathews4 - Wed Oct 17, 2007 17:24:47 PDT
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My Favorite Doctor
The Best Dr. In town is Dr. Pankaj  Shukla.  He is caring and understanding and every time you go see him, he always has time to answer all your questions.  He never makes you feel like your taking up his time like other...
Anonymous user - Wed Oct 17, 2007 15:29:37 PDT
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Off-Colored Vegetables Are Good For You - No Joke
Most Kern County residents know that Kern County is a major almond, table grape, and cotton growing region.  But are they aware that this is also a major carrot and potato production region?  In the 1950s and 60s Kern was...
Posted by farmadvisors - Wed Oct 17, 2007 15:17:26 PDT
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Jimmie Sio, MD, PhD
Dr. Sio at the Kaiser Ming offices has been my physician for over 9 years.  In this time I have found him to be a caring physician who takes the time to listen and truly evaluate his patients' symptoms (I'm sure Kaiser management...
Posted by nathan9999 - Wed Oct 17, 2007 09:00:07 PDT
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Favorite Doctor
Dr. Malladi S. Reddy is my favorite doctor.  This opinion is based on seeing approximately 15 doctors during my lifetime.  He takes time with each patient and is not afraid to touch the patient during the examination.  It...
Posted by wnewbury - Wed Oct 17, 2007 08:58:28 PDT
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