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  1. Study: Kids who fail to conform to gender roles face more abuse

    Young children whose activity choices, interests and pretend play don't conform to expected gender roles face an increased risk of abuse and future trauma, a study finds.

    • Feb. 20, 2012
  2. Candace Cameron Bure will share her experiences on getting in shape through faith today in Indian Wells. Courtesy photo

    'Full House' actress speaks on faith, fitness in Indian Wells

    Candace Cameron Bure — better known to "Full House" viewers as D.J. Tanner — is now 35, and looking better than ever.

    • Feb. 17, 2012

  3. Register for annual HIV Conference

    The HIV Provider Network will hold its second annual HIV Conference in the Coachella Valley 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 10 at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower Medical Center.

    • Feb. 17, 2012

  4. Safely dispose medications today at Palm Springs event

    Drug Take-back Day in Palm Springs is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in an effort to combat abuse and misuse of prescription medications.

    • Feb. 17, 2012

  5. LifeStream holding blood drive Saturday

    LifeStream is scheduled to host a blood drive at the new Palm Springs VIP Urgent Care from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

    • Feb. 17, 2012

  6. Jazzercise classes to take place at Joslyn Center

    Lora Murphy is now holding 60-minute Jazzercise classes Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 a.m. and on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Joslyn Center.

    • Feb. 17, 2012
  7. Linda DeSmet, 60, had heart surgery two years ago. Today she works out regularly and is an avid volunteer for the American Heart Association. KATHLEEN GALLIGAN/Detroit Free Press

    How to take care of yourself first

    Something wasn't quite right.

    • Feb. 15, 2012
  8. It's the same meal, but the photo at left shows a full serving of rice and the other a half serving of rice. A creative new experiment suggests paring down the side dishes might help a nation of over-eaters shave some calories. Aline Michelle Grüneisen/The Associated Press

    Half-orders, plate colors can help trim calories

    Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing.

    • Feb. 15, 2012

  9. How to tame the inner enemy: Cholesterol

    Is cholesterol bad? Like everything in medicine, it's not a simple yes or no.

    • Feb. 15, 2012

  10. City offering free CPR class to residents

    The city of Indian Wells is offering a free CPR class to residents.

    • Feb. 16, 2012

  11. Gilda's Club gets $67,500 in grants

    Gilda's Club Desert Cities has received $67,500 in three grants from charitable foundations in recent months, president and CEO Paula Kennedy said in a news release.

    • Feb. 15, 2012

  12. Seminar Thursday on fibromyalgia

    Indian Wells Smile Center will host a free hourlong public seminar at 10 a.m. Thursday about fibromyalgia.

    • Feb. 14, 2012
  13. Lara Anderson and her fiance, Adam Trout Courtesy Photo

    Couple to tie the knot during annual Tour de Palm Springs

    Even if her feet are cold, Lara Anderson's legs will be warm when she meets her groom on her wedding day Saturday.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
  14. Actor Peter Gallagher will receive an Arts and Activism Award at the Desert AIDS Project's 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Gala Saturday. Courtesy Photo

    Desert AIDS Project to honor Peter Gallagher

    In actor Peter Gallagher's life, AIDS took center stage in the 1980s.

    • Feb. 8, 2012

  15. 'Vow' director discusses amnesia

    Imagine your life on a computer screen. All the plot points are there — the highs, lows, a wedding, perhaps a baby. Now highlight the last five years. Click “Delete.”

    • Feb. 8, 2012

  16. Young hospital patients draw strength from art

    The courageous lion has nothing on Ethan Puhalsky.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
  17. Charlotte De Vaughn, 11, checks to make sure the way is clear in a hallway for her friend Carter Holmes, 62, as the pair attended a girl's basketball game at Southwest High School in Minneapolis. Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Teen helps aging athlete back to health

    Carter Holmes loved to run. He ran track in high school and was on the University of Minnesota's Big 10 cross-country championship team in 1969. For 35 years, Carter ran across courts as a high school and college-level sports official.

    • Feb. 8, 2012

  18. Ill man says pot gave his life back

    SOQUEL — Boulder Creek Collective founder Marc Whitehill, a former nurse, has seen a lot of people come through his doors seeking medical marijuana, enough that he thinks he has a pretty clear idea of the patient demographic at most local dispensaries.

    • Feb. 8, 2012

  19. Even 'near beer' hurts sobriety

    Question: My husband has been in AA and dry for 6˝ years. Lately he has started to drink so-called nonalcoholic beer with dinner and occasionally at other times. I've told him that I'm concerned about this, but he insists that there is so little alcohol in this beer that it is safe for him. Your opinion?

    • Feb. 8, 2012

  20. Health fair to be held this morning at Indio Senior Center

    The Friends of the Indio Senior Center and the city are partnering to host the third annual Health Fair from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. today at the Indio Senior Center, 45-700 Aladdin St.

    • Feb. 7, 2012

  21. Senior center, Indio partner for health fair

    The Friends of the Indio Senior Center and the city are partnering to host the third annual Health Fair from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Indio Senior Center, 45-700 Aladdin St.

    • Feb. 4, 2012

  22. Gilda's Club, Indian Wells to kick off annual health series

    Gilda's Club Desert Cities and the Indian Wells Chamber of Commerce will kick off an annual health and wellness series Feb. 18 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa in Indian Wells with a focus on prostate cancer.

    • Feb. 4, 2012

  23. Gilda's Club holding annual health series

    Gilda's club Desert Cities will kick off its annual health and wellness series Feb. 18 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa in Indian Wells with a focus on prostate cancer.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
  24. Melvin Harrison is the founding executive director of the Navajo AIDS Network, in Chinle, Ariz. Nicole Gilbert/Cronkite News Service

    Tribal mentality

    CHINLE, Arizona — Melvin Harrison drifted far from his boyhood home on the Navajo Nation and found himself addicted to drugs and barefoot on the streets of San Diego.

    • Feb. 1, 2012

  25. Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers still too inactive

    Regular exercise can be beneficial to people with rheumatoid arthritis, but a study finds that two out of five people with the disease may not be active at all.

    • Feb. 1, 2012
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