Health & Wellness

Carson City Health & Human Services announces an opportunity for residents to save money on their medications and health care costs through a program with NeedyMeds, a national non-profit organization.

Café at Adele’s joins Northern Nevada Hopes’ ‘Dining Out for Life’ in making a difference in the lives of those living with HIV.

On Thursday, April 25, Café at Adele’s will donate 20 percent of every dining ticket total to Northern Nevada Hopes so the non-profit organization can continue its work of raising awareness about and providing STD, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, as well as providing extensive support and medical care for those living with HIV in northern Nevada.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending April 19, 2013.

Inspections include several restaurants, fast food restaurants, convenience stores, bar and grills, a casino bar and lounge, retail grocer's meat, deli, produce, coffee shop and food-to-go departments.
See the full report below.

Join us for our Grand Opening Event with Studio 403 Yoga Carson City and Lululemon Athletica Tahoe Showroom for a fun evening of FREE 30 minute YOGA and Lululemon shopping and food.

Come and celebrate the opening of your neighborhood Studio from 430-730pm

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending April 12.

Inspections include several restaurants, delis and bakeries, a non-profit dining hall; a casino bar and lounge, a take and bake; a convenience store and a retail grocer's meat, deli, produce and bakery departments.

See the full report below.

On Wednesday, April 17th from 6-7pm at the Holiday Inn Express in Minden, NV, Dr. Daniel T. Robertson will be discussing hand and wrist injuries including arthritis, nerve entrapment, tendonopathy and trauma.

If you have suffered from hand, wrist or arm pain, come and get the information on how to get relief! Call 530-543-5537 for more information or visit our website at www.bartonhealth.org/lecture.

See the flyer below.

SafeTALK is a suicide alertness training for everyone. In only a few hours, you will learn how to provide practical help to persons with thoughts of suicide. Expect to leave safeTALK more willing and able to perform an important helping role for persons with thoughts of suicide.

The training, free and open to all community members, will be on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Center Ballroom, 449 W. King St. in Carson City.

To register for the training please email Janett Massolo at jmassolo@dhhs.nv.gov

Carson Tahoe Cardiology’s new Reno office at 6880 South McCarran Boulevard, Suite 4 is now open and serving patients. The new location is fully staffed and supported by seven cardiologists and three physician assistants.

The office is open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm.

“We have been serving Reno patients looking for quality cardiology alternatives for several years,” said Dr. David Baker. “It is great to provide them with the convenience of our new location and we are excited to be able to offer our services to more of our new neighbors.”

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending April 5.
Report inspections include convenience stores, bars and lounges, take-out restaurants, sit-down restaurants, fast food restaurants, two mobile food vehicles; a supermarket deli, seafood, meat, produce and bakery departments.
See the full report below.

Find in a calmer, more relaxed state of mind. Learn how to own your space and not be overwhelmed by outside interference. Join our RPI meditation or healing class this Sat., at 3 p.m. at the Center for Spirtual Living (1927 N. Carson Street., Carson City) Pre-register by calling the Reno Psychic Insititue at 775-324-2872.
Free healings begin at 2 p.m.

Are you wondering what this yoga thing is all about?

4-SESSION YOGA 4 BEGINNER'S WORKSHOP

Studio 403 Yoga SPRING DETOX YOGA WORKSHOP

April 27th 9:30-11:30 a.m. $39.

So are you ready to flow, sweat, play and detox with Studio 403 Yoga?

We invite you to our Spring Detox Yoga Workshop!

Spring is the perfect time of the year to clean our closets, clear out things we no longer use so we have room for new things to come.
Spring is the ideal time to renew and to cleanse our bodies too.
• Dynamic conversation AND recipes to get you started on a 3-5 day detox.
• 60 minute Yoga detox practice, full of hot Vinyasa flow and twists
• Komucha recipe AND starter scoby

Children and Family Counseling therapists Jeffrey Davis and Kristopher Komarek will present “From Sofa to Salary: Launching Your Young Adult” at the Carson City Library on Monday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. Active participation and interactive dialogue are encouraged. Refreshments will be served.

Below is a recent column that addresses some of what will be discussed at the presentation.

The United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra has chosen several Carson City area nonprofit organizations and agencies to help with funding in areas that address crime and substance abuse prevention among youth.

The partnerships, announced Monday, are aimed to address the complex conditions that are putting youth at risk, said Karen Barsell, CEO and president of United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra.

Misty Allen of the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention is this week's guest on ACCtv's weekly program "It's Your City." Allen speaks about her department but mainly about what you can do if you know someone that you feel is at risk.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

In recognizing National Public Health Week, officials in Carson City have designed an innovative approach to getting its message out, turning to the use of signs along a local walkway.

Dubbed "Trail to Good Health" several signs will spout up along a mile-long section of the Carson City Freeway multi-use path from Northridge Drive to College Parkway. The signage will be up through the week of April 1-7 and are designed to message users about public health and ways to improve on it, personally and community wide.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending March 28.

This week's inspections include four retail grocery stores, including those with bakeries and meat departments; a drive-thru coffee house; a take out pizza shop; four bar and lounges; several dine-in and fast food restaurants.
See the full report below.

The average carrot travels over 1,800 miles to get to our dinner plate. Processing and shipment of food accounts for 93 percent of our food cost.

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension will offer eight new “Grow Your Own!” classes in Carson City and 11 other Nevada cities to help residents who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing more of their own food.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes multiple bar and lounge establishments; restaurants and fast food restaurants; several convenience stores; a high school concession stand; an elementary school cafeteria; a meat market and a church kitchen.
See the full report below.

The Carson City Chamber Blood Drive Challenge took off early Monday morning with the city's top officials donating blood. Arriving early, Sheriff Kenny Furlong was the first in line to give blood, followed by District Attorney Neil Rombardo.

Mayor Robert Crowell gave it a good try, but his iron was off a fraction of a point thus was denied the opportunity. He stuck around, however, to give Furlong and Rombardo moral support. The first Chamber board member to give blood this morning was Curt Spradley of Carson Coffee.

A Carson City woman will receive a service dog thanks to the The Milk-Bone brand and Sam’s Club.
The two companies joined forces to provide Carrie Henrichsen, a staff attorney with Nevada Legal Services, the service dog through the nonprofit organization Canine Assistants.

This week's guest on Women to Women Nevada is Margie Quirk who discusses with hostess Carol Paz, a number of animal-related issues. Quirk is owner/technician of Lone Mountain Veterinary Hospital in Carson City.

It is no secret that since the mid to late 1990’s young people turning 18 have not flown the nest to embark on their adult lives like previous generations. Parents, expecting that their fledgling adult would be anxious to venture out on their own, away from parental rules and prying eyes, have been unpleasantly surprised that movement toward independent living has been slow or even non-existent.

And they are perplexed by the choices their young adult children are making.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes a retail grocer, three convenience stores, a bar and lounge, two restaurants and two school cafeterias and food facilities associated with the schools.
See the full report below.

Sponsor Northern Nevada Medical Center will join forces once again with Nevada Women’s Expo to bring value, health education and Hollywood to our region's women. Northern Nevada Medical Center will offer free screenings for blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), glucose and neck/back physical therapy on a first-come, first-served basis.

The 11th annual Expo will be held March 23 – 24 at the Reno Sparks Convention Center. Physicians strongly advise having regular health screenings to which creates a dialogue and a proactive relationship with healthcare providers.

The local office of United Blood Services has challenged the Carson City Chamber to bring in 30 blood donors over the next two weeks beginning March 18 and ending March 30.

To kick off the event, Mayor Robert Crowell, Sheriff Kenny Furlong, District Attorney Neil Rombardo and Fire Chief Stacey Giomi will be the first to give blood at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 18.

You’ve stopped smoking and are watching your alcohol intake. You are eating right and exercising. Congratulations, there is mounting evidence your lifestyle will not only make you healthier but might also help you prevent cancer. But if you are between the ages of 50 to 75, there is something more that you can do; get a Colo-rectal cancer screening.

You’ve stopped smoking and are watching your alcohol intake. You are eating right and exercising. Congratulations, there is mounting evidence your lifestyle will not only make you healthier but might also help you prevent cancer. But if you are between the ages of 50 to 75, there is something more that you can do; get a colorectal cancer screening.

A discussion on global warming and ways that plants, wildlife and humans living in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin will adapt to climate change will be the focus of a free April 23 forum at Western Nevada College in Carson City.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes a coffee house; meat and deli departments at a grocery store; four school cafeterias, a convenience store and three restaurants. See the full report below.