How is kidney cancer treated?
More than 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. Risks factors for developing this type of cancer include environmental exposures, such as smoking, high blood pressure, a history of kidney failure, obesity or not having a healthy weight. And there are also hereditary syndromes that may increase your risk for kidney cancer.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How a heart condition affects the kidneys and causes...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently began experiencing swelling in my legs, feet and hands, as well as fatigue. Testing led to a diagnosis of pericardial constriction. Can you explain what this is and how it’s treated? Is there anything I can do to reduce the swelling?
Consumer Health: Nutritional needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding
March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about your nutritional needs during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Yung Gravy to headline Oiler Music Festival
FINDLAY — Yung Gravy is coming to the University of Findlay.
Featured events coming up in the Lima region
‘A Night in Seussville
Amy Grant ready to take the stage at Civic Center
LIMA — Amy Grant had to reschedule her performance at Lima’s Veterans Memorial Civic Center in September, but now that she has recovered from a bike accident in July, she has been back on tour and is ready to hit the venue this Friday.
Reminisce: Bertha Beam’s buttons
A stack of yellowing index cards two inches high catalog Bertha R. Beam’s donations to the Allen County Museum. From programs for the Ziegfeld follies to a net used to keep flies off horses, Beam’s donations were many and various.
Lima Public Library Book Reviews
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Real Life Mama: Only multiply, never divide
She was 10 when I met her – a super shy little girl. And, I will be honest, I was a little nervous about whether we could ever develop a very meaningful relationship. I mean, by ten, I figured she probably had it all figured out, and well, who was I to come in and change any of that?
Gretchen’s table: Cauliflower twice-baked sweet potatoes
Like a lot of runners, I ate a lot of sweet potatoes back when I was training for distance events that required a diet full of healthy carbs and muscle-loving antioxidants. Even now that I don’t run so long or so far, I still love the orange-fleshed tubers because they’re so easy to prepare, play well with other ingredients and are a relatively inexpensive source of stuff that’s good for the body such as beta carotene and vitamin C.
