Lifestyle

Fun, passionate and young

Summit Health and Living, and Essential Senior Living Community is under the leadership of two young, energetic, and passionate young ladies filling the rolls of Administrator and Director of Nursing (DON). Anastasia Key RN, BSN, joined Summit Health and Living in October of 2019 as the DON under the Administration of Jenni Flowers.

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Asthma Awareness Understanding the condition, symptoms and treatment

Asthma has long been a critical health issue in Indiana, with a staggering 1 in 10 adults and 8.4% of children grappling with this often debilitating chronic disease. Recently, environmental catastrophes, like the Richmond plastic recycling site fire and the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have sounded the alarm once again. For asthmatic Hoosiers, the fear of an asthma attack’s life-altering consequences has become all too real.

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Signs of worsening mental health

The prevalence of mental health issues garnered significant attention in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people acknowledged lockdowns and other restrictions and uncertainties were adversely affecting their thoughts and outlook. Though those restrictions were ultimately lifted and life returned to something closer to normal for people across the globe, mental health has remained both a hot topic and a concern.

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The risk factors for skin cancer

Incidence rates for skin cancer can be hard to determine. The World Cancer Research Fund International notes thatÕs due in large part to the various subtypes of the disease, which can present challenges when collating data. Those challenges have led the WCRFI to conclude that global skin cancer incidence rates, though significant, have likely been underestimated.

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National hospital week

IU Health Tipton Hospital recently celebrated all of its team members during National Hospital Week! Team members enjoyed food and fun at a cookout. Throughout the week, team members also enjoyed popcorn, games, wheelchair race, and ice cream. Photo Provided

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Whip It

Arts and Entertainment What does the band Devo bring to mind? When you hear “Whip It” does your mind automatically recall the devastation caused by the massacre at Kent State on the 4th of May in 1970? “I don’t think I would have started Devo had that not happened,” says Gerald Casale, who formed the band in the early 1970s with Bob Lewis. “It’s that simple.” Both men were there, on campus and witnessed the loss of two friends, Allison Krause and Jeffrey Miller.

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