Prostate survivors have lofty goals
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Battling a cancer is like climbing a tall mountain, both are uphill struggles in a test of bodies and souls.
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Low fee counseling available

      Interface Children Family Services provides low-cost, ability-to-pay counseling for individuals and families.
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Walking with heart
CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

      HEART WALK–About 700 Conejo Valley residents participated recently in the American Heart Association’s "Heart Walk." The sixth annual fundraiser collected about $85,000 in pledges and donations.
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Kids should be vaccinated against pneumococcus

      The National Child Care Association is urging parents across the country to have their children vaccinated against pneumococcus, the leading bacterial cause of serious bloodstream infections called bacteremia and potentially fatal meningitis in young children.
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Group fighting cancer gathers for annual luncheon
By Debbie Sporich
Acorn Staff Writer

      Lisa Butterfield, Ph.D., assistant research oncologist at UCLA Medical Center, was a guest speaker at the annual membership luncheon of the Conejo Valley Guild of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, UCLA, hosted at the home of Joan Colton in North Ranch last week.
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Breast feeding Website opens

      Mothers- and fathers-to-be are bombarded with decisions . Cloth or disposable diapers? Daycare, nanny or stay-at-home mom? Public or private school? But by far, the decision with the greatest impact on the physical and mental development of every child is breast milk vs. formula. Health professionals agree that breast-feeding is the ideal method. In December 1997, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement strongly supporting breast-feeding exclusively for six months and continuing at least through the first year, citing health, nutritional, developmental, psychological and social benefits, among others.
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