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Health & Wellness October 18th, 2007
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Local health resources are plentiful
By Barrie Silberberg Special to The Acorn
      Often when a family member is diagnosed with a disease, disability or disorder, we don't know where to turn. But there are a variety of support groups and facilities in the Conejo and San Fernando valleys designed to assist families and their loved ones in their time of need.
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Unique health facility opens in Oak Park
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      A new health center in Oak Park has only been open one month but clients are already saying they can tell a difference in the way they feel and look. The Hesed Wellness Center, which officially opened Sept.
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HIV prevention conference slated
      Ventura County AIDS Partnership will host a conference, "HIV Prevention: Innovation and Best Practices," from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri., Oct. 26 at Cal State Channel Islands, One University Drive, Camarillo.
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Oak Park family appeals to community to save daughter's sight
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Fred and Marsha Wolinsky are on a mission to save their daughter's sight but they need the community's help. Jessie, who turns 16 in November, has retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited, incurable eye disease that causes the retina to degenerate resulting in a progressive loss of ...
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Breast cancer benefit at local salon
      In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Beau Image Salon and Day Spa will host its second annual breast cancer fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun., Oct. 21 at 706 Lindero Canyon Road, Oak Park. The net proceeds from this event will be donated to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
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