Trampoline Safety Tips for Kids
Children are full of energy, which adds a burst of liveliness to your life! Their enthusiasm and vigour bring out the best in you. In fact, just observing their happiness
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The Skinny on Childhood Obesity
The Skinny on Childhood Obesity Eat your vegetables. Parents have probably been saying that to their children since the days of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. However, good nutrition is more important
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Grayson’s Pop Tab Challenge
Be ready for a giant hug if you get the opportunity to meet Grayson Chapeau – an 8-year-old boy from Spearfish who is inspiring adults and making a difference in
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Flu Season is Nothing to Sniff At
Written By Cathy Hennies, M.D., Family Medicine Specialist at Regional Health One hundred years ago, a particularly nasty strain of influenza turned up at Fort Riley, Kansas. The virus
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[Don’t] Stop Jumping on the Couch
[Don’t] Stop Jumping on the Couch The Benefits of Physical Activity for Our Youth Dr. Rhianna Wickett, PT, DPT, CSCS Elevate Performance, Rapid City We like to provide the
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Mud: A Healthy Prescription
Kids love mud—it’s just a fact. Whether it’s the batter for fresh muffins, or the building material for mini dams, or perhaps just the satisfying squish between toes during a
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Urgent Care or Family Doctor?
On a recent afternoon at the Regional Health Urgent Care Center on LaCrosse Street, the mood was decidedly non-urgent. Visitors sat calmly in the sun-filled waiting room, sipping coffee, flipping
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At First Sight
At First Sight Testing infants’ eyesight—long before they can speak about what they see—can prevent life-long vision problems. Dr. Sarah Kuipers, an optometrist at Independent Optical in Rapid City, is
Stronger than MG
“A Princess.” If you ask 5-and-a-half-year-old Spearfish resident Hattie Ewert what she wants to be, that is what she would tell you. The Ewert family keeps life as normal as
5 Useful Tips to Reduce Waste
5 Useful Tips to Reduce Waste Clay Dykstra, general manager of the locally-owned Good Earth Natural Foods in Spearfish, is passionate about using food wisely and offered some tips and
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