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        Dream big: Counselor/life coach Sharon B. Rhine will present “How to Create a Life You Desire” beginning at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Behavioral Health Center in Edgewood. Cost for the five-week workshop is $110. Registration: (859) 578-5900.
       Cope: Clinical psychologist Pamela Corbin will discuss “Dealing with Chronic Conditions” at 7:30 p.m. April 27 at Children's Hospital Medical Center's Sabin Center Auditorium. Food Allergy Awareness, Support and Training (FAAST) is the sponsor. Registration: 588-6863.
       Cruise: It's time to register for Cancer Survivors Day on the river. Tristate cancer survivors can register for the June 3 BB Riverboats Cruise at (www.cancersurvivorsday.org), or by sending registration information to Greater Cincinnati Cancer Survivors Day, P.O. Box 53609, Cincinnati, OH 45253. Tickets are $10.
Tips

        Get help: The National Headache Foundation says you should see your doctor when your headache:

        • Is sudden and severe.

        • Affects one side of the head.

        • Is associated with pain in the eye or ear.

        • Is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, hallucinations or sensitivity to light and sound.

        • Recurs in a definite pattern.

        • Causes confusion or loss of consciousness.

        • Persists when you've previously been headache-free.

        • Interferes with your ability to function in work or social situations.

        • Is similar to headaches suffered by other members of your family.

        • Is different from other headaches you've had previously.

        For more information, visit (www.headaches.org) or call (888) 643-5552.
Research

        C sharp: A new report links low blood levels of vitamin C to a more severe blockage of blood vessels in the leg.

        The report in the April edition of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Associationsays peripheral artery disease, in which fatty deposits build up along artery walls and impair blood circulation to the legs and feet, may deplete the body's supply of vitamin C. People with the disease have a greater risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

        Researchers compared blood levels of vitamin C in individuals with peripheral artery disease, individuals with hypertension but without peripheral artery disease and healthy individuals.

        Vitamin C concentrations were “almost twice as low” in the individuals with peripheral artery disease as those without it, says Dr. Michael Langlois, a clinical pathologist at the University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium. Lower vitamin C levels were linked to poor performance on treadmill tests and with elevated plasma levels of C-reactive protein, one of the markers for inflammation in the blood vessels of people with peripheral artery disease and other forms of atherosclerosis.

        Dr. Langlois says vitamin C and other antioxidants help eliminate the oxygen-free radical cells that build up in blood vessels of people with peripheral artery diseease.

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