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Health & Wellness November 14, 2008  RSS feed

For healthy eyes, practice good hygiene with contact lenses
      According to the American Optometric Association, contact lenses are one of the safest forms of vision correction, if wearers properly maintain their lenses. However, busy lifestyles and confusing directions—yes, one has to rub "no-rub" solutions into contacts—mean that many Americans do not thoroughly clean or disinfect their lenses.
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Simi Free Clinic opens its doors for open house
      The Free Clinic of Simi Valley invites residents to its inaugural open house to showcase services from 5 to 9 p.m. Sat., Nov. 15 at the clinic, 2060 Tapo St., Simi Valley. The event will have guided tours, visits with clinic board members and volunteers, hors d'oeuvres and music.
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It's 'Be a Santa' season again
      Home Instead Senior Care is teaming up with nonprofit agencies and area retailers to sponsor the fifth annual Be a Santa to a Senior, a program that collects, wraps and delivers gifts to lonely and needy seniors in Ventura County who might not otherwise receive a gift.
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Simi NarAnon to meet tomorrow
      The Simi Nar-Anon Family Group, a support group for families and friends of drug addicts, will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 15, in Room 10 at the Simi Valley United Methodist Church, 2394 Erringer Road. Reservations are not needed.
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Organizers want to build 'House of Hope'
      A fundraiser to create Our Community House of Hope will be at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 14, at the North Ranch Center, 1400 N. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. The event will have dinner, live music, silent auction and designs for the House of Hope from Cal State Northridge interior design students.
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Generic drugs are effective, low-cost option
      The expense of the daily dose of medicine is a bitter pill for many Americans. Yet more than half of those taking prescription drugs are not taking advantage of an economical option: generic drugs. The Food and Drug Administration said 52 percent of Americans could save money by choosing generics over brand-name drugs.
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