Rare disease inspires local family to raise money, awareness
      During October, Terri and Mark Brubaker of Simi Valley are working to raise awareness and funds for Niemann-Pick disease, a rare genetic and terminal illness that affects their 20-year-old son, Mitchell Brubaker. Mitchell is a graduate of Grace Brethren Elementary School, Hillside Middle School and Santa Susana High School.
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Institute sponsoring fall speaker series
      Local residents can learn strategies to instill health and well-being in their lives from California Health and Longevity Institute specialists during a complimentary wellness speaker series this fall at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the institute at the Four Seasons Hotel, Two Dole Drive, Westlake Village.
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Now that’s puppy love
     A BIG WET KISS—Simi Valley resident Susan Murata gets a kiss from her dog, Mattie Banana, during the longest kiss contest at the Paws 4 Hope Charity Dog Walk at Berniece Bennett Park in Westlake
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Simple solutions for parents who want to halt infantile diarrhea
      Parents who want to stop the distress of infantile diarrhea might have a simple solution.   Dr. Steven Koslov, a pediatrician and clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, says breast milk has been shown to prevent diarrhea in newborns and it’s also the best cure for common infectious diarrhea in infants.
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