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All About Health
Get inspired to take action for better health in 2012.

Choosing the Right Health Care Provider
D.O.? M.D.? Homeopath? What’s the difference? Whom should you go to? Local health care providers share insight on how to choose the right doc for you.

Power of Positive Thinking
From the outside, Mary Shackelford had achieved success. Inside, anxiety and panic attacks had started to rule her life. Find out how she made the leap to turn her life around for the better.

We Want You To Get Fit
Ready to make lifestyle changes to curb obesity for you or your family? Check out how the Missouri National Guard fights the battle of the bulge through behavioral weight loss.

Special Advertising Section: Health, Wellness and Beauty

At Home

Before & After: Wymore Place Apartments
Designer’s Palette: Rainbow bright resin sinks
Hit List: Smart specs
Gourmet: Cork’s celebrity chef wine dinner

At Work

Good for business: Employee wellness programs
Philanthropy: Circle of Red
Business Profile: JC Health Foods
Person You Should Know: Public Health Director Marie Peoples
City Character: Stacy Huffman’s Kids for Free martial arts
The Dish: Coffee Zone’s roasted red pepper soup

At Ease

Ask Eric: How to layer jewelry
The Man Page: Taxidermy mounts
Artist Profile: Carol Norton
Health: The flexitarian diet

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