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Medicine fall cleanup saves lives
Imagine walking into your bathroom and finding a prescription bottle open on the floor with pills spilled out. Then looking up to see your toddler with white powder from the tablets on her hands and in her mouth. This was a reality for me a just few years ago. I had no idea how many tablets she had taken and I was horrified.
Health, Lifestyle
Community Corner — Oct. 27, 2017
Airman & Family Readiness Center MONDAY Transition GPS Workshop: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC Ramstein Spouses Orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC TUESDAY No classes scheduled WEDNESDAY Newcomers Base INTRO: 7:30 a.m. to noon, Ramstein Enlisted Club Transition GPS Workshop: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC Career Technical […]
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86th MDS offers drug disposal
Often when people are prescribed medications they end up with more than they need. Rather than letting them expire patients should dispose of them. But some people feel uneasy about using the FDA accepted methods of throwing medication in the garbage or pouring it down the drain, especially in an […]
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Community Corner — Oct. 20, 2017
Airman & Family Readiness Center MONDAY Children & Separation-Issues of Deployment: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., A&FRC TUESDAY USA Jobs Workshop: 10 a.m. to noon A&FRC Key Spouse Refresher Training: 1 to 2 p.m., A&FRC WEDNESDAY Newcomers Base INTRO: 7:30 a.m. to noon, Ramstein Enlisted Club Accessing Higher Education Track: […]
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Community Corner — Oct. 13, 2017
Airman & Family Readiness Center MONDAY Transition GPS Workshop: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC Ramstein Spouses Orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC TUESDAY Transition GPS Workshop: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC Pre-Separation Teleconference (GSUs only): 9 to 11:30 a.m., A&FRC Key Spouse Monthly Luncheon & Training: 11:30 […]
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Midwives: Champions for all women from adolescence to menopause
Midwifery has been mentioned since the very beginning in stories, on cave walls and in literature. After all, midwife means “with woman.” Nurse midwives have been practicing in the United States since the 1920s. You may think that midwives only support mothers giving birth in the home setting. But did […]
Features, Health
Options available for reporting domestic abuse
Domestic abuse does not discriminate. People of all ages, race, gender, socioeconomic status and rank experience physical, emotional and sexual abuse by their intimate partners. Being in an abusive relationship can leave people feeling alone and afraid. The Department of Defense has established reporting options to help support victims of domestic abuse. These options are restricted and unrestricted reporting.







