Optometrist eyes new office
      The practice of optometrist Dean Amundsen, OD, has moved to a new location at 4000 Calle Tecate, Ste. 100, Camarillo. The office will host an Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. Sat., May 17. Amundsen graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1984. He has been in privat...
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Foundation awards grant to Camarillo hospice
      Livingston Memorial Foundation of Westlake Village his presented grants totaling $406,000 to 33 Ventura County nonprofit organizations for medical and health-related issues during its 2007-2008 grant year.
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Antidepressant may offer youth relief from irritable bowel syndrome
      Researchers at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA have found that low-dose antidepressant therapy can improve the quality of life for adolescents suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, commonly known as IBS. The syndrome affects six percent of middle school students and 14 percent of high s...
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Alzheimer's Association fundraiser
      The Alzheimer's Association, California Central Coast Chapter will hold a ForgetMeNot bowling tournament from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Harley's Camarillo Bowl, 305 Arneill Road, Camarillo. Admission is $20, which includes bowling and shoe rentals.
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We're all in this together
      I vividly recall an incident in my family when I was about 9 years old. It was a beautiful summer morning and I had just sat down on a swing seat in our backyard. I was dreamily watching a butterfly flit across some roses when my younger sister came flying around the corner of the house. Soon afte...
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Free seminar on urinary incontinence
      Community Memorial Health System will hold a seminar on advances in the treatment of urinary incontinence in women from 6 to 8 p.m. Tues., May 13 in the eighth-floor Nichols Auditorium at Community Memorial Hospital, 147 Brent Street, Ventura.
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