Raw Milk?

Developing a healthy lifestyle is a process with many decisions. One option you may be considering is adding raw milk to your diet.

Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful germs. Germs include bacteria, viruses, and parasites. It's important to understand the risks of drinking raw milk, because you may be hearing claims about the supposed "benefits" of raw milk.

Raw milk contains bacteria, and some of them can be harmful. If you are considering consuming raw milk because you believe that it is a good source of beneficial bacteria, you need to know that it is not and you may instead get sick from the harmful bacteria.

Safe Disposal of Needles & Other Sharps

“Sharps” is a medical term for devices with sharp points or edges that can puncture or cut skin.

Sharps may be used at home, at work, and while traveling to manage the medical conditions of people or their pets. These medical conditions include allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, infertility, migraines, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, blood clotting disorders, and psoriasis.

Prevent accidental needlesticks and exposure to bloodborne pathogens in your home and in your community. Always use proper containment and disposal. Never place exposed or used sharps in a garbage can or recycle bin!

Heart disease is the number one cause of death

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one.

The chance of developing coronary heart disease can be reduced by taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk. Knowing the signs and symptoms of heart attack are crucial to the most positive outcomes after having a heart attack.

Where does health happen?

Health happens where we live.

What does that mean?

Health Happens Here! In our neighborhoods, in our schools, in our grocery stores and our parks—every moment of the day the places where we spend our lives affect how long, and how well, we live.

Click to learn more!

Search for Adoptable Pets

Featured Adoptable Pets

Monterey County Animal Services offers many of the wonderful animals it receives up for adoption.

An animal can be available for adoption once it has gone through the stray period unclaimed and appears to be in sound medical health and good temperament.

Click HERE to view animals at our shelter

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Mental Health Crisis Services

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, CALL 911 and request an officer who is Crisis Intervention Trained (CIT Trained) to handle psychiatric emergencies and crisises.

You can also call the Mental Health Crisis Line at Natividad Hospital at 831-755-4111

or, the Suicide Prevention Hotline number at (877-663-5433)

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La enfermedad cardíaca en las mujeres

Al hablar de enfermedad cardíaca, es probable que la relacionemos con padecer dolor en el pecho. Hay ocasiones en que las mujeres no sienten dolor en el pecho. Cuando esto ocurre, suelen aludir a una sensación de opresión o "pesadez", en lugar de dolor. Éste podría, incluso, presentarse en la espalda entre los omóplatos, y no en el pecho.

Tal ves las mujeres no le den importancia a estos signos porque no sospechan que pueda tratarse de un infarto. Es importante no ignorar estas señales. Consulte a su médico de inmediato.

Despierta America anchors Go Red!

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Heart disease in women

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When you think about heart disease, you probably think about chest pain. Women might not have chest pain. If they do, they might call it an achy, tight or “heavy” feeling instead of pain. The pain might even be in the back between the shoulder blades, instead of the chest.

Women might think these signs are no big deal because they don’t “sound” like a heart attack. Don’t ignore these signs. Go to your doctor or clinic right away! View video

Influenza, commonly called the "flu," is a contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system — your nose, throat and lungs. The flu can be a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. FluHighRisk_b200px

Anyone infected with the flu virus can potentially develop serious complications, like pneumonia. Certain people are at high risk for developing flu-related complications if they get sick with the flu.
For those living with certain health conditions, like heart disease, diabetes, asthma or HIV/AIDS, the flu can be particularly dangerous. In addition, older people, especially those 65 or older, as well as pregnant women, also are more susceptible to flu-related complications.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers to carefully read the labels of liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants to avoid giving the wrong dose to their children.

A less concentrated form of the popular medication is arriving on store shelves, and giving the wrong dose of acetaminophen can cause the medication to be ineffective if too little is given or cause serious side effects and, possibly, death if too much is given.