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T h e IN D E P E N D E N T , J a n u a ry 2, 2 0 0 2 P age 9 Free class may help you learn how to be healthy throughout life “Get Healthy for Life, Ameri ca,” a free, no-registration-re quired class, will be presented by Dr. Leonard Mees, M.D., on Saturday, January 19, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at Tuality Health Education Center, 334 SE Eighth Avenue in Hillsboro. Dr. Mees, a physician with 20 years of experience, be lieves he has a better contribu tion for society than handing out pills for ailments. In teach ing Americans how to achieve better health, Dr. Mees ex plains how individuals can tap the connection among body, mind and spirit to achieve life long health through positive, preventive health education. The class begins at 9:00 a.m. with “Americans, a People of Health Risks.” One million on the wall” becomes more vis ible. Without an understanding of successful behavior modifi cation techniques, most people find that changing personal be havior is often difficult or impos sible. Learn how to be more sensitive to your own personal wake-up calls, and how to re spond successfully to the alarm, toward a healthier and Americans die each year from heart attacks. Three-quarters of a million succumb to cancer. About 125,000 fall to stroke. The rate of diabetes grows ever larger as our population grows fatter, not fitter. The Center for Disease Control and Preven tion confirms that 80 percent of all illness and death in America results from unhealthy lifestyles, which also contribute to the continuing double-digit escalation of health care costs. Who really pays for these trends and who is at risk? At 10:15 a.m., the class con tinues with “How to Heed the Wake-up Call.” There is alarm ing information about the in creasing health risks of Ameri cans, yet few people make changes as this “handwriting A clean carpet can make your home look and smell more attractive, and it also can be a necessity for persons suffering with allergies and asthma. 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