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6A – Daily News – Monday, January 31, 2011 Vitality & health now to attend a reception and lecture with leading medical professionals who will share the latest information on cancer that is most often experienced by women. The Mercy Regional Cancer Center and the UCSF Helen Diller Fami- ly Comprehensive Cancer Center will present An Evening Dedicated to the Latest and Greatest in the Detection and Treatment of Women-related Can- cers 4:30-7 p.m. Wednes- It’s high time to start coordinatin’ the COMMUNITY EVENTS to be held during the 11 DAYS OF ROUND-UP preceding the “The Biggest 3-Day Rodeo in the USA” Women’s Health symposium in Redding REDDING — Plan day, Feb. 9, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Redding. There is no charge to attend. Topics will include: Breast Cancer – presented by Lauren Strickland, DO, Breast Surgical Oncology specialist; Cervical Can- cer – presented by George Sawaya, MD, professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences & Epidemiology & Biosta- tistics at UCSF Helen Diller Family Compre- hensive Cancer Center. The event will include complimentary appetizers and a no host bar. Call 24- MERCY or visit red- ding.mercy.org for more information or to register. YEARBOOK This would probably be it: If Red Bluff had a Quiz: Folate and hearing ★ Cowboy Coffee ★ Business Decorating Contest ★ Soroptomist Spring Run ★ Rotary Round-Up Chili Cookoff ★ Classic Car Show and Shine ★ Cowboy Poetry Reading ★ Chamber-Cattlemen’s Round-Up Mixer ★ Kiwanis Community Pancake Breakfast ★ 56th Annual Round-Up Parade ★ Rodeo Bowling Tournament ★ Cowboy Church Service ★ and more! If your group, organization or business produces or supports any of the above events...or would like to sponsor an event of its own, you gotta send folks to this meeting! Round-Up Community Events Planning, Promotion and Coordination Meeting Tuesday, February 8, 2011 10:00 am - 12 Noon TEHAMA COUNTY FARM BUREAU 275 Sale Lane, Red Bluff Your Hosts: Red Bluff Round-Up & Board of Directors Special Guests: John Growney and Linda Durrer “Back to the Future” – Let’s bring back some of the Round-Up Community Events from 20-30 years ago... ....All we need are more volunteers to help bring them back to life! Please call or e-mail to say you’ll be there, and what group(s) you’ll be representing! (530) 527-6220 or e-mail: info@redbluffchamber.com City and County Information Recreation Guide Local places of interest City Map & Street Guide Schools Directory Church Guide Public Services Calendar of Events …and more! Glossy stock Magazine Format 10,000 distribution 7,000 as a special insert to the 3000 print for distribution to visitors, new and prospective residents through Chambers of Commerce, hotels and Information Centers D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 24/7 presence online version on www.redbluffdailynews.com for a full year, with links provided to Chamber of Commerce, RB City and County websites. Businesses: Make sure YOU are part of it! Advertising Space Reservation Deadline: Friday, February 4 at 5 PM Advertising Representative Today! 527-2151 Call your Daily News Local This just in: Folate, that enriching B vitamin, can help slow age-related hearing loss. Eh – what's that? FOLATE CAN HELP ... you get the idea. Take our quiz about folate and its benefits. 1. According to a study in the Journal of Nutri- tion, subjects older than 50 who had low folate levels were how much more likely to experience hearing loss? a) 39 percent b) 29 percent c) 19 percent 2. Researchers have theorized that elevated levels of homocysteine, which folate has been shown to lower in the body, cause the hearing loss. What is homocys- teine? a) A peptide hormone released by the stomach that, among other things, activates hunger. b) An amino acid in the blood that can cause vas- cular disease. c) A mineral absorbed by the tissues that nour- ishes muscle mitochon- dria. 3. What is the daily value for folate? a) 400 micrograms b) 4,000 micrograms c) 2 grams 4. Which food, at 45 percent of the daily value, is among the highest in folate? a) asparagus, four spears b) black-eyed peas, half a cup c) beef liver, 3 ounces 5. Why is folate impor- tant for pregnant women? a) It helps grow cells during rapid cell division b) It's a nutrient needed to prevent anemia c) Both a and b. fitness 90 ANSWERS: 1: a; 2: b; 3: a; 4: c; 5: c