Stress Overview

Everyone is familiar with stress. We experience it in varying forms and degrees every day. In small doses, stress can actually be beneficial to us. It is only when the stress becomes too great, affecting our physical or mental functioning, that it becomes a problem.

• In small doses, stressors can help give us increased energy and alertness,

Children's Health Issues - New Meningococcal Immunization Recommendations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issues new meningococcal immunization recommendations. The recommendations state that young adolescents at the pre-adolescent visit (11-12 years old), adolescents at high school entry (15 years old) and college freshmen living in dormitories should be immunized against meningococcal...

Children's Health Issues - Staying Healthy:
Vaccinations – Keeping up to date with the U.S. System
By Karen L., MD, AWC of Amsterdam

Parents of children who may be returning to the U.S. should try to keep their children’s vaccinations up to date for the U.S. system. The country you are living in will have its own system of immunizing children;

Marcy Dwyer was a member of the AWC of Zurich and editor of the FAWCO Forum. She died in 2003 after a long battle with Ovarian Cancer. This site grew out of her suggestion that FAWCO provide a site to support members of FAWCO Clubs whose lives have been touched by Cancer.

The objective of the Marcy Dwyer Memorial Cancer...