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Spruce Your Environment, Spruce Your Spirit
After a long winter, this is the time of year to spruce up your environment with a good Spring Cleaning. It’s amazing what doing this can do for one’s state of mind. Not only does a good spring cleaning seem to lift our spirits, it has actually been proven to preserve...
Someone special visited our office
We were pleasantly surprised to have a very special visitor at our Fairbanks office on Valentine’s Day... Someone who is a local, national and international celebrity.... - Santa Claus! Yes, we said “Santa Claus!” Santa called up our office and made an appointment to...
Update: Postponed; 2nd Annual Worksite Wellness Workshop (FREE)
Update: State of Alaska DHSS has notified us that this workshop has been postponed until further notice. Please contact the Department with any questions at this email: hss.workwellak@alaska.gov. We will share any new developments with you on this page. Thank you! AHF...
New Brochure: Understanding Celiac Disease
We received a new brochure from our partner agency, Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), about the Celiac Disease. The brochure covers important topics, such as: the signs and symptoms of the disease in children and adults, how the disease is treated, who...
New Lifestyle, New You! Hi-Tech Diabetes Prevention Tool – Free for a Limited Time
The state of Alaska is promoting an online diabetes prevention program for people with prediabetes called Turnaround Health (aka Alive-PD): http://turnaroundhealth.com/. It’s an evidence-based lifestyle intervention program recognized by the Centers for Disease...
Wellness @ Work: Small Steps Make Big Differences!
Regular physical activity helps improve overall health and fitness, and can reduce your risk of developing many chronic diseases. Despite the many physical and emotional health benefits of regular exercise, many Alaskans struggle to fit physical activity into their...
Humble Fundraiser at AHF
We are selling the 35th anniversary edition of the extraordinary Northern Lights Coupon Book. So, what's our story? We came across this book as we were planning our health fair trips to Southeast Alaska last fall. It is not a secret that Southeast can be very...
First-ever Health Fair for Nonprofits in Fairbanks this Friday
If you work for a local non-profit in Fairbanks (whether paid or volunteer); we invite you along with your family members to attend this first ever event, aimed at providing health education, affordable blood tests and more to those who truly serve our residents in...
New bone density health screening has major roll out in Fairbanks, AK
Alaska Health Fair would like to thank Golden Valley Association’s Good Cents Program for their generous contribution to purchase our new GE Healthcare Achilles XPII Bone Density Ultrasound Machine. The equipment arrived in Fairbanks in early January and had an...
Strike a pose: Yoga helps children with flexibility, relaxation and more
Kids today live in a busy world of school, homework, sports, and activities designed to keep them busy and nurture their growing minds and bodies. But doing nothing is important, too. Well, not really nothing, but taking time to relax the mind and body, stepping away...