Lifestyle
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ELAINE CERNY: MY GARDEN PATH — Busy, busy, busy
Planting season has arrived … in earnest. As if we don’t already have enough to do, let’s not forget to fertiliz...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: The most important wine flaw to know
There are many things that can go wrong in the winemaking process. Many are controllable and some are not. Wine is an organic product, and while from time to time we all might encounter a wine that is poorly made...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Dealing with stress or anxiety?
We all realize chiropractic care is an effective treatment for neck and low back pain as well as acute care to relieve injuries after an accident or trauma. Point blank, chiropractic care helps relieve daily ache...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: Hot Flashes: Not mandatory!
Good news for mature women — hot flashes aren’t a normal part of menopause! Common? Yes. Healthy? No. We have come to accept hot flashes as being a normal part of menopause when in fact it is a symptom of hormone...
EDUCATION
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM) is pleased to announce the graduation of Jennifer J. Speirs of Coeur d’Alene.
ADVERTISING: Advertorial: HOLLY CARLING — The Gallbladder: Simple but important
The gallbladder is a simple organ, but not an unimportant one. When the gallbladder isn’t functioning properly, we really need to be asking WHY? Most gallbladder problems start further upstream, in the upper dige...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial: GEORGE BALLING: Wines from your past
We all have known for the full span of our wine journey that our palates change over time. During some periods we may bounce between varietals and growing regions quite rapidly as we move from wine to wine that w...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: Wine and food
We are facing one more week of closed restaurants but as we have called around to make reservations, we have found that some of our friends in the restaurant business are extending their closures a bit beyond tha...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: Your amazing liver
For an organ weighing three or four pounds and about six inches, our liver is amazing! I like to compare it to the heart. The heart is incredibly complex — with four chambers, lots of vasculature, chordae, valves...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Flip-flops: What is the big fuss?
Minimalist footwear is the newest craze and flip–flops seem to fall under this umbrella. Flip-flops have single-handedly caused more problems with people’s feet in the last couple of years than just about any oth...
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WENDY CUNNINGHAM: Antibody tests for COVID-19
Those of you who have been sick in recent months but did not get tested for COVID-19 have been left wondering whether you may have had the coronavirus. There are also those who did not get sick but may have been ...
ELAINE CERNY: MY GARDEN PATH — Spring has definitely sprung!
Happy Mother’s day! Besides being a special day for all moms, today marks the “green light” for our planting season. We can plant just about anything now. Th...
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Robert and Marjorie Moate
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ELAINE CERNY: MY GARDEN PATH — April showers will bring May flowers
In fact, April has already brought quite a few flowers … those of the perennial type. These include tulips, daffodils, primroses, crocus, scilla, lenten rose...