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Lost friend
“Elgin, Elgin, come have a wee taste,” dairy farmer McMullen would say to my dad in his Scottish brogue, and the two men would sip wine together on the porch a…
Thanksgiving recomendations
This past week, The Press ran a column from the Associated Press on Thanksgiving wine pairings. The column proved one theory I have written about many times: the best way to get 20 different opinions on wine is to …
What is gua sha?
Gua sha is a natural, alternative therapy that involves the light scraping of the skin with a rounded tool to improve pain, circulation and range of motion. This ancient Chinese healing technique offers a unique ap…
Take care of your prostate and it will take care of you
“Many men die with prostate cancer, but most men with the diagnosis will not die from prostate cancer.” I have heard numerous doctors and medical professionals use this line, but don’t let sayings like this diminis…
Chronic pain triggers to avoid
Debilitating, chronic pain is on the increase, and if you don’t know why you are in pain, then it is difficult to know what to do or how to cope. At Natural Spine Solutions we treat people with chronic pain every d…
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Feeling the bloat
Gas and bloating can be uncomfortable and embarrassing. While there are some serious medical conditions that have side effects of bloating, most causes we can control. While the terms “bloating” and “water retentio…
Big changes
A couple of weeks back we wrote about how wineries and winemakers develop their style, and while it will evolve over time for the best winemakers, it becomes a part of their brand — their signature, if you will — o…
Whiplash and radiculopathy
We all know someone who has been in a car accident and diagnosed with a cervical sprain or strain injury also referred to as whiplash. It can often have serious consequences depending on the severity of the impact.…
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Acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent entrapment neuropathy in humans. Nonsurgical management usually consists of treatments such as splinting, local steroid injections, ultrasound and oral steroids. Ac…
Train your metabolism to work for you
Metabolism is a word that shows up a lot in the medical world, but what exactly is it? To put it simply, your metabolism encompasses all of the chemical processes that produce the energy your body needs to live, an…
When should I drink this wine?
It is one of the most common questions we get from customers and readers alike. It comes in a number of forms, “When should I drink this wine?” “How long should I/can I age this wine?,” or “I have this wine in my c…
Adjustments
I have a recipe that dates back many years that I enjoy making a couple of times each year. I can tell the recipe is a bit “vintage” based on the print style of the magazine I clipped it from, the publication from …