Lifestyle
What's happening in lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
Sunscreen - what you need and when you need it
There’s no reason for subtlety - you need to protect your skin from the damaging rays of the sun.
Earn and learn
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Living with the animals - pet allergies 101
Humans, dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!
How CyberKnife squashes cancer - a patient's story
Earlier this year, my dad called and casually told me he had cancer.
Animals living well
It’s not all about you, pet owners. In fact, your dog or cat might even be allergic to you. Oh, how the tables have turned!
Most requested
Recommendation columns are always a bit tricky. Write them too often, and customers lose interest. Write them too much from our own perspective, and we risk losing part of our audience. After all, tastes in wine ar…
Save your health and your savings account: Get ahead of your symptoms
The exorbitant health care costs of our nation are no secret. According to the Center for Disease Control, average health care expenditures per-person were $10,000 on average in 2015, amounting to $3.2 trillion or …
Motor vehicle accidents: When should I get evaluated for injuries?
The answer is immediately following the accident, even if you don’t have any pain. The reason for this is that many individuals do not display symptoms for days, weeks or even months after the incident. It is impor…
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Ask a drummer
Over the 12 years that we have owned our little shop here in Coeur d’Alene, we have gotten to know many wonderful people. Customers, friends and colleagues all come from diverse backgrounds with varied interests, i…
Is your child's backpack causing them harm?
School is only a few weeks away, so back to school shopping has begun. Selecting the right backpack is crucial to your child’s health. Many parents are not aware of the consequences of selecting the wrong backpack …
Hot enough for you?
The lilies are blooming up a storm now. I love the Asian ones as they bloom first. Then, the Orientals do their thing and smell divine. The one pictured is a t…
Inflammatory bowel disorders: The nebulous category of digestive distress
Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and others are a collection of digestive disorders that have been lumped into the bin of inflammatory bowel disorders (IBD). For years they have …
Late and light
Much of the “intel” we get on the wine grape crop in any given year is opportunistic. We learn much from winemakers and others who visit the shop to taste the latest releases as they come in. While we wrote recentl…
Can a negative attitude affect your pain?
No matter how much you exercise or eat healthy, at some time you will experience neck or back pain.