Lifestyle
What's happening in lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
Toxic foods
Over the last seven years of writing this column, I have disproportionately written about nutrition more than any other health and fitness topic. One of the reasons I do this is food, in its many variations, overwh…
Got fibromyalgia?
Victor Rosenfeld, MD said, “Patients with fibromyalgia have a tenfold increase in sleep-disordered breathing, including obstructive sleep apnea. Proper diagnosis and treatment will improve health and quality of lif…
What I will drink this spring
The most common question from readers and customers alike is “What is your favorite wine to drink?” A variation on the question is “If you only had one bottle to drink what would it be?” Both are unanswerable for m…
Farmer's market fun
Swing into summer by heading to your local farmer’s market! The farmer’s market is an excellent way to support local farmers, get nutritious and delicious seasonal foods, make cooking fun, and be a champion for sus…
HEADACHES They're not all in your head
Over 45 million people suffer from headaches, and take numerous over the counter or prescriptive medications for temporary relief. Many of these headaches are not due to problems within the head, but rather involve…
Happy, happy, happy!
So Pharrell Williams sings about it, and how can you not sing along with him and his catchy tune, but are you really happy? What is happiness and how do we get it?
Worming into your life: Part 1
The subject of worms, and the possibility of them affecting your life (or rather, infecting your body), sends shudders up many a spine. Worms or parasites and other opportunistic creepy crawlers like to take a free…
Rib pain and chiropractic care
The ribs are an important part of posture and an important anchor for many muscles of the spine. Restricted rib joints can manifest as localized pain, or, in the case of intercostal neuritis, pain the follows the r…
Ask your audiologist No more broken hearing aid!
New titanium mini completely in the canal hearing aids are out. These shells are super strong. Fifteen times stronger than traditional acrylic hearing aid shells. My manufacturer’s representative even stepped on on…
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K27: Community support has been wonderful
Terry Jones: 31 years of music at North Idaho College
Terry Jones is celebrating the finale to his 31-year music career at North Idaho College with one last concert.
Breaking fitness plateaus
One of the most frustrating aspects of physical training, endurance training and weight loss is hitting plateaus. It is one of the more common obstacles to body composition, conditioning and physical fitness progre…
Trail Maniacs series on tap
While the road running season is in full swing, you can run against competition through the area’s state parks as well.
Active and ageless
A couple times a week during the colder months of the North Idaho year, a group gets together at Community United Methodist Church to enjoy each other’s compan…
Who are you calling a pansy?
Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms. I hope you’re being spoiled rotten. You no doubt deserve it.