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Ask your audiologist May is the month of better hearing and speech!
If you are over 60 it is recommended to obtain a baseline for your health records.
Normal headaches?
Frequently, when I ask my patients if they have headaches, they say “not really.” When I inquire deeper, they say, “Well, yes. But it’s the normal headache everyone has.” I’m saddened to think anyone believes a hea…
Headache and migraine treatments to end the pain
If there were headache and migraine treatments available that could eliminate your chronic pain, what would you be free to do? How about… anything you want. If you’re tired of coping with chronic headache and migra…
Natural partners: Acupuncture and chiropractic
Both chiropractic care and acupuncture share the view that chronic pain and many injuries can be successfully treated without having to resort to drugs or surgery, treating the patient holistically. Each healing mo…
A slow start
The 2017 grape growing year is under way across the appellations of the Western U.S., and the consensus is, it is a slow start. As it turns out most of the wine grape producing regions had just as much precipitatio…
The stressful truth about stress
Today's high stress, fast pace world is literally killing many in our community — and they don't even realize it. Individuals who are under constant stress are at increased risk for chronic health problems, includi…
Snacks, to eat or not to eat
Like almost everything in life, snacking has opposing views. One person may say that snacking is a good way to keep your body fueled while another maintains that snacks add extra calories you don’t need. Well, what…
Troy Schueller: Definition of a life coach
Troy Schueller will not soon forget that afternoon on Jan. 27, 2001.
The fantastic forehead
By JERRY HITCHCOCK
What's in a label?
Applying labels to things can be good and it can be bad. The labeling of nutritional guidelines on food packaging is critical if we want to turn around poor nutrition in the U.S. This idea was first discussed on th…
How we buy and sell wine
All of the tasting we do in our shop with distributors, winemakers and importers is designed with one purpose, to find the best wines at every budget point for our customers. All the swirling and sniffing and note …
Signs that your loved one may need memory care
Creekside Inn Memory Care Community is hosting an event on May 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our community located at 240 E. Kathleen, to help those caring for loved ones with memory care needs. If you are intere…
Get moving to ease lower back pain
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports month, so what better reason is there to get moving? Research concludes that people with low back pain will achieve greater benefits by exercising more, not less. Exercis…
Reconnect with your surroundings during screen-free week
We are amidst Screen-Free Week, but it’s not too late to start celebrating now. Screen-Free Week is an annual observance the first week of May and is a pledge to enjoy life away from digital entertainment. Screen u…
Oral Cancer Awareness: There's no crying in baseball
Cancer continues to touch so many lives of the people I know and love. Oral cancer in particular has touched my families life for the past 14 years, so I wanted to share some things to increase awareness, as early …