Lifestyle
What's happening in lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
A springtime take on the classic crabcake
As the weather gets warmer, I cook lighter. And in The Husband's taxonomy of food, crabcakes are relatively light. So I thought I'd employ of couple of seasona…
'Tommy John'
Oh the spring! You can't love the spring without loving baseball at least not where I grew up in Maryland. Baseball was the Washington Senators and watching Frank Howard hit home runs. We piled in my Dad's Sunbeam …
Kids get codeine in ER despite risks, guidelines
CHICAGO - Despite recommended limits on codeine use in children, the potent painkiller is prescribed for children in at least half a million emergency room visits each year, a study suggests.
Vegetarian, vegan or meat eater: Which is correct?
For 40 years, I have attended seminars where the speaker said, "You will never get a vegetarian/vegan completely well." It used to make me mad because I was a vegetarian and was healthier than I had ever been. But …
Lita Burns: Natural-born caregiver
Volunteer Spotlight: Lora Whalen
There is no one that understands the health issues at the local level more than Lora Whalen, Panhandle Health District Director. For this reason, she was selected to chair the United Way of Kootenai County's Health…
Milestone Announcements April 20, 2014
Study: Diabetic heart attacks, strokes falling
NEW YORK - In the midst of the diabetes epidemic, a glimmer of good news: Heart attacks, strokes and other complications from the disease are plummeting.
Fish and your diet
Recently, I had a friend ask me to do a little research on the benefits of eating fish. We have all heard people say "Eat more fish; it's better for you than red meat." This may or may not be true depending on the …
Moving asparagus to the center of your plate
Asparagus has been a delicious symbol of spring since at least as far back as the Greeks, who called it asparagos - literally, "to spring up." But however it is spelled, it makes me happy.
Always on the go
I know it's not something we want to talk about, but sometimes post-surgery, after having a baby, or as we age, we might have trouble with bladder control. Maybe you are trying to get discharged from the hospital a…
Is Degenerative Disk Disease (DDD) really a disease?
For many years, patients have been told they have degenerative disk disease and that there is nothing they can do about it because it is a disease. Degenerative disc disease is not actually a disease at all; it is …
New food label gets a face-lift
For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to update the Nutrition Facts label. The new labels should make it easier for consumers to make healthy food choices.
Experts decode germs' DNA to fight food poisoning
A chiropractic technique for pregnancy
The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic technique used in pregnancy to help optimize the mother's pelvic function. Chances are, if you have been visiting natural birthing websites, you have heard of it.