Lifestyle
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HGH: The fountain of youth hormone
How is it that adults can work all day, deny ourselves the delicious tasting junk foods, spend hours in the gym working out, and still have that midriff bulge and our teenage children can lay in front of the TV, st…
100 years of Father's Day marks evolution of Dad
SPOKANE - Father's Day was started a century ago because inventor Sonora Smart Dodd was upset by widespread mocking of fathers in popular culture as lazy, slea…
Celebrate meat with news book for Father's Day
Dads and the grill. It's a cliche, But since Father's Day falls smack dab in grilling season, why not embrace it.
Ask your audiologist...
My husband is a Realtor with poor hearing and even with his hearing aids he has trouble using his cell phone. Is there something new that could help him?
Bison steaks
During summer, I'm likely to grill as many as four or five nights a week. It just makes sense for the weeknight kitchen.
Loyalton to host free wellness clinic
Loyalton of Coeur d'Alene is hosting a free wellness clinic every third Thursday of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon, no appointment necessary.
Overtreating earliest cancers - but which ones?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Too much medical treatment is making many Americans sicker. This is the fourth story in an Associated Press six-part series that examines the phenomenon of overtreatment. Next: ER Treatment
Summer food programs can help solve obesity, hunger paradox
Hunger and obesity are often tied together in the United States. Households without money for food often rely on cheaper, high calorie, non-nutrient dense foods to cope with limited money for food and to stave off …
Wine labels
One of the most consistent and at times surprising phenomena of the wine business is how much a great label contributes to the sales volume of any bottle of wine. While we interact with just about everyone who come…
Fat: Secret ingredient to a tasty lean burger
When it comes to ground meat (or most any meats for that matter), it's a simple equation: fat equals flavor and moisture. It would follow then that a low-fat burger should be dry and tasteless, right? Not necessari…
Ironman fever
It's the time of the year again... Ironman is here! We have all noticed the influx of men and women from all over the world dawning their bikes, wetsuits and running shoes to compete in the 2009 Ironman Triathlon. …
In pain? Pinnacle can help!
Is pain limiting what you do in your daily life, or how you do your daily activities, or how long you can do those activities? Pain is not a way of life, and you don't have to live with it. Physical therapists can …
The skinny on weight loss, part XIV
In his book "Vibrational Medicine", Richard Gerber, M.D., has an excellent diagram entitled "The Illness/Wellness Continuum" adapted from a diagram by J. Travis. There are two opposing arrows, one going to the left…
Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival
CHICAGO - Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone treatments.
Summer food programs can help solve the obesity and hunger paradox
Hunger and obesity are often tied together in the United States. Households without money for food often rely on cheaper, high calorie, non-nutrient dense foods to cope with limited money for food and to stave off …