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ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: Hot days rick dehydration
As we get into the really hot days of summer, the risk of dehydration also gets up into high numbers. We spend more time outdoors, enjoying the fun of summer. But dehydration isn’t anything fun and can be quite ser…
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ADVERTISING — Advertorial: HOLLY CARLING: Hair loss: Are you losing it up there?
Losing your hair can be quite a distressing thing. Whether your hair is slowly thinning, you are losing it in clumps, or you have patches that are totally bald, continued hair loss can be devastating. As with all t…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Mask or not to mask?
Right now we can’t go to Costco without a mask, or even to Washington State for that matter. So I started looking into it more and I found an article from the New England Journal of Medicine. For those of you who d…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: What I did on my summer vacation
When I got this assignment in elementary school I always dreaded it. But after just returning from a week off, I felt excited to write this column. Mary and I are very grateful to get a week away. We spent our week…
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ELAINE CERNY: MY GARDEN PATH — Lots of growing going on
This has been one crazy growing season, at least so far. We just seem to keep getting “yo-yo” weather. It’s cold, then hot, wet, then dry, etc., etc. Programmi…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WENDY CUNNINGHAM: Four reasons to add cupping for wellness
Cupping is popular because it is effective and feels great. Traditional Chinese medicine is all about balancing the body internally. Cupping promotes the free flow of Qi (energy) and blood by removing blockages and…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: IBS and IBD — turn off the faucet!
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD — which primarily consists of colitis and Crohn’s disease) continue to rise. There are an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. that have IBD a…
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Community Thanks
A HUGE thank you to Wendy Werner, Karen Gardy, Peggy Lemm and Kersten Brinkworth, Silver Angels, who helped make our May 30 Classic Car Cruise a success!
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: Your Hormonal Puzzle: Crucial for health and energy
We have an amazing substance in our body called hormones. Hormones are regulatory substances that cause specific cells or tissues to do a prescribed function in the body. When most people think of hormones, they th…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WENDY CUNNINGHAM: Preventing tick bites
Summer means spending time in the great outdoors…and exposure to all the creepy crawlies, like ticks. The concern with getting a tick bite is the risk of a tick-borne illness like Lyme disease, Babesia and Bartonel…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: Updates
It is that time of year when much is happening and changes are rapidly occurring in the wine industry. The growing year is in full swing, restaurants in many parts of the country and some here at home are still clo…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: Wine tricks
Over the years working in the wine industry, like any industry really, you learn tricks. Tricks for everything from opening wine bottles to preserving wine, to even resealing it when you put it back in the wine rac…