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What's happening in our healthy community? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a condition characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, often manifesting as n…
Workplace costs from illness or injury
Illness and injuries cost more than just medical bills. Costs to employee, employer, family and social life too. The costs of lost productivity, errors, loss of quality of work, goods or services, management interv…
Post-surgery recovery for breast cancer survivors
Last week, all the gals from my office and I donned our cowboy boots and headed out to the Chicks n Chaps rodeo event at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, to have fun learning about (and watching) the rodeo while ra…
Our fall 2016 lineup
By the time this column “hits” the paper, and the paper lands on your doorstep, it will be September 4th, and we will be in the Labor Day holiday weekend. While this means we are about to enter the fall season, it …
Dance, dance, dance
I met her a few years ago in the lobby of the Denver Convention Center, the morning after I heard her speak at the Snow Sports Industry opening ceremony. Her name is Amy Purdy and she can be five foot four or six f…
Bleeding lipstick? Our solution
Lip lines present some of the most challenging areas on the face to rejuvenate. Luckily, through the use of combined products and services we can finally wipe those lines away. For starters, the most conservative a…
Fueling for optimization
When you are a competitive athlete, highly trained and highly motivated like everyone else in your event, what can push you beyond your competitors is diet. According to Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN, sports nut…
Wine and Rock & Roll
A couple of months back I was having a conversation in the shop with one of our customers, Steve. He is a fascinating guy, always has a smile on his face, always seems like he doesn’t have a care in the world even …
Your TMJ and snoring
Snoring is a major symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). And when daytime tiredness is also present with snoring OSA is almost guaranteed to be present. For a person who has OSA, breathing stops for periods of …
When pain is a pain
Nobody likes pain, but without this important communication tool, we’d be in big trouble. Pain is an alert system letting us know that something is wrong. Whether it is warning us that we are touching a hot stove a…
Long-lived peoples drink a form of distilled water
Some years ago, in some acting circles in Hollywood, I worked with Jack Linkletter, son of the famous Art Linkletter. He related to me how his father had commissioned a Nebraska Optometrist, Allen Banik, who, as a …
Power up!
Just a few days ago, one of my patients came back into my office and emphatically reported that her osteopenia and osteoporosis scores had significantly improved over the past year, and she and her doctor were very…
White spots on your teeth?
Do you have white spots on your teeth? Have you asked your dentist how to get rid of them? And if your dentist decides to treat your white spots, does he propose to use an invasive procedure or a non-invasive proce…
Tasting in the Willamette
Mary and I just returned from the Oregon Coast after a Lancaster family reunion. We broke away from our time with family to go and visit a couple of our favorite producers in the Willamette Valley, a premier wine r…
Change your thinking, change your life
Throughout history, great thinkers of various backgrounds have differed on many subjects but it is surprising to most how many agreed on one thing:
What do wrinkles and green bananas have to do with hearing well?
Nothing, except I may have gotten your attention. I love telling hearing stories. I have two recent stories to share with you. Both are about elderly people with happy hearing endings.