Healthy Community
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…
Tell me a story
Who doesn't love a good story! Especially one with adventure, a hero and heroine and all that stuff. Well growing up in my big Italian family we would often sit around the dinner table after church and talk the aft…
Winter Wine Rodeo III
Pour lists are being compiled, restaurants and vendors are committing, layout of the room is near completion, which can mean only one thing... The third annual Winter Wine Rodeo is scheduled and will be the biggest…
The bewildering topic of a healthy diet
The field of nutrition is so bewildering today. Not only are we confused, but many don't have a clue as to how to get started in improving the nutrition in their family.
How physical therapy can help with dizziness, vertigo
Are you experiencing dizziness or a sensation of spinning? Then you may be suffering from vertigo. With vertigo, even when you are still, you may feel like you are moving or that the room is moving around you. You …
The challenges of parenting transition aged youth
Anyone who has parented a child from ages 15-18 knows what a joy and challenge these years can be. Joyful in that our children are asserting their independence and freedom more, which requires less adult supervisio…
'Good evening, Bob!'
Years ago my husband owned a sandwich shop in Palm Springs. He and I were dating then and I was a doing one of my clinical internships there at a local hospital. I would often come to his shop after work to eat, st…
Nutrition today and in the past
As a doctor and nutritionist, I am always striving to find ways to increase the nutritional density of our foods. Because we are so reliant on commercially produced foods, and the industrialization of our food supp…
School lunch: What's cooking?
Schools nationwide will be celebrating National School Lunch Week Oct. 15-19. This year's theme is "School Lunch-What's Cooking?" The Coeur d'Alene School District Nutrition Services has a week of festivities plann…
Leaving the skin undamaged with the Candela laser
Many people are uncomfortable with unsightly dermal lesions like age spots, freckles and birthmarks, or with a tattoo they had applied several years ago. It is estimated that as many as 50 percent of individuals wi…
Upcoming expo attracts women, shopping, food, fun
Aiming at enhancing your life for the holiday season with the art of choices, the 2012 Celebrations Expo presented by Great Floors at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, is ready for its inaugural event on Thursday, Oct. 25,…
The lesser appellations
We have written much of the tough vintages of 2010 and 2011, however as we continue to taste the red wines from these vintages specifically from California there is a bright spot emerging, albeit small it is a brig…
What is Quantum Biofeedback and how can it help me?
We have all used biofeedback in many facets of our lives. For example, any time we have stepped on a scale to measure our weight or anytime we have used a thermometer to measure our temperature, we've used biofeedb…
Reduce stress at Integrated Wellness
Eighty-seven percent of all illness can be directly attributed to some form of stress, according to the National Institute of Health. At INTEGRATED WELLNESS our Quantum Biofeedback devices evaluate more than 11,000…
The collective sigh
That collective sigh of relief that is audible to most every wine consumer is coming from grape growers and winemakers around the appellations of the western U.S. After two unbelievably tough years of poor quality …
The heart: A broken machine
We treat the heart like it is a machine gone wrong. As if a perfectly functioning piece of equipment decided one day that it was no longer going to work right.