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What's happening in our healthy community? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.

Updated 3 days, 22 hours ago

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Pop, fizz, clink! A bubbly guide to holiday bling for your flute

Ho ho ho, wine lovers! 'Tis the season for popping corks. With party season upon us, our glasses will be filled wi…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — The benefits of acupuncture for headache and migraine sufferers

There are few conditions as crippling as chronic headaches or migraines, and yet there are over 47 million Americans afflicted. The easiest way to distinguish …

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Proven solutions for difficult pain problems

When back pain starts to affect your daily living and quality of life it’s time to look at all your options. When your symptoms are caused by a herniated disc …

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — How to hog-tie a llama

It started as a joke. In trying to come up with podcast ideas, I laughingly said “how about ‘How to Hog-Tie a Llama’!” It is now a podcast and an article!

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Beginnings

Our first column 14 years ago was a collaboration with our doctor Geoff Emry. We had decided to put together a column about the health benefits of red wine. Th…

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Art over science

Wildfire and wildfire smoke are certainly issues for the farming of wine grapes, and for producing those grapes into wine. I’m not trying to be funny when I sa…

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — How long-term stress increases inflammation and destroys your health

As a health practitioner, it is impossible to ignore the profound effects of stress on every symptom a patient may have. Sometimes if I don't know what to do w…

Updated 2 months ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Start the school year off right: Four tips to school backpack safety

School is only a few weeks away, so back to school shopping has begun. Selecting the right backpack is crucial to your child’s health. Many parents are not awa…

Updated 2 months ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — New for fall

I know, I know the title sounds more like a column on apparel than wine, but as is true for most wine consumers our preferences change for both apparel and win…

Updated 2 months ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Don’t shoot the messenger

Frequently we hear the meme “Don’t shoot the messenger!” when the bearer of bad news is blamed or lashed out against. The emotions attached can be hostile or j…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Then versus now

We have always marveled at how adept winemakers and grape growers are at adjusting to all that a vintage hurls at them. There are few truly “perfect” growing y…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Four tips for dealing with menopausal hot flashes and night sweats, naturally

Menopause is defined as the cessation of menstrual cycles, with an average age of onset in the United States of 51. The transition into menopause can last as l…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Does vitamin D supplements protect against colds and flu?

Living in the beautiful northwest like we do, odds are that you don’t get enough vitamin D. The same holds true if you don’t get outside for at least a 15-minu…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — The state of bubbles

Not all wine consumers like Champagne and sparkling wine, but most wine consumers like really good Champagne and sparkling wine. That is a key distinction. The…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — What you need to know about multiple sclerosis and natural treatment options

Multiple sclerosis is a challenging disease that isn’t well understood. Like most diseases, it is a combination of factors that contribute to its manifestation…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Right sizing the U.S. wine industry

For a bit over a year now the United States has topped the world in total amount of wine consumed. On a per capita basis the U.S. doesn’t even crack the top 15…