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…
A great performance: The Endocrine System
The allure of a great orchestral performance is the way in which all musicians play beautiful music, harmoniously. There is something quite exquisite about a good performance that penetrates deep into our soul and …
Farm allergies: Have your spine checked
We've all seen the hay being cut in the fields and the hazy days that signal copious amounts of pollen in the air. To most of us, this signals that summer is in full swing.
Free class: Making Total Joint Replacement Surgery a success
A Total Joint Replacement Surgery can be a major milestone in someone's life. As in all things, the more you know, the better the outcome! First of all, having a successful total hip, knee or shoulder replacement c…
The high costs ofeating healthy - NOT!
Some people like to claim that eating healthier is more expensive. But, the true cost of eating lies in what it will cost you from a health standpoint. From this perspective, most of us cannot afford to NOT eat hea…
Grower wines
One of the many recent trends in the wine industry has been the appeal of "Grower Champagne." This is champagne produced by the same folks that grow the grapes. We have tasted many great ones from LaSalle, Copinet …
Fitness on 4th ready to help you reach goals
Walk through the doors at Fitness on 4th and see this is not just your ordinary gym. Inside you'll find a welcoming environment, experienced trainers ready to help you reach your fitness goals, full group fitness r…
Wine Rodeo 2011: The full story
As the judging continues and we get closer to fair week we are being asked more questions about the competition and the grand tasting. So here is all you need …
Get rid of your back, neck pain now!
Every day activities such as playing with your children, working or participating in a sport should not be disrupted by pain. Back and neck pain can be troublesome to any lifestyle. Being hindered by pain is not on…
The garden doesn't need to causeaches, pains
As we really get going into the heat of summer, many of us backyard gardeners are finally reaping some benefits for our efforts, and are feeling the effects of those efforts as well! Just as we spend countless hour…
What to do with all those plums: Dry them!
What do you get when you mix holy water and prune juice? A religious movement. Yes, the poor prune has been the butt of jokes like this for decades. Well now thanks to some new research, prunes may have the last la…
The Top 40
A customer and wine club member of ours from Seattle recently sent me an article from the Seattle Times highlighting the 100 best wines from Washington that their wine writer had tasted in the last year.
The prostate: The curse of men
About the age that the "curse of women" comes to a close, men begin what could be a curse for them. While women have no choice about having a monthly cycle, men have much control of the health of their prostate. Wh…
The hip bone connected to the knee bone
We can all recall the song we learned as a kid: The knee bone connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone connected to the hip bone, the hip bone connected to the back bone, and so on.
A pain in the neck?
No, I'm not talking about those telemarketers that always seem to call when you sit down to dinner with your family or the smoke alarm that always goes off when you burn your toast.
Eicosanoids: How the body controls pain - Part C
In my last two articles I discussed hormonal factors that produced two classes of eicosanoids. Diets that encouraged glucagon dominate series one eicosanoids decreased inflammation as well as other important things…