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ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Acupuncture: A tool for true recovery
Acupuncture has been recognized for its efficacy in addressing a wide variety of health conditions.
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Masks-beneficial or harmful, you decide
After writing last week’s article I started looking up studies to see if wearing a mask is detrimental to our health. What I found was perplexing. Post COVID-19 all the literature said masks are not harmful to wear…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: How do you sleep during times like this?
Sleep issues plague millions of Americans, resulting in lack of productivity, relationship stressors and more. Add to this the stress of all that is going on in the world today and we just keep looping through slee…
ADVERTISING: ADVERTORIAL — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Pain in the hands may be radiculopathy
“Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical description of when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged, resulting in a change in neurological function.” Damage to the nerve root could be caused …
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: The summer 2020 rosé column
Even though the weather is not cooperating with warm sunny days and lovely summertime evenings, we are starting to see the arrival of the full portfolio of dry rosé wines. It is tough to get in the mood for drinkin…
ADVERTISING: Advertorial — HOLLY CARLING: WWeighing on our mind: Healthy weight
It seems that the majority of people in the United States, and perhaps the world, to more or less degrees, have the same thing weighing on their minds — their weight. I rarely find anyone happy with their weight. M…