Headache and migraine treatments to end the pain

If there were headache and migraine treatments available that could eliminate your chronic pain, what would you be free to do? How about… anything you want. If you’re tired of coping with chronic headache and migra…

Natural partners: Acupuncture and chiropractic

Both chiropractic care and acupuncture share the view that chronic pain and many injuries can be successfully treated without having to resort to drugs or surgery, treating the patient holistically. Each healing mo…

A slow start

The 2017 grape growing year is under way across the appellations of the Western U.S., and the consensus is, it is a slow start. As it turns out most of the wine grape producing regions had just as much precipitatio…

The stressful truth about stress

Today's high stress, fast pace world is literally killing many in our community — and they don't even realize it. Individuals who are under constant stress are at increased risk for chronic health problems, includi…

Snacks, to eat or not to eat

Like almost everything in life, snacking has opposing views. One person may say that snacking is a good way to keep your body fueled while another maintains that snacks add extra calories you don’t need. Well, what…

How we buy and sell wine

All of the tasting we do in our shop with distributors, winemakers and importers is designed with one purpose, to find the best wines at every budget point for our customers. All the swirling and sniffing and note …

Signs that your loved one may need memory care

Creekside Inn Memory Care Community is hosting an event on May 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our community located at 240 E. Kathleen, to help those caring for loved ones with memory care needs. If you are intere…

Get moving to ease lower back pain

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports month, so what better reason is there to get moving? Research concludes that people with low back pain will achieve greater benefits by exercising more, not less. Exercis…

Reconnect with your surroundings during screen-free week

We are amidst Screen-Free Week, but it’s not too late to start celebrating now. Screen-Free Week is an annual observance the first week of May and is a pledge to enjoy life away from digital entertainment. Screen u…

Oral Cancer Awareness: There's no crying in baseball

Cancer continues to touch so many lives of the people I know and love. Oral cancer in particular has touched my families life for the past 14 years, so I wanted to share some things to increase awareness, as early …

Snoring: Can it kill you?

It’s a familiar image on the comics page — a man sleeping the couch with a speech bubble over his head that says something like “ZZZZZZ.” Funny, right?

Energy drinks: Are they worth the risk?

The same pick-me-up that powers you through a boring afternoon meeting or late-night deadline could be silently setting your body up for some serious health problems. A 2013 report from the Substance Abuse and Ment…

Managing COPD during allergy season

For many people, spring allergy season is a nuisance. But for individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, it can be serious.

Five steps to resolving back pain

Waiting for yours…

In every wine lover's journey there is something that grabs us. That moment that not only draws us in, but when we realize we are going to have an appreciation for and enjoy wine for a very long time. It is that si…