Dec 4th 2016
How many times have you been in a public rest room and noticed others who depart after doing their business without stopping to wash their hands? Disgusting, isn't it? What's even more disgusting is i…
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Dec 1st 2016
It goes completely against the grain of self-preservation, if not conventional healthy-living wisdom: putting a spoonful of something containing billions of bacteria inside our mouths and swallowing i…
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Nov 30th 2016
The holiday season is here in full throttle, putting us smack-dab into the festive time of year when we find ourselves eating more food than usual—some of it even good for us! Between Thanksgiv…
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Nov 29th 2016
Decades before writing books about chicken soup for the soul became a cottage industry, moms across America were, for real, serving up bowls of hot chicken soup to loved ones suffering from maladies o…
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Nov 28th 2016
We all have had it at one time or another to one degree or another. We might not be aware of it, although anyone within 10 feet notices it and is perhaps repulsed by it. Pieces of food (i.e. lettuce)…
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Nov 25th 2016
Those of us who have never experienced an anxiety disorder might find it difficult to empathize with those who have suffered, some for almost their entire lives. Perhaps the doubters don't believe suc…
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Nov 25th 2016
November is Bladder Awareness Month, which is a good thing, but heightened awareness really isn't necessary for anyone already suffering with incontinence or urinary tract infections (UTIs). They are…
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Nov 22nd 2016
Thank goodness, Thanksgiving week is here. For many of us that's our green light to pig out; after all, this is the one week of the year when many of us expect to stuff ourselves (without recriminatio…
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Nov 21st 2016
With winter fast approaching, and you happen to look down on your shoulders and upper chest and notice the white flakes. An early snowfall? Not likely, especially if you are indoors. What you are look…
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Nov 18th 2016
As the holidays approach and thoughts of Santa Claus dance in the heads of kids of all ages, three to 103, we think of the guy with the white beard and the big round belly that works better on him tha…
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Nov 18th 2016
November is National Healthy Skin Month, which is a reminder to all of us that maintaining good health also means spending part of the day going only skin deep with some of that care. Keeping our skin…
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Nov 10th 2016
You don't have to be a heavy smoker or a chewing-tobacco fanatic to be at risk for mouth cancer, otherwise known as oral cancer. While those are the two biggest risk factors for developing mouth/oral…
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