by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Apr 3, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Travel
The number of planes roaring overhead of our house increases weekly, it seems. More people are traveling, tired of being cooped up for a year in their home and neighborhood. My friends planned a trip to France this fall, and I may travel to Arizona later this year....
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jan 25, 2021 | Health, Health and Wellness
It all began with cowpox. An uncommon disease in cows, the virus jumped to milkmaids and others who worked around cows in the 18th century through contact with sores on the cow. An English doctor, Edward Jenner, heard a rumor of milkmaids boasting about their smooth,...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Nov 24, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
We hear about the best this or best that exercise or diet to keep healthy and fit all the time. Since I enjoy being different, let’s look at some of the worst how to keep fit advice out there. Weightlifting adds bulk The top of the list is to avoid weightlifting...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Aug 28, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
One of my fondest memories from childhood is enjoying homemade elderberry pie. My Dad, a fantastic pie maker, indulged us regularly in the summer with pies filled with the chewy berries sweetened with sugar. Then we moved west when I was about eight. Oh, how I missed...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
A yearly cold or two dogged me for years, often followed by sinus or ear infections. After I turned 50, all those infections resulted in a hearing loss in my left ear. Desperate to halt the yearly cold onslaught, I stopped touching public door handles with my bare...
