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...
by Cassandra Hill, Mind/Body Wellness Editor | Apr 26, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
Most of the people living with autoimmune diseases are women who are childbearing age. Matter of fact autoimmune diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in girls and women 65 years of age and younger. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system...
by Heidi Richards Mooney, Editor in Chief | Mar 25, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness, Relationships
Right now, roughly 100 million people across the globe are practicing varying degrees of social distancing. #Quarantinedlife has become a trending hashtag on social media with scores of people sharing posts about boredom, anxiety, and frustration with their new...
by Cassandra Hill, Mind/Body Wellness Editor | Feb 24, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness, Weight Loss
Since 1975 worldwide obesity has nearly tripled. In the United States more than 65% of women are considered obese according to the National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Rates of obesity are particularly high among African American women. What...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jan 1, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Health, Health and Wellness
I take a deep breath, shuffle my feet under the bar, and grab it firmly. Form is everything, hips up or risk back injury. I lift the 115 pound barbell, 5 reps up and down and I’m done. All those dumbbell deadlifts my trainer gives me help make barbell deadlifts less...
