01.18.2015 Health Health Column: Bone broth — fact or fad? Sipping bone broth: good or bad for you? One new trend popping up in some health circles is sipping broth made by boiling the bare bones of chicken and...
11.30.2014 Health Health Column: Still time to get your flu shot If you haven’t gotten your annual flu shot yet, it’s not too late. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months and older get the...
08.31.2014 Health Health Column: Powdered caffeine and alcohol a concern An expanding selection of powdered products is opening up some dangerous doors, according to federal officials who are warning consumers not to get caught up in the novelty. The...
07.05.2014 Health Health Column: Mosquito myths get debunked It’s time to set the record straight on the laws of attraction — for mosquitoes, that is. Contrary to popular belief, there is no ingestible remedy one can take...
03.30.2014 Health Health Column: The benefits of a new smoking age Come 2015, like it or lump it, young smokers in this area likely won‘t be able to buy a pack of smokes at local convenience stores until they turn...
03.23.2014 Health Health: Keeping your body clear of colon cancer What you put into your body must eventually go down and then come out, making a healthy colorectal tract indispensable.
03.09.2014 Health Health: New pain pill already becoming a headache A new painkiller that packs large amounts of hydrocodone into a single pill has quickly become one of the most controversial medications in years to receive U.S. Food and...
03.02.2014 Health Health Column: A strong defense vs. asthma attacks The winter season tends to keep people indoors, depriving them of the sun’s vitamin D-filled rays. And recent studies have linked defi ciencies in vitamin D to a wide...
07.05.2013 Health Health: Do’s and don’ts for summer sunscreens It’s Fourth of July weekend and locals and visitors alike are touring grapevines and splashing in local waters – marking the official kickoff of summer on the North Fork....