A Common Skin Condition You’ve Never Heard About
Submitted by Adrienne Schupbach, MD, Dermatology and Mohs Surgery Institute What skin condition affects an estimated 16 million Americans, more commonly occurs in women and tends to appear after age 30? If you didn’t guess “rosacea,” you’re not alone. 78 percent of Americans don’t know what this condition is despite the fact that it’s very […]
Investors Are Human, Too!
By Krista McBeath, McBeath Financial Group In 1981, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller published a groundbreaking study that contradicted a prevailing theory that markets are always efficient. If they were, stock prices would generally mirror the growth in earnings and dividends. Shiller’s research showed that stock prices fluctuate more often than changes in companies’ […]
Do Your Social Security Income and Retirement Plan Need Marriage Counseling?
By Dennis Kagel ChFC, Chartered Financial Consultant What’s more valuable, a dollar you receive from a retirement plan (401k, IRA) or a dollar you receive from Social Security? When I ask someone this, I often get a quizzical look. There is only one right answer, and it’s the Social Security dollar. The reason for this […]
Tips to Help You Fight Food Cravings Part 2 of 3
By Melinda Smith, M.A., Jeanne Segal Ph.D., and Robert Segal, M.A Editors note: Last month’s article discussed the difference between emotional eating and mindful eating. This month offers some tips to combat emotional eating. Emotional eating is turning to food for comfort, stress relief, or as a reward rather than to satisfy hunger. Mindful eating […]
Icing on the Cake How a Dental Implant Saved a Bride’s Wedding Day
By Alexander Germanis Although they are meant to be times of great joy and hope, weddings can often be filled with anxiety, trepidation, and even outright fear. The caterer may suddenly go out of business, the alterations to the bride’s dress might not be done right, or the photographer gets sick and can’t make it! […]
Dealing With Illness
By Mary Huebbe, Marketing Consultant, Ridgecrest Village Cancer is a thriving illness that still has no cure. It seems everywhere I turn, someone is being diagnosed with a different kind. Everyone handles it differently, and it affects everyone differently. So how do we support someone when they are diagnosed? What are the right words to […]
The Emotional Side of Downsizing
By Amy Durbin, Proctor Place In the mid-1800s, British designer and poet William Morris said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Over 150 years later, these words are still applicable, especially to those looking to downsize. Downsizing consultants estimate that 80 percent of […]
Angelman Syndrome
By Amber Schappaugh MA, RMA (AMT), Director of Allied Health, Extern Program Coordinator Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a neuro-genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, sleep disturbances, seizures, jerky movements, frequent laughter and smiling, as well as a usually happy demeanor. Our local communities are home to several children who have been diagnosed with […]
Come On In… The Water’s Great!
Submitted by Lutheran Hillside Village A show of hands, please — how many people loath exercising? Yes, we know it’s good for us. Yes, we are aware of the benefits and the feeling of endorphins promised. But that doesn’t mean that we like it. Out of boredom, pain, or even difficulty, exercise never sounds appealing. […]
Changes, Growth, and Relocation in Store for Methodist College
By Lori Lovely As part of a strategic plan for managed growth, Methodist College is moving to a larger location in North Peoria. Currently located downtown near UnityPoint Methodist Hospital, the college is moving to an area that is experiencing a lot of residential, retail, and entertainment development. “We wanted to stay in Peoria,” explains […]