RETIREMENT 101—THE EXPENSES
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC Welcome back to our “Retirement Basics” series where last month I discussed “The Income” side of the equation along with thoughts, strategies and “rules-of-thumb” on taking income from social security, taxable accounts, and retirement accounts. This month, please join me in looking at the […]
My First Love…
By Sherry Gordon-Harris, Health Alliance My 3-year-old niece, Haddariah Rose, loves the Minnie Mouse talking doll and play costume I got her for her birthday. She holds it, talks to it, tries to feed it, and makes sure her Minnie Mouse doll gets her naps too. She gives love to this doll in the purest […]
Music to Pluck Your Heartstrings
By Alexander Germanis Going back thousands of years, the heart has been directly linked to emotion. Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and other philosophers believed our feelings indeed originated from that vital muscular organ. This was such a popular belief for such a long time the term “heartstring” was only first used in a non-anatomical sense in […]
Nearsightedness—A Growing Epidemic
Submitted by Vision Point Eye Center If a global pandemic wasn’t enough, there is another world-wide health concern that has been growing for many years and is now considered an epidemic affecting vision. Since 1971, the incidence of nearsightedness or myopia in the U.S. nearly doubled, to 42 percent. In Asia, up to 90 percent […]
Bad Breath
By Emil Verban, Jr., DDS, McLean County Dental Have you ever wondered if you have bad breath? Since we can’t usually smell our own breath, it is quite possible to have bad breath, also known as halitosis, and not know it. Fortunately, this condition is very easy to prevent and treat once the cause is […]
Bad Breath
By Emil Verban, Jr., DDS, McLean County Dental Have you ever wondered if you have bad breath? Since we can’t usually smell our own breath, it is quite possible to have bad breath, also known as halitosis, and not know it. Fortunately, this condition is very easy to prevent and treat once the cause is […]
Is Your Food Wearing a Mask?
Submitted by Mary Kay Holloway RDN, Oncology Dietitian at Carle Cancer Institute Food today is filled with so many additives, sugars, sodium, and trans fats it can be difficult to determine what we are eating. And these ingredients are often disguised by different names. Therefore, it is extremely important to read the food labels and […]
Is Your Food Wearing a Mask?
Submitted by Mary Kay Holloway RDN, Oncology Dietitian at Carle Cancer Institute Food today is filled with so many additives, sugars, sodium, and trans fats it can be difficult to determine what we are eating. And these ingredients are often disguised by different names. Therefore, it is extremely important to read the food labels and […]
Finding the Silver Lining
By Alexander Germanis Nearly 400 years ago, English poet John Milton introduced the phrase “silver lining” into the lexicon of the Western world. It has since become used in one of the most common expressions of the modern age: Every cloud has a silver lining. Admittedly, this notion that every negative situation can have some […]
Avoid the ‘Quarantine 15’—Build a Routine for Family Snacks, Meals, Activity
By Melissa Erickson Stuck at home in isolation even the youngest Americans are at risk of packing on the “quarantine 15,” a pandemic weight gain that experts worry may have long term effects on children. Nearly 20 percent of children in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]