Depression in Children
By Jenn Bovee, LCSW, CRADC, CCHt EMDR Trained According to a study done by the Center for Disease Control, 3.2 percent of children aged 3 to 17 years (approximately 1.9 million) have diagnosed depression. Also according to the CDC, diagnoses of depression and anxiety are more common with increased age. Through the course of my […]
From S.A.D. to S.O.U.L. a Nutrition Revolution
By Dee McCaffrey, Director of Nutrition, Processed-Free America National Nutrition Month® is upon us. This annual campaign held in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics aims to focus the nation’s attention on the importance of making healthy food choices. Are you familiar with the acronym S.A.D.? It’s an abbreviation for Standard American Diet […]
Evergreen Place and Evergreen Village: A Long Heritage Built on Quality Care
By Becky Wiese In today’s ever-changing business climate, where one day a store pops up and the next it’s gone, longevity and a history of quality and service are hard to come by. When a company bucks the trend and not only survives, but thrives, it makes you want to stop and take note: what […]
Robo-Advisors and Mattress Companies
Submitted by Krista McBeath, McBeath Financial Group Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy and the country’s largest mattress chain — with over 3,400 stores nationwide — said that as many as 700 stores will be closed by the end of 2018. With sales of more than $3 billion, Mattress Firm has over $1 billion in liabilities […]
Winter Is the Perfect Time to Treat Varicose and Spider Veins
Submitted by Drs. Bohn, Nielsen, Castillo, Wright, and Ward, The Vein Specialists, LLC It is winter, the weather is cold and blustery, and we are wearing long pants or tights that cover our legs. If you are already looking forward to summer sun, bathing suits, shorts, and short skirts, now is the perfect time to […]
Attention Denture Wearers Your Jawbones Are Melting Part I
By Jeffrey Jones, DDS Amazingly, the worst thing about dentures is something that most Americans are not even aware of, let alone understand. It’s actually quite simple. It’s also quite obvious and can be easily proven. What is it? It’s the fact that everyone who has lost all their teeth is melting! Well, their jawbones […]
Start Your Engines!
By Karen Tucker Central Illinois is usually cold in January. We used to have a big, black Chevy Suburban that we didn’t use very often, so it “lived” in the driveway. Guess what? When we finally did need to use it, it wouldn’t start up right away. It had been sitting unused in the cold […]
Nilla’s Tub Gives Pet Owners Food for Thought
By Amy Kennard We’re all a little guilty of running through the drive-thru. French fries. Burgers. Breakfast sandwiches. Fast food is, well, fast. It’s convenient, cheap, and tasty. We don’t eat it for every meal, though, because it’s just not good for us. If we ate fast food every day for years on end, we’d […]
Falls: More Serious Than You Think
Submitted by Elizabeth Madlem, APN, The Bone Health Clinic at Millennium Pain Center A simple thing can change your life — like tripping on a rug or slipping on a wet floor. If you fall, you could easily break a bone, like thousands of older men and women do each year. A broken bone might […]
Work Out Smarter, Not Harder: Personal Prescriptions for Exercise Part 1
By Alexander Germanis Thousands of years ago, mankind hit upon what would later be defined as the simple machines. The first of these — the lever, pulley, and screw — were perhaps our species’ first successes at figuring out how to multiply force without exerting reciprocal force. In short, we had figured out how to […]