Today, I’m going to tell you a little secret: we all get old! I’m sure you’re thinking, “Hey, I already knew that,” but really let it sink in. After all, we all like to think that we’re not going to go completely gray or start forgetting where the car keys are until sometime in the […]
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As if we didn’t have enough contend with, here comes the dreaded spring allergies. No one likes sneezing, coughing and red, itchy eyes–myself included–but there are steps you can take to combat allergies beyond buying your annual tissue stock. Get your pollen exposure down Pesky pollen is what is causing you to sneeze all over
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As Mark Twain once said, quitting smoking is easy–he’d done it hundreds of times! Many people quit smoking for days, months or even years, but then the urge comes roaring back. It’s not an easy thing to do, but it is necessary if you want to keep yourself as healthy as possible. Smoking has been
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Digital addiction is real, my friends. In this age, we’ve all flirted with it or have a case of it ourselves. It’s also evident just about everywhere you go–people are just staring at their laptop, phone, tablet, you name it! While tech has made it far easier to connect globally, it does come at a
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I prefer to view gray hair as a sign of wisdom, but I also know it’s a dreaded sign of aging for a lot of you out there! But, did you know that gray hair can happen to younger people, too? Stress, use of nicotine, some vitamin deficiencies, plain old genetics and medical conditions such
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Your body, folks, is a pretty complex ecosystem, with over 100 trillion microbes that need balance for the best state of health. The entire system of protozoa, viruses, fungi and bacteria that lives in your body even has its own term, the “human microbiome.” While the idea of bacteria and viruses tends to bring images
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Depression is very common these days, folks, more so than you may even think. The World Health Organization says over 264 million people worldwide are affected, and that this condition is also the top cause of disability around the world (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression). But it gets even worse when you consider that while depression is treatable, many
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I’d like to think I’m frozen in time, back to a day where no bones ever cracked and my back is free of pain, but that’s just not reality, folks. And, if I may say so, I’m willing to bet you’re in a similar boat. Back pain is just about everywhere and ranks among the
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It’s a sad fact of life: our hearing goes as we age. But that’s not the only time, not anymore. Noise pollution can also damage your hearing, and it comes from all angles–the busy downtown section your office building is in, your headphones as you work out and any live music event. In reality, close
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Diabetes, folks, is so common today that if you aren’t at risk or living with it, you know someone who is. Back in the late 50s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believed just under 1 percent of the people in the US had this condition. Flash forward to 2015, for example, and that
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