Category: Features

2 Your Health: The Medical Mismanagement of Back Pain – The Real Story behind the Serious Mistakes Doctors are making in Daily Practice.

Dr. Craig W. Brue

Editor’s Note: “2 Your Health” is a new column in the SaddleBrooke Progress dedicated to health issues. Each month different doctors and or medical associations, from varying specialties, will be writing on issues of importance. Articles are based on experiences and independent research conducted by the doctors or medical associations. We encourage anyone considering changing…

Artist of the Month: Mick Desmarais’

Mick Desmarais’ painting Untitled; photo by J. Cohen

Jacqueline Cohen Sometimes you enter a home and are awestruck by its décor, detail and artwork. And you know the person who lives there not only has an eye for beauty, but knows how to create it. Mick Desmarais is such a person. You can see it in the furniture he has built, the cabinetry…

Aspartame on a rampage

Susan Dawson-Cook Foods sweetened with aspartame and sucralose seem to be an ideal solution for minimizing sugar and caloric intake. The sad truth is both are harmful chemicals that wreak havoc on your system. Even people who routinely avoid artificial sweeteners should beware of where these insidious ingredients lurk. Most know they are constituents of…

Cats and dogs in need, free to a loving home

These beautiful Tuxedo boys are declawed, four years old and in perfect health. They are litter mates and need to stay together. They are easy going, litter box trained, good with dogs and kids. This is owner surrender. They must be indoor only cats. Cats can live for 20 plus years so please include them…