Category: Features

Diet strategy for a healthy heart

  Nancy Teeter, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Medical research has determined that chronic inflammation may be responsible for many diseases and poor health conditions associated with aging—especially heart disease. But what is inflammation? It’s your body’s response to infection or injury. This immune response is vital to life. When the inflammation is visible and lasts a…

2 Your Health: The facts you need to know about chiropractic

  Dr. Craig Brue Are you experiencing recurring back or neck pain? Many people are somewhat confused about when they should seek chiropractic treatment. This article will help you understand that a visit to a chiropractor may be the best treatment option to overcome spine pain. Chiropractic physicians are real doctors. Chiropractors have to pass…

How does Your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell Gardening inside is probably a good idea for this time of the year. Soon the outdoors will be more accepting of our efforts, but for the time being, why not consider some easy-to-grow and hard-to-kill house plants. Recent studies even show that indoor plants do have an impact on your health, see here…

Artist of The Month

LaVerne Kyriss Tony DiGiorgio spent 50 years as an educator, including 24 years as university president at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. During most of his career, he never spent much time in the arts. When he ended up as family photographer, he bought a digital camera in the ‘90s and figured out how…

Beginning Tai Chi Class

  Carol Emerson We are very happy to announce the addition of a weekday beginning Tai Chi class to the schedule. The class will be on Tuesdays from 9:05-10:05 a.m. Hope you can come. Tai Chi has always been a key component of Chinese health and fitness practices. With its gentle movements and meditative aspects,…

STEM students publish book

Sidonia St.Germaine Did it really happen or was it all a dream? The answer comes at the end of this delightful story written by four students from Mammoth Elementary STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) School and their science tutor, Steve Rumsey from SaddleBrooke’s Unit 43. The story tells of grade school kids’ adventures in…