Blueberries have superpowers,” says Vilma Andari, M.S., nutritionist and founder of NutraHealthFood, a health and wellness company in Los Angeles. While this statement may seem radical, Andari is on to something. Recently, Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association published a study reporting that blueberries may cut heart attack risk in…
By: Susan Sugerman, Adolescent Medicine Physician | Contributor From the time our kids are born, we parents work tirelessly to love and protect them, knowing there will come a day when they have to fend for themselves. When that moment comes, we hope that they will love themselves as much…
Even before the economic upheaval of the past decade, few service industries did less to provide actual services to clients than banking. Fees consistently rose, conveniences were regularly eliminated and customer service was unceasingly an afterthought. Consolidation in the banking industry has served to intensify these trends. However, it has…
Long hailed as being able to predict the trends based on word usage alone, Oxford Dictionaries unveils an annual Word of the Year that’s eerily on target (for example, last year’s word was “selfie”). This year’s word? Vape. It means inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette…
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then can a kitchen remodel pump new life intoyours? Absolutely! When Jane Peccarelli, a longtime Plano resident, mother of two and baking aficionado, chose to replace her ovens, she looked for savvy appliances to up her culinary game. “The kitchen really…
The Sandwich generation is a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children. According to the Pew Research Center, just over 1 of every 8 Americans aged 40 to 60 is both raising a child and caring for a parent, in addition to between…
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” -George R. R. Martin My book club meeting is one of the highlights of my month. I look forward to it not only because of my great love for reading, but, because…
Should I get a flu shot? Can ear buds make my kids deaf? Does low vitamin D make you sick? You don’t need to waste another second wondering and worrying. We’ve got the definitive answers right here. Q: Does the flu shot work? A: “The influenza vaccine, a.k.a. the…
There is a chorus of parents and educators who are worried about teenagers possibly being addicted to their texting and social media activities. Many believe that the constant need to be communicating online with their smartphones or other devices is causing teenagers to become anti-social; that they will lose the…