Health and Beauty

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The buzz on mosquito prevention

Spring showers may bring lovely flowers, but they also encourage the proliferation of some unwanted summer guests—mosquitoes. These irksome insects plague our barbecues, picnics, hikes, and other outings, and even invade homes to feed on inhabitants.

Self-advocacy: speaking up for our own mental wellness

Admitting to ourselves when we are struggling with our mental health is challenging. And even once we can admit to ourselves that there is a problem, it takes even more courage to go to a medical professional and disclose the struggles we have been facing.
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EATING WELL

JUNE IS ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS MONTH. With 6.9 million older Americans living with Alzheimer’s dementia, you’d be hard pressed to find a family that does not have a loved one affected by the disease.
Look as young as you feel

Look as young as you feel

LOOK AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL!

What does the skin on your face, neck, chest, and hands reveal about you? Will the fine lines, brown spots (age spots), large veins on the hands, and sagging jowls and neck portray you as tired, withered, and older than you look or feel?
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Sleep tourism

“IT WAS FUN. NOW I NEED an ‘after- vacation vacation’ to relax!” Who has not felt this after going on a fun but physically draining vacation that involved long flights, jet lag, extensive sight-seeing, disruption in normal sleep patterns, and sleeping in an unfamiliar bed and environment?