How to know if you're really eating fresh and local? It's a glorious spring weekend and you're off to the farmers market to stock up on a week's [...]

Making healthier meat choices America is a nation of meat eaters. In 2015, beef consumption alone was 24.8 billion pounds. In 2016, the average American consumed 110 pounds [...]

Crone's Cradle Conserve Foundation's mission is to preserve and share the best of nature. There's a peaceful sense of anticipation as you drive into the long, forest-lined drive that [...]

Getting More From Less Keeping an organized, decluttered home is not easy for everyone. Pets, children, personality traits, a shopping addiction, you name it, it can get in [...]

Let's admit it. We live in a world that is increasingly geared toward instant gratification. Yet for all our apps, tweets, tags and posts, some things still require time [...]

How to have constructive arguments with the people in your life. "We need to talk." As much as you might dread hearing those four words, talking is indeed [...]

First Response, Being prepared is half the battle. Your toddler falls at the playground and cuts his leg. A stranger collapses in the grocery store when you're shopping. You're [...]

When you were a kid, did you ever dig for buried treasure in the backyard? If you did, can you remember that expectant, nervous feeling in the pit of [...]

Keith Hill has packed a lot of living into his 52 years. He has the quiet confidence of a man who knows who he is and has figured out [...]

One Small Change Whether you need to eat more vegetables, read more books or quit spreading yourself so thin, it’s time to realize that making one small change in [...]

Physicians find it’s easier to provide quality patient care by joining a group that includes doctors in multiple specialties. Moving from a single-practice situation to a multi-specialty group is a [...]

With encouragement from her parents, Wendy Lavezzi became a registered nurse after high school, but later she realized there was more she wanted to explore. As a child growing up [...]

(Tongue-in-cheek) medical news from top to bottom. Calling Dr. Frankenstein News outlets reported Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero’s plan to perform the world’s first human head transplant in December. His plan, [...]

 Oncologist receives praise for volunteerism and dedication to needy cancer patients served by We Care of Lake County.   When Dr. Borys Mascarenhas was chosen as Physician of the Year, [...]

Two doctors at each end of the age spectrum reap the benefits of maintaining healthy lifestyles. Doctors try to always know what’s best for their patients, but they don’t always [...]