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On Nutrition: Reduced Fat… What Does it Really Mean?

This is the first in a series of short articles intended to help you better understand your nutrition options.
By Donna Paquette
Today it seems we need to have a degree in nutrition in order to decode the content of a product. Does anyone control what’s placed on a label? Who decides the difference between whole and [...]

Hearing loss and hearing aid primer

If you’re in the age group that is just now beginning to regret listening to those loud rock concerts of your youth, you’re in good company. About one in six boomers have a hearing loss according to the Better Hearing Institute, a non-profit educational group financed by the hearing aid industry. The AARP reports that [...]

Scrabble as service

I suspect that for the vast majority of Americans, we all talk a good game about civic service but as the saying goes, we don’t “walk the walk” as often as we could. This is a story about one person’s experience at helping.
My wife and I have a 21 year old son in the house [...]

Healthcare reform- it’s about information and choices, stupid!

Two interesting articles caught my attention this week and I hope you’ll take the time to read them too. What’s the Right Decision appearing in the Fall edition of Cure magazine and written by Jeffrey Belora, director of Decision Services at University of California, San Francisco Breast Care Center and then in the 12/22 BusinessWeek [...]