Tips for Winter Wellness

When cold winds blow, it’s essential to take extra steps to protect your health. There are a number of techniques that can help keep your immunity high and your body in good condition to support wellness all season long so that you can enjoy the chillier months. There’s no magic formula for feeling your...

7 Tips for Summer Gardening Success

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – When temperatures peak and the summer sun shines for long hours throughout the day, it can put a burden on your garden and the plants growing in it. Some steps may be easier to take than others, but there are ways to keep your greenery thriving even in relentlessly...

Get Moving Fort Bend

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING –  Shape Up Fort Bend, a 100 percent volunteer non-profit organization, believes that Fort Bend County can commit to tackling preventive health issues with various countywide, fun challenges. Shape Up Fort Bend’s purpose is to promote a healthy lifestyle in Fort Bend...

Resolve to Get Healthier

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – Diets Don’t Work. According to the Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year, and weight-related resolutions top the list. Unfortunately, only about eight percent achieve any type of resolution, weight-related or...

Make 2015 Your Year to Improve Financial Fitness

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – Lose weight, quit smoking, find a new job and get out of debt. Does this sound familiar? Millions of Americans will resolve to change their lives in the new year, but few will stick with their goals. In fact, a recent survey by the National Endowment for Financial Education...

Healthy School Lunch and Snack Solutions

As parents prepare for yet another back to school season, they will scurry to malls in search of new clothes for their ever-growing child along with a litany of school supplies too numerous to name. But, let’s not forget healthy school lunches and after school snacks as we plan ahead for the upcoming...

Grandparents and Fitness

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING By Donovan Greer – In today’s society, Americans age 50 and older are beginning to see longer life expectancies. An increasing number of adults over the age of 50 are competing in triathlons, rodeos, MS 150 events and marathons. Fifty has become the new 35, and it’s...

Drop Belly Fat to Drop Cancer Risks

Having trouble zipping up a pair of once baggy pants isn’t just a sign to buy a bigger pair. It also may mean that one needs to pay closer attention to his or her overall health. An expanding waistline can increase chances for certain cancers, including colorectal, pancreatic, breast (after menopause) and...

Bacteria and Cancer: Feeding Your Microbiome

How does what people eat affect their chances of getting cancer? Some new answers may be hidden in the millions of bacteria that live in one’s gut. These bacteria make up the gut microbiome – the largest collection of bacteria in the body. It starts forming when people are born, then grows and...

Taylor Nance: Battling Skin Cancer and Winning

For Taylor Nance, skin cancer awareness means more than a designation for the month of May. This Sugar Land resident and junior at Austin High School has been through more than most high schoolers can claim. In the past three years, she was diagnosed with skin cancer, underwent surgery and chemotherapy,...

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