Submitted by Kay Helbling As a matter of course, I don’t like Chick Flicks. Give me a good old fashioned spy thriller any day. Actually, just watching the promos for those sappy, sleepy, shallow features can turn my stomach. Yet, if truth be told, and it will be here, I […]

By Erika Weisensee When it comes to the well being of Oregon children, there is a lot of work to do, according to a new study by Children First for Oregon. Oregon has earned a “D” for the second year in a row on the agency’s 2008 Report Card. The […]

Your Personal Trainer, Olivia Rossi, RN, MSN, ACSM No doubt you’ve heard the admonition to avoid between meal snacks but avoiding snacks can do more harm than good when it comes to healthy weights.  Snacking is a way to maintain weight, lose weight and even help to keep from gaining […]