Archive for February, 2012
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Blepharitis: That Little Itch May Be Telling You Something
By William Benevento, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates On my very first day as a resident in ophthalmology, I took care of a patient with blepharitis. One month later, I had lost count of how many people I had seen with the very same disease. Blepharitis is a very common and treatable disease of the...
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Estate Planning as a Team Sport
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Jan and Don were life-long athletes. During high school, both played several team sports, and they continued to feed this passion with church and community teams as they aged. In addition, when their children were younger, they took turns serving as coach, ...
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Choices in Senior Living
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Seniors today are fortunate that there are so many choices in senior housing today. The choices for senior housing have changed significantly over the years. Back in the 1990s, seniors had basically two choices; either live at home or move...
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Libraries Lend eBooks, too!
Information from Rock Island Public Library With all the news about eBooks, many wonder how digital reading affects libraries. The truth is that libraries are a part of the digital world, offering downloadable books to patrons as an additional choice. eBooks and audio titles join the many great ...
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Ask the Audiologist
Information fromAudiology Consultants, P.C. Hearing Aids: Do you buy them online or do you buy them from a local Audiologist? How do you decide? It is becoming more and more common to check the internet for better deals on products these days, but is it really a better deal for all products? ...
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10,000 new retirees each day – What does that mean to Quad-Cities senior home buyers?
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes It’s hard to scan a newspaper or magazine these days without reading about the population trend relating to the growth of the over 60 senior segment. Locally, we see that with the increase in local trade shows and related programs that focus on the needs of the ...
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Grandma and Grandpa Wisdom
We played King of the Hill on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites. If we got hurt, mom pulled out the 48-cent bottle of Mercurochrome, and then we got our butt spanked because we were supposed to stay in the yard. Now for our grandchildren, it’s a trip to the emergency room fo...
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In Honor of Presidents’ Day
PUBLISHER’S CORNER By Eloise Graham With all of the hoopla of the caucus and the pundits telling me what I heard from the debates, I decided to do a little research on our past Presidents. After all, we do have a national holiday set aside to honor them this month. Here are some facts and tri...
