Archive for April, 2017

  • Oral Health: It’s More Than Healthy Teeth Oral Health: It’s More Than Healthy Teeth

    By Carole Ferch, RDH I-Smile Silver Coordinator Scott County Health Department What does oral health mean to you?  Is it a mouth free of pain or fresh breath?  Could it be dentures that fit properly or the ability to chew your favorite foods? While strong, healthy teeth are important, oral hea...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Jessie Thomson GolderCare Solutions How to be the Best Advocate for your Loved One in the Nursing Home There are not enough words for the emotions that come with placing a loved one in a nursing home facility. Amongst a myriad of other things you may think, now what? What should I be doing? ...

  • Year-round  Income Tax Continues Year-round Income Tax Continues

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor April 15th – this year April 18th - is behind us once again! Federal income tax filing is over for another year! We think! But one of the greatest risks to our retirement income is the taxation risk. We often co...

  • Can I Save My Breast? Can I Save My Breast?

    By Joseph L. Lohmuller, MD, MS, FACS Breast Surgeon, Kenneth H. McKay, MD Center for Breast Health Staff Surgeon, Davenport Surgical Group, PC Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Recently, I was caring for a patient at the Kenneth H. McKay, MD Ce...

  • Mom and Sam I Am Mom and Sam I Am

    By Mary Huebbe Marketing Director Ridgecrest Village A few months ago I saw the front cover of a magazine, and it brought back so many memories. It was “The Cat in The Hat”; all I could do was smile at the memory of my Mom reading these stories to me, as well as me reading them to my children...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    By Eloise Graham Privacy in the Good Old Days The other day I was paying for a service online. I was adding more minutes to my trakfone from my trakfone. Well, I got all of the information typed in; my name, phone number, my user ID, my password, amount of time I wanted added, the credit card info...

  • May – A Month for  Making Memories May – A Month for Making Memories

    By Eloise Graham  There are many memorable days and activities attributed to May. Let’s start with May Day – a celebration with dancing around a flagpole donned with streamers and flowers. How appropriate that it is celebrated on May 1st each year. Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is a time to...