Archive for May, 2017
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Adult/Elder Rights Program
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging Each year, an average of 2.2 million older Americans face injury, exploitation, or other mistreatment in the form of financial, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect per the National Center on Elder Abuse, Bu...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Ellen Verlo, M.A., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Hearing Loss and Emotions You finally did it! You got a hearing test. You have permanent hearing loss. Your family has been nagging you for a while that you don’t hear well. “Get a hearing aid,” they say. YOU feel you can hear ok...
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What Are Probiotics, and What Do they Do?
By Chrissy Watters MS, RDN, LDN Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (309) 793-0684 cwatters@hy-vee.com Fifty percent of Americans are estimated to suffer from mild digestive discomfort. Chances are if you are one of them, you have had heard about probiotics. Probiotics have been shown to help a number o...
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What Do You Call a Sleeping Bull?
The school bus was abuzz with anticipation for the day’s field trip. The second graders eagerly peered out the windows as the bus turned into the lane of Cinnamon Ridge Farms. A chorus of “Old John Maxwell had a farm” concluded as the bus came to a stop in front of the new blue and white bar...
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Meet Rita Vargas, Honorary Survivor Chair for Race for the Cure
By Christina McNamara-Schmidt Komen Quad Cities/Marketing and Fundraising Specialist Rita Vargas knows the statistic: one out of every eight women will get breast cancer over a lifetime. “I told my girlfriends and my sister that I would rather it be me than them. I knew I’d be OK,” said Var...
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Yard & Garden: Caring for Newly Planted Trees
By Richard Jauron Iowa State University Extension Iowa has millions of trees across its landscape, and many are planted each year. But when they are, they require multiple steps and focused care to ensure their success and growth. ISU Extension and Outreach horticulturists can help answer your qu...
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What is the Most Annoying Sound to You?
By Dr. Molly Parker, Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiolology, P.C. What is the most annoying sound to you?? Many sounds are created to be annoying, but not so alarming that you freeze up. For example your cell phone has many kinds of alerting signals to get your attention. Other alerting signals ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Kari Smith The Best Part of New York Most people who love to travel, would say that New York City is the best part of the state of New York. I would beg to differ. Last summer we drove the 700+ miles to the state of New York to see my favorite part of New York, Niagara Falls. It was not my f...
