THE POWER OF STORYTELLING Each and every day as we are building our businesses, we all know the key to a successful presentation is a product being sold to the end-line consumer and/or sponsoring a new person. In an upcoming issue, I am going to write about the difference between making a sale […]
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Exercise and Hypertension
Exercise and Hypertension It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a […]
Cat Wednesday 2022-08-03 – Training Your Felines
Cat Wednesday 2022-08-03 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have […]
Citing a Mental Health Crisis Among Young People, California Lawmakers Target Social Media
2022-08-02 Citing a Mental Health Crisis Among Young People, California Lawmakers Target Social Media Zinnia Finn Karla Garcia said her son’s social media addiction started in fourth grade, when he got his own computer for virtual learning and logged on to YouTube. Now, two years later, the video-sharing site has replaced both schoolwork […]
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose Certain SSRIs can inhibit the breakdown of opioids in the body. Glasshouse Images/The Image Bank via Getty Images Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a commonly prescribed class […]
Opinion: On the Delicate Topic of Youth Suicide, Journalists Are Faltering
2022-08-02 On the Delicate Topic of Youth Suicide, Journalists Are Faltering by Rebecca Ruiz In April, The New Yorker published a searching feature story about child suicide. It told the story of a 12-year-old boy, describing how he evaded adult supervision and other safeguards to take his own life, and conveying in graphic detail the […]
Losing My Mom
Losing My Mom By Lou Dos Santos This is a very difficult story to tell. To think of the emptiness I feel from no longer having her here with us. You see, today May 8th would have been her birthday. I’ve tried several times to do this and just stared at a blank screen, closed […]