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Preserving Produce To Perfection One of the best rewards of gardening is the bounty of fresh vegetables that you can use to create salads and sauces soon after the goodies are harvested. But what’s a great gardener to do when there is too much of a good thing? Tomatoes, herbs, peppers, carrots, potatoes and fruit … Read more
Comfort isn’t a word that usually comes to mind when thinking about a visit to the dentist. A study published by the National Institutes of Health found that dental anxiety affects an estimated 36% of people in the United States, with 12% of those suffering from extreme dental fear. For many, dental anxiety means delayed … Read more
During the recent pandemic, many families revisited the idea of home-cooked meals together around the family dinner table. More family members were home, and life seemed to slow down somewhat. Unfortunately, the lure of fast-food establishments and readily available pre-packaged, ultra-processed convenience foods easily overrode those good intentions as soon as hectic lifestyles resumed. According … Read more
Although his official position is security/customer service with Prisma Health in Greenville, Harold Moore spends seven to eight hours every day in front of a computer screen summarizing reports, creating spreadsheets and bar graphs for internal use and submitting daily work orders. And every day he wonders when he is going to need new glasses. … Read more
When Janelle Mitchell enters the room of one of her adolescent patients who was recently diagnosed with cancer, she doesn’t bring a stethoscope or bandages. Instead, she might be carrying a guitar or the lyrics to the patient’s favorite song. Mitchell is a music therapist at Prisma Health. “Music therapy is not just playing or … Read more
The next time your pet has a medical emergency, you might wonder if your efforts to get it to a 24-hour vet reaches a dead end – or requires some unexpected extra work. The number of veterinarians is at an all-time low – and if it doesn’t shows signs of recovery in the next few … Read more