Looking up: Great adventure as close as the sky
It is ever amazing to this writer how one needs to make great plans and spend large sums to reach the far ends of the world, and even a trip, say to Florida, takes no small change and requires some...
View ArticleKent Bush: Do what you love and love what you do
Saturday was a beautiful day for baseball.I miss the dusty sunburns on my skin after a long day at a baseball field coaching my nephew and a dozen of his friends as we took on the world.Having two sons...
View ArticleYour next apartment could come with a 'smart lock' installed
We’re used to buying smart home devices for our own personal use, but this new kind of smart lock won’t be available to individual consumers. Instead, Latch is making its first smart door lock...
View ArticleNew EATEL TV show features Ascension students
Hundreds of children in Ascension Parish are growing gardens at their schools and a new TV show called "Greauxing Gardens" is tracking their progress. Greauxing Gardens will air on EATEL,...
View ArticleDMS students earns top award
Dutchtown Middle School is now home to the 2016 Louisiana Middle School Student of the Year - Hiba Hasan. The annual awards ceremony was held at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge. The...
View Article14 of the most affordable places for Americans to retire outside the US
For many nearing or in retirement, cost of living is often a top concern. With that in mind, here are some of the cheapest and most appealing international retirement locales, spanning the globe.
View ArticlePeople are spreading dangerous lies about an invention that prevents millions...
They will say that doctors won’t admit there are any side effects to vaccines. But the side effects are well known, and except in very rare cases quite mild.
View ArticleSuicide rates spike in adolescent girls, women
Suicide is on the rise in America, and two groups in particular show a troubling spike: adolescent girls and middle-aged whites. Overall, suicide rates are the highest they've been in three decades.
View ArticleDr. Elaine Heffner: Feelings are not always clear to children
Do you ever feel on Monday morning that it would be nicer to go back to sleep than go back to work? How about facing reality after a vacation? As grown-ups those feelings are familiar, and most of the...
View ArticleDr. June: Don’t compromise your values for a relationship
Dear Dr. June: My boyfriend and I were fighting because I want to wait to have sex and he doesn't. We ended up breaking up over it. Then around my birthday, he took me out and we got back together...
View ArticleLost in Suburbia: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Super Mom
"Hey, Honey," shouted my husband from the bedroom. "Have you seen my shoes?""Yes," I shouted back. "They're under the dining room table." A moment later he appeared in the kitchen, shoes in hand."How...
View ArticleThe Mom Stop: Bathroom debate is long overdue
I find myself, more often than not recently, spending a fair amount of time standing outside the public restrooms at our local county athletic complex.Sometimes I'll browse social media on my phone or...
View Article3 cheap whiskey recipes that taste expensive
Whiskey-lovers, brace yourselves! There's an impending shortage of the single malt spirit, and prices are soaring, but don't pop your cork because we've got three recipes to get investment grade...
View ArticleConsumer Reports: Tips for finding a good primary care doctor [video]
Many health insurance plans require you to designate a primary care physician. But, choosing Doctor Right is daunting.
View ArticleRotary Club of Gonzales hosts Annual Food Fest
For the past 19 years, the signature fundraising event for the members of the Rotary Club of Gonzales have been its annual Food Fest. This year’s event at the Gonzales Civic Center was held on...
View ArticleBusiness presentation to be held
Courtland M. Chaney, PhD, SPHR is hosting Understanding & Managing Organizational Culture presentation at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Sr. Linda Conference Room, on April 28 at 8 a.m. Attendees will...
View ArticleYou probably shouldn't have this detergent in the house if you have kids [video]
Compared to other types of laundry and dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent in packets is involved in more serious exposures for young kids, according to a new study.
View ArticleWhat the author of 'Eat Fat, Get Thin' eats — and avoids — every day
Dr. Mark Hyman, director of the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine, thinks we never should have told people to stop eating fat. Here's a look at some of the high-fat staples Hyman...
View ArticleThese 15 features sell homes the fastest and at the best price
It turns out homebuyers are really into barn doors. When Zillow looked at design features that sell homes at the best price and with the shortest listing time, that feature topped the list.
View ArticleStudy finds mere 2.7 percent of U.S. adults meet criteria for 'healthy...
American portion sizes, our couch-potato ways and our waistlines are the punchlines of jokes around the world. But how bad are we really? Out here on the East Coast, in an urban area full of lots of...
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