Home and Family Resources
- Home & Family
- December 15, 2010
What are you doing NOW that’s
Good for Your Own Well-Being?
What are you doing to Make a Positive
DIFFERENCE in the lives of others?
Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar
- Home
- Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar
Rain Garden Helps Spruce Up Suffolk County Parking Lot0
- Green Initiatives
- August 3, 2012
Funded mostly by the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, a Riverhead office building recently added a rain garden, the first one on Long Island, to its parking lot. The garden soaks up rain — as much as 3 inches of it — to help stop the flooding that used to happen. Now
READ MORERadiation Worries for Children in Dentists’ Chairs0
- Medical News
- December 7, 2010
Cone-beam technology, a common technology for dental x-rays, has been found by several studies to emit harmful levels of radiation for children. New York Times, 11/22/10
READ MORERadiation may up breast cancer risk in some women0
- Medical News
- September 8, 2012
A study by leading European cancer agencies- published Thursday in the journal BMJ– suggests that mammograms aimed at finding breast cancer might actually raise the chances of developing it in young women whose genes put them at higher risk for the disease. The radiation from mammograms might be especially harmful to them, so an MRI
READ MOREQuestions for Better Care0
- Health & Healing
- September 21, 2011
More informed patients may be a key to improving health care, reducing medical errors, and increasing the rate of early detection. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is launching a new campaign to encourage patients to ask more questions as a way to make the most of the time they have with their doctors.
READ MOREQuestions About Organic Produce and Sustainability0
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 31, 2011
Amidst explosive growth in the commercial cultivation of organic produce, concerns are being raised as to the sustainability of organic agriculture. Plus, as more Americans buy foods labeled organic, the products are moving away from a traditional emphasis on local growing, small farms, and limited environmental strain. These products are therefore increasingly removed from the
READ MOREPut a Stop to ‘Do I Look Fat?’0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 24, 2013
When one partner is overweight, resolving conflict in the relationship takes two. In this article, married couple Betsy and Jarom Schow discuss their personal struggles with weight and marriage. The Wall Street Journal, 1/21/2013
READ MORE