Once you become an Alzheimer's caregiver, vast life changes and sacrifices need to be made. Your holiday plans may be disrupted because simple family rituals have taken your Alzheimer's victim out of his or her daily routine. ...more

November 26, 2009

The competition in the Avon Park Middle School Gymnasium is on the line as Dontae Pinckney steps up to the basketball free through line, bounces the ball a couple of times and shoots. ...more

November 10, 2009

The 36th annual Fall Harvest of Art will be presented by the Spring Hill Art League at Florida's newest state park, Weeki Wachee Springs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. ...more

October 9, 2009

Walker Middle School hopes to point children toward healthy choices with a three-part fitness fair Friday. ...more

April 1, 2009

Walker Middle School hopes to point children toward healthy choices with a three-part fitness fair Friday. ...more

April 1, 2009

Hate diets? Skip it and move ahead with healthy habits, says Francie Berg, founder of the Healthy Weight Network and adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. ...more

March 14, 2009

Goals can't be reached with vague plans. Saying "I'll try to get more exercise this year" won't work as well as saying "Monday and Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., I will pull myself out of bed and go for a half-hour walk with my friend Chris before I jump in the shower to get ready for work." ...more

February 28, 2009

The holidays may not seem like the ideal time to start a diet. After all, isn't this the season when platters of cookies litter the office and neighbors invite you over for huge holiday buffets? ...more

December 20, 2008

There is no doubt an expanding waistline is a key predictor of health problems. Visceral fat, which accumulates around the midsection and internal organs, contributes to the risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Evidence also is mounting that visceral fat may contribute to increased risk of stroke and colon and breast cancer. ...more

November 29, 2008

perhaps unfairly - gets a rap for being rife with unhealthy food choices. Yet research shows that the region's native grape may be one of the most nutritious snacks around. The muscadine offers as many, if not more, nutritional benefits as noni, acai, pomegranate and all the other so-called "wonder fruits" people try to wrestle into their diets. ...more

November 15, 2008