In our society, food is often more than something we eat to stay alive. Aside from nourishing us, eating can be a social or solo activity, it can be celebratory or restorative. Dining out with others can make memories, and tasting certain foods or smelling their aroma can bring back memories of times long past. […]
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The words we use and how we say them can be very powerful. We’ve all heard that saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” but is that really true? Words can wound people and words can heal them. They can build up self-esteem, and they can tear it
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If there were ever a list of odd names for diseases, the shingles virus must certainly be on that list. The name of the disease conjures up an image of a person with carefully layered roofing materials growing out of his skin. In actuality, shingles, also known as the herpes zoster virus, is a very
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