Boost Your Kid’s Math Skills With Free Tutoring (NAPSI)—Students across the country are heading back to in-person learning, after a year or more of remote pandemic learning. As many schools re-open, the demand for extra help in math for students is growing. Supplemental online tutoring is a great option, as many parents struggle to find Read More …
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PETS AND PEOPLE
The Taste Of Fall—You Can Share With Your Dog (NAPSI)—Now is the time for all things pumpkin: From pumpkin spice lattes and candles to pumpkin patches and carving, there’s something pumpkin for everyone—including your four-legged friends. Now you can share your love of pumpkin with your pooch. Just like us, dogs go crazy over the Read More …
POINTERS FOR PARENTS
Easy Tips To Reduce Food Waste In Your Child’s Lunch Box by Jean Buzby (NAPSI)—It’s estimated that a family of four spends, on average, $1,500 a year on food that goes uneaten—but you can help save food and money and improve your kids’ health. As kids go back to school, these six easy tips can Read More …
YOUR YARD
Calling All Backyarders: Fall Is Your Time (NAPSI)—Backyarding, the trend to move many indoor activities outdoors, is now a permanent way of life. During the pandemic, learning to work, entertain, vacation, work out and more right in one’s own backyard, became a necessity—and people are learning it’s often a better way to live. According to Read More …
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
Insulin at 100: How The Discovery Improved Lives (NAPSI)—The discovery of insulin 100 years ago led to many research and clinical advances that have greatly improved strategies used to help people manage diabetes to live longer and healthier lives. Before insulin, physicians treated people with diabetes, a disease that occurs when blood glucose—or blood sugar—is Read More …
DENTAL HEALTH
A Straight Smile Is A Healthy Smile (NAPSI)—Your dental health professional would like you to get something straight: Your smile. A tidy row of straight teeth will not only make your smile look great and boost your confidence, it can help your health in several ways: Less Gum Recession Gum tissue is sensitive to pressure. Read More …
HEALTH NEWS
Increasing Diversity In Cancer Clinical Trials (NAPSI)—There’s good news, bad news and better news about combating cancer in America these days. The good news is there’s been an overall decline in U.S. cancer deaths since 1991. The bad news is not all patients have benefited equally from advances in prevention, early detection and precision medicine. One study Read More …
PET CARE
Managing Pet Anxiety Amid Transitioning Routines by Darris Cooper, CPDT-KA (NAPSI)—As students return to in-person learning and pet parents gradually begin to spend more time outside the house, pets around the country are having to adapt to new daily routines, adjust to more time alone and navigate more frequent social interactions. Pets thrive on predictability, Read More …
CHILDREN’S HEALTH
Dental Sealants Can Cut Kids’ Cavity Risk 80 Percent (NAPSI)—Parents can help their children practically eliminate their chance of getting cavities, often at no cost—yet they don’t. Here’s a closer look at this conundrum: Be Smart About Sealants Beyond daily brushing and flossing, dental sealants have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of cavities Read More …
SCHOOL NEWS & NOTES
Getting The Better Of Bullying (NAPSI)—For many students, learning and school excitement can be stifled by caution and worry about bullying—but it can be alleviated. The Problem Children who are bullied or who bully others may have lasting difficulties. Bullies are more likely to drop out of school, engage in criminal behavior and have difficulty Read More …