September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Childhood cancer research holds hope
Cancer is not a modern disease. Imhotep, a great Egyptian physician, wrote about breast tumors in 2600 BC. Greek historian Herodotus described cancer in…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Hypnosis for physical disorders? Patients say it works
Bad digestion, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis — all painful conditions with one thing in common: They can be treated with…
Turn off and connect
Parenting specialist Laura Markham says an important way to connect with your kids is to disconnect. Markham writes in Psychology that in talking and…
New ways to help treat glaucoma
After a prolonged standstill in glaucoma treatment, a new drug has been released that has been shown to dramatically improve treatment, according to The…
New treatment possibility for pulmonary fibrosis
A popular oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes shows promise in the treatment — and even reversal — of pulmonary fibrosis, according to Pulmonary…
Researchers say depression is not a life sentence
Once depressed, always depressed? Two researchers say, while that might be the message of the mental health discipline, it isn’t really true. Jonathan…
Forget the energy bars, try date bites
Dates are an ancient food prized in many parts of the world for their delicate, sweet flavor and, according to NPR, they have been consumed by humans…
Coffee pick-me-up: What amount is perfect?
Suppose you are a soldier. You’ve gone days without much sleep, but you must stay as sharp as possible because lives could be at risk. That’s just the…
Duck boats: What NTSB says
July’s horrific sinking of a “Ride the Ducks” boat was similar to another tragedy in 1999 in Arkansas. Seventeen people were killed in the accident in…
Best practices during child passenger safety week
Child Passenger safety week is September 23rd-29th this year and serves as an important reminder that hot cars and improper use of car seats are…