St. Patrick’s Day: From local to global in 400 years
Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, and that means everyone — worldwide. Somehow a local celebration of a revered holy man became a global…
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.
Beet juice: drink up!
Beet juice really does have some health benefits. A 2015 study in the journal Hypertension reported that one cup of beet juice daily lowers blood…
Wellness retreats
A spa and infrared sauna in Bali? Tai-chi, meditation and yoga in Portugal? Whatever takes your fancy, in 2017, there is probably a wellness retreat that…
Staying Well: The balanced workout
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Managing type 2 diabetes through lifestyle changes
Changes in lifestyle can help manage type 2 diabetes, while lifting overall health and energy. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition; the body…
Risk factors for developing diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition where the body becomes ineffective at removing sugar (glucose) from the blood stream. About 95 percent cases of diabetes…
The worrying rise of type 2 diabetes in children
Type 2 diabetes, mostly a lifestyle disease, is increasingly being diagnosed in children. In the first decade of this century, the number of children in…
Steak salad makes transition from winter to spring
The old saying to the contrary, it never seems to matter how March begins, it will be unpleasant most of the time anyway. This delightful steak salad…
One disturbing result of legalized cannabis
In states that have legalized cannabis, the use of the drug has become commonplace in households. But in households with children, a troubling new problem…
New report shows useful, troubling, effects of cannabis
A new report cautions that cannabis can cause breathing problems and depression, while the drug does have some useful effects. The National Academies of…