Don’t take your dog off leash near frozen or semi-frozen water. Pets are lost every winter to icy lakes because rescue crews typically can’t get there in time to save them from hypothermia or drowning.
Simple Steps Eat 12–15mg of zinc daily to prevent stinky feet. Have your feet measured. The majority of women wear shoes that are too small. Limit your everyday shoe collection to those with support—from arch-friendly flip flops to over-the-counter orthotic…
Simple Steps Stop straining. If toe touches and sit-ups cause even slight pain, switch to crunches and coached weight lifting. Change your mattress every five to seven years. Use the floor or plywood to support a sagging mattress until you…
Simple Steps Avoid razor bumps by taking a hot shower before shaving with the grain and not stretching skin. Rinse with cold water and moisturize afterward. Avoid moisturizers with paraben, alcohol or mineral oil. Look instead for humectants such as…
Simple Steps Bring your own tools to the nail salon. Adolescent girls are seeing increased numbers of fungal infections from improperly sterilized instruments at salon parties. Don’t let nail technicians push back cuticles, which can create an entry for fungus.…
Simple Steps Cocoa butter hasn’t proven effective at stretch mark reduction, but Vitamin E, panthenol, hyaluronic acid, elastin and menthol can aid in the prevention of stretch marks in muscly athletes and pregnant women. Be diligent and patient with ointments…
What Is Open Enrollment? For those of you who are new, open enrollment is a policy that allows parents to transfer their students from one public school to another. How does it work? Parents and students who want to attend…
A majority of Colorado’s open enrollment students transfer from school districts with high test scores to districts with even higher scores, according to a recent study printed in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.