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Keeping You and Your Pet Healthy
Maybe chasing your new puppy around the house or yard will make your heart and walking your dog is definitely good exercise. Your adorable cat may help soothe that savage...
Stress Can Add Up: Know How to Cope
While money and work have consistently topped the American Psychological Association’s annual Stress in America™ survey over its more than 10-year history, last year a new...
How To Make Your Own App
Do you have an idea that would make for a great smartphone app? There are now apps designed to help you make an app. You don’t need programming skills, just use the simple...
Tips For Lowering Blood Pressure
After age 50, the systolic (top) number in blood pressure readings tends to creep up. The following are tips to help keep your blood pressure in the normal range and reduce...
Flu Season Strategies
In the winter of 2017, about 80,000 Americans died of the flu and related complications, while the number of people hospitalized neared 1 million, according to the U.S....
Protect Yourself from Scams, Hacks and Breaches
According to a telecommunications study of 50 billion telephone calls over an 18-month period, nearly four percent of calls in 2017 were fraudulent. In 2018, that number...
Anticipating Women’s Retirement Expenses
While couples tend to work on their retirement plans together, it’s a good idea to stress-test the plan by imagining that the wife might outlive the husband. What would her...
Retirement Plan Options for Small-Business Owners
Many doctors, lawyers, business owners and self-proprietors miss out on the advantages of a larger employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. Often touted as one the best means for...
Tips for a Market Correction
A market correction is defined as a 10 percent decline from the previous 52-week high and is generally considered a normal part of the market life cycle. At least one market...
Brain Drain: We’re Not Wired to Save
New research out of Cornell University has determined that, over time, our brains are wired more to earn money than to save it. In other words, when given a choice, our...
Use Technology to Help Build Savings
One way to proactively deploy saving habits is to utilize technology when appropriate, and eliminate it when not. Technology can be a double-edged sword in that some uses...
How to Lower Utility Bills in the Winter
Lower Utility Bills This Winter There is some debate over whether you should turn off the thermostat when you’re not home, or keep the house heated so that it doesn’t take...
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