April 30, 2026

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The Kid’s Doctor: Vitamin D could help adolescents avoid stress fractures

Rina Risper04 mins

As participation in organized sports and 
single sports year round has increased, so have overuse injuries.

 
By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
  I take care of a lot of adolescent girls, including many who are involved in competitive sports. As participation in organized sports and single sports year round has increased, so have overuse injuries.

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Retire Smart: Lessons from Sandy

Rina Risper08 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
 As the East Coast recovers and rebuilds after Superstorm Sandy, it is important to heed some hard lessons. The most important of which is clear: if you’re in the path of such a storm, you need to follow official warnings and evacuation instructions. 

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The NHRA has long been one of the most diverse series in motorsports.

Rina Risper08 mins

Antron Brown:still burning rubber in NHRA Top Fuel Drag Racing! His love for speed started with his father and uncle through his 
grandfather

 
By Harry M. Anderson, Jr.
 
Since his mother pushed him around the pit area in a baby carriage when his father Albert and Uncle Andre were drag racing bikes at the local New Jersey drag strips, Antron Brown had a deep love for oil, gas, rubber and car parts

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Brown Makes Racing History: First African American NHRA Champion

Rina Risper09 mins

POMONA, CA — The next time Brown walks into the impressive collection of  National Hot Rod Association  (NHRA) drag racing history, he, too, will be part of the sport’s 61-year history as the first African-American to own a major American auto racing season championship.

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Indian American Talent Flourishes on Fall TV

Rina Risper011 mins

 Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office, as well as developing and starring in The Mindy Project. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show’s episodes. FOX’s “The Mindy Project,” airing Tuesdays at 9:30. 

Photo by Autumn De Wilde/FOX

 

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Healthy Living: STRAWBERRIES AND FROZEN YOGURT TRIFLE

Rina Risper03 mins

Living with diabetes does not mean you have to miss out on all the delicious food during the holidays or special occasions. 
 
I have gathered several of my favorite recipes that are all diabetic-friendly and full of flavor so that you and your entire family will enjoy them!!  
 
We all need to eat healthier, so why not start here.  You don’t have to be a Top Chef to make these simple dishes. Grab your pots and pans and let’s go!!

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Movie Review: Flight

Rina Risper06 mins

Denzel Washington is a pilot in the movie “Flight”.  It is now playing  at NCG – Eastwood Cinemas at 2500 Showtime Drive in Lansing, MI -10:30 am,12:15,1:30, 3:15, 4:35, 6:15, 7:35, 9:15 pm.  Check your local movie theater for times in your area.
 

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Just Thinking Out Loud: Violence is Killing Us… Literally

Rina Risper09 mins

By Marvin Cato
 
I don’t know about you but I’m tired of hearing about all of the young people we’re losing due to an escalation in violence. We all know that certain lifestyles boast the ability to do great bodily harm and even take a life as if it’s a badge of honor to have a violent reputation and be feared.

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The New Normal: Adult Interns

Rina Risper06 mins

 By Rick Garcia

 
The profile of today’s workforce is a transparent riddle – it’s hard to distinguish whether an employee has been steadily vested with that company or is a new, green arrival in that company’s industry.
 
In other words, we are seeing a mature workforce, who have been displaced by job cuts or layoffs and are entering second careers that is completely different from where they started.

 

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Your Other 8 Hours: 5 Ways to beat your shopping addiction

Rina Risper09 mins

Alcohol? Crack? Heroin? These drugs are known to be highly addictive, but can something as innocuous as shopping be addictive? Having worked with more than one so-called “shopaholic” at my Orange County financial planning firm, I have no doubt that shopping can become addictive and destructive. 

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