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The Kid’s Doctor: All About Tonsils

Rina Risper14 years ago04 mins

While tonsillectomy was almost routine 30-40 years ago, new guidelines limit the criteria for such surgery.

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
www.kidsdr.com

If there’s one thing I know after looking down thousands of throats during my pediatric career, tonsils come in many shapes and sizes.

Tonsillar tissue is considered a “secondary lymphoid organ” and is most active in children between the ages of 4 and10. As youngsters go through puberty, the tonsils begin to shrink. As I like to say, “some things get bigger, while tonsils get smaller,” and by adulthood, the tonsils are so small that they can be difficult to see.

Retire Smart: Why Medicare Premiums Are Rising for Affluent Seniors: Part 1 of 2

Rina Risper14 years ago08 mins

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

The new health-care reform law aims to cover nearly all Americans and to get our exploding national health-care tab under control. But reform also calls for some upfront investment, and someone needs to foot the bill. Wealthy retirees-it’s time to grab your wallets.

Choose Privacy Week

Rina Risper14 years ago05 mins

By Youth Services Specialist Lynn H.

In May the American Library Association celebrated an initiative called “Choose Privacy Week.” With the constant advances in technology, there are more opportunities than ever for people to connect to information, services, and others-but also more opportunities for breaches and abuses of personal privacy.

Subway’s “Feed a Friend” Food Drive

Rina Risper14 years ago01 mins

Last month, SUBWAY restaurants in Lansing, Jackson and Hillsdale collected more than 13,000 pounds of canned good and other non perishable food items during a one-day “Feed a Friend” food drive event.

News Spotlight: Introducing The Newest Common Myths In Cardiovascular Disease…. The World’s No. 1 Killer

Rina Risper14 years ago09 mins

For both men and women of any age, cardiovascular disease could be the first

killer. It kills more people than ALL forms of cancer tumors grouped

together.

Rolling Out Wheels: Bike Blitz 2011

Rina Risper14 years ago04 mins

Left to right: GLAR Committee members Kim Whitcomb, Pete Holoway, Wendy Mackey and Beth Graham with Denny Shell (second on left)

By Amanda Oboza
and TNCP Staff

LANSING, MI — On Saturday April 30, children mostly from Lansing’s Walnut Neighborhood located on the Northside, starting gearing up for summer in a big way: they received a bike and helmet.

Commentary: We Killed Osama bin Laden, Now Let’s Kill the Myth

Rina Risper14 years ago09 mins

By William O. Beeman

The United States is jubilant over the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. However, it will be some time before history catches up with the mythology that arose around him and the al-Qaeda organization in the past 10 years. Osama bin Laden at the end was far from the looming powerful figure he was made out to be. He had outlived his usefulness both as a bogeyman for the West, and as an Islamic responder to the neo-colonialist forces his organization purported to confront.

MSU MUSEUM EXHIBIT PUTS A ‘GREEN’ TWIST ON FASHION DESIGN

Rina Risper14 years ago08 mins

Motz-Swatches “Nature Puff” is a part of the imaginative and inspiring “re:Dress – Sustainable Fashion Design” exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum.
Photos courtesy of MSU Department of Art and Art History

E. LANSING, MI – Michigan State University Apparel and Textile Design students routinely design gowns and garments as class projects. Now they are getting an opportunity to design a whole exhibit built round this creative fashion flourish with “re:Dress – Sustainable Fashion Design” at the Michigan State University Museum.

Blackflix.com “Jumping the Broom”

Rina Risper14 years ago04 mins

Studio:  TriStar Pictures
Plot:    Two very different families converge on Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding.
Cast:    Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Romeo Miller, DeRay Davis, Valarie Pettiford, Mike Epps
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ****

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

In “Jumping the Broom,” which is directed by Salim Akil (“The Game”), Paula Patton plays Sabrina Watson, a corporate lawyer who gets hitched to a Wall Street broker, Jason Taylor (Laz Alonso), after dating for six-months.

Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul: HERBED CHICKEN

Rina Risper14 years ago02 mins

By Sharon Fox

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into 1- to 1-1/2 inch cubes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour mixed
with 1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons good olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 lemon, quartered