KCHC encourages residents to focus on lifestyle, family history, personalized screening plans

Body PREVENTION FIRST: BUILDING HEALTHIER HABITS TO LOWER COLON CANCER RISKMarch is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and Knox County Hospital District (KCHD) is encouraging residents to take a prevention- focused approach to colon health.

Going bananas for this bread

Body If you are in search of a good, classic banana bread recipe, look no further. I’ve gone to this recipe time and time again especially when I have bananas going bad in my fruit basket.

Spring gardening is in the air

Body Gardeners can feel it. Spring is in the air. Daylight is lengthening, temperatures are warmer, and spring bulbs are popping up. But when is the actual first day of spring?

Cows in the moo-d for cake

Body Remember those Carnation advertisements featuring contented cows?If not, here’s the gist: Carnation milk, evaporated though it was, supposedly came from the world’s most contented cows.As a child I found those ads credible.

Cardiac rehab helps patients rebuild strength and confidence

Body A heart attack or cardiac procedure can be a life-changing experience, often leaving patients and families with questions about what recovery should look like in the weeks that follow.

Too much information

Body Remember the Age of Enlightenment? It was way back there, starting in the 1600s and ending the following century when it gave way to Romanticism, presumably because everybody had gotten bored with being enlightened.Now we live in the Information Age.

Golden potato stacks

Body I’ve written about my love of little muffin-tin meals. And when I was blessed to have an opportunity to babysit my grandsons recently, I just had to try out some of my favorites. The first day, I made mini mac and cheese pies.

Mini mac and cheese pies

Body It seems just about any recipe can be adapted to make in a muffin tin, and muffin tin meals are the sound “bite” of the moment, if you will.Gone are the days when we only used our muffin tins for cornbread and cupcakes.

Brisket and bean slow-cooker chili

Body As temperatures dip,stock up on pantry items like chicken and beef stock, or keep bullion in the cupboard to make a pot of stock in a pinch.

The ranch oak commode

Body When I was about 6 years old, the English language began playing tricks on me. It still does, but I’m getting used to it.In our family, we called the toilet a commode. Toilet was an alternate word. But we always said commode—a classier word reserved for indoor toilets.