The most debilitative and indicative symptom of Alzheimer’s disease is the gradual loss of words and understanding that are crucial to even the most basic communication that most of us take for granted. Alzheimer’s patients realize there is a problem, even though they may not have the capacity to … [Read more...] about Alzheimer’s Disease: Communication Tips
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Real Estate: One of the Oldest, Most Sound Investments You Can Make
Those of us in the real estate industry or those who were severely affected by the latest crash still flinch when we remember the real estate market in 2009-2012. It was bad. Many home mortgages were underwater (meaning you owed way more on your house than you could possibly sell it for); nearly 70 … [Read more...] about Real Estate: One of the Oldest, Most Sound Investments You Can Make
Goodwill’s ‘The Job Connection’ – Turning Potential into Employment
The Job Connection at Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona offers a myriad of services at no charge to job seekers, but they all have the same goal – fulfilling Goodwill’s mission of “putting people to work” by connecting Northern Arizonans seeking jobs to local employers in need of a qualified … [Read more...] about Goodwill’s ‘The Job Connection’ – Turning Potential into Employment
What to Consider When Buying a Business with Partners
Over the years, former mentors and business associates send me great stories that I use during my lectures at Northern Arizona University. Marsha Morgan was my very first manager out of college and to this day we are great friends (which is a column for the future about the importance of maintaining … [Read more...] about What to Consider When Buying a Business with Partners
Happy Ninetieth Anniversary to the Mother Road
Flagstaff has a long history of celebrating travelers heading west seeking new adventures and fortunes. Beginning with Edward Beale surveying a route in the late 1850s to reach California during the gold rush era, to settlers passing through in 1876 stripping a pine and raising a flag honoring the … [Read more...] about Happy Ninetieth Anniversary to the Mother Road
Image-Guided Spinal Injections Ensuring Safety, Effectiveness
The first use of spinal injections for pain dates back to 1901. That’s when researchers injected cocaine just above the tailbone to help relieve lower back pain. The first report of epidural steroid injection for back pain was in 1952; that’s when researchers injected the steroid hydrocortisone into … [Read more...] about Image-Guided Spinal Injections Ensuring Safety, Effectiveness
Essential Elements for Recovery
Proper recovery practices should be a priority for avid exercisers, high school athletes or merely a weekend warrior out on the golf course. Any physical activity, especially for long periods of time, can leave the body feeling sore, tight and tired. Essentially, an unrecovered body can cause an … [Read more...] about Essential Elements for Recovery
Hearing Loss: The Invisible Wall
The people who visit an audiologist usually go because of a difficulty understanding speech. It is rare to have someone come into the clinic to have an evaluation because they primarily need to hear the sound of their car or to hear the newspaper rattle louder. Speech clarity or word understanding … [Read more...] about Hearing Loss: The Invisible Wall
SenesTech Taps Bioceres to Seek Argentine Approval for ContraPest
A developer of proprietary technologies for managing animal pest populations through fertility control, today announced that jointly with Bioceres, a leading Argentine agricultural biotechnology company1 , it will seek Argentine regulatory approval for ContraPest®, SenesTech's patent protected … [Read more...] about SenesTech Taps Bioceres to Seek Argentine Approval for ContraPest
Honorees at Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona 1st Community IMPACT Awards
Coconino County, Xanterra and retired Assistant City Manager Jim Wine were among the honorees at the inaugural Community IMPACT Awards Luncheon held by Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona (GINA) to celebrate its partners and team members who forward the group’s workforce development … [Read more...] about Honorees at Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona 1st Community IMPACT Awards