02/13/2010

Tuality Healthcare and nursing students from Portland Community College present this community event focusing on heart health, featuring health screenings, recipes, expert perspectives and more. The event is free, but cholesterol screenings are available for $20. RSVP requested; call 503-681-1700.

Venue:

Tuality Health Education Center

Time:

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Address:

334 S.E. Eighth Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97123

02/20/2010

Time:  9:00 AM

The EXPO is FREE and includes health screenings, cooking demonstrations, product and service exhibitors, as well as leading experts talking about diabetes management and prevention.  Get the latest information on preventing and managing diabetes and its deadly complications to help keep you and your family healthy.

Visit the American Diabetes Association EXPO/Portland and join the movement to Stop Diabetes™.  Learn how to live healthy, be active, and change the future of diabetes for you and your family

http://main.diabetes.org/site/Calendar/482531420?view=Detail&id=8021

By Savannah Mayfield

While our national and local economies have been in a decline over the past two years, there is an economy in Portland that is thriving: the “mama economy.”

The mama economy is made up of creative, community-minded mothers who enjoy swapping, bartering and selling their goods and services to each other.

I spoke with numerous local mothers (and a couple of dads!) to get feedback on how this grassroots economy is working in Portland.

Tony Fuentes of Milagros Boutique, a natural baby and child boutique that sells many locally-crafted (by mothers) goods, says that the mama economy is based on “a unique combination of values in Portland, namely a strong do it yourself ethic, a strong environmental ethic, and a strong belief in community connectedness.”

None of us is getting any younger (except Benjamion Button and that guy is creepy). But if we want to continue to look young we have to take care now with 10-hour plastic surgery marathon simple steps like these:

Sunscreen, duh.

Sunscreen isn't just for summer time. In the winter the sun throws just as many UV rays at your face as it does in the summertime.

By Mary Rarick

As you may know, as of January 1st  Oregon drivers are no longer able to text while driving (thank goodness!) and cell phone use is limited to those using hands-free devices. So what happens when not everyone in the family has a blue tooth?

After reviewing a number of products I’ve decided to go with the BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Bluetooth Speakerphone.

Here’s why:

I leave to Vegas tonight.

This is the first I’ve been to Vegas since I turned 21. I’ve been countless times as a kid for gymnastics meets but never to party and gamble. So needless to say, I’m pretty excited.