Lifestyle - Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter

Heart health awareness has a long way to go | Gustafson

The American Heart Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health organizations remind the public to pay more attention to the issue of heart health – and for good reason.

Teach your children well | Living with Gleigh

Ahhh, Mother’s Day – a time for mothers all over to reflect back on everything we’ve done wrong. Well, actually I try not to relive all the moments when I’ve been a less than stellar mother, because, quite frankly, there are probably more than I can count.

Warm-weather safety: 7 tips to prevent kids from falling out windows

With the recent warm weather, it's a good time to remember the dangers that open windows pose to children. Even screened windows can be dangerous, they keep bugs out, they don’t keep children in.

Changing eating habits can be an uphill battle | Timi Gustafson

It’s a proven fact that most people change their eating habits and lifestyle choices only after a serious health scare such as a heart attack or a diabetes diagnosis.

Lifestyle related ills tend to multiply with age | Timi Gustafson

Seniors who suffer from chronic health conditions like high blood pressure or heart disease often develop a host of other, seemingly unrelated health problems, including cognitive impairment like memory loss and dementia, according to a new study based on data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Mom in waiting and waiting and waiting…| Living with Gleigh

I took my daughter to the first of many orthodontist appointments to come. She is about to get a full set of braces at 15 ½ years old. She has had orthodontia work before, but for this second phase they had to wait for her to quit growing.

As long as the cake is awesome the party will be too | Living with Gleigh

We celebrated my oldest daughter’s 18th birthday last week. She had a Big Backyard Barbeque Birthday Bash with twenty or so of her friends. It was exactly what it sounds like, with a little twist in the form of an inside family memory.

The doctor is on call (waiting): the rise of telemedicine

The rising concerns of affordable healthcare have caused some to look outside the doctor's office for a medical evaluation according to a Bonney Lake man by the name of Dave Hobley who owns the website Ask a Doctor Live.