The short answer: We don't know yet. Many experts agree that to date, there is no conclusive evidence that links cell-phone use to brain cancer, but that more research is needed. Last spring, resul...

This Sunday is Mother's Day - a super special time for moms, grandmothers, and moms of fur kids with four paws like me. This day is a reminder of my mother, a hardworking woman whom is now in pa...

Some of Tahoe's kids have a reason to smile when they schedule their next dental appointment with High Sierra Dental Care.Young Tahoe Smiles, an in-house dental program that benefits children be...

According to a new government report, the number of cancer survivors in the USA is close to 12 million, in part because of earlier detection, better diagnoses and more effective treatments. Here's ...

(Editor's note: This is the next installment in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

For the past few weeks I have started and stopped writing this column. I've had some real inspiration, awoken with “brilliant” ideas in the middle of the night only to sit down, start writing and get absolutely nowhere. My virtual trashcan seemed to be getting full while the ideas seemed empty.

Barton Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2012 grants.Programs and organizations that benefit the South Lake Tahoe area are eligible for the grants. Barton Health Grants provide...

A local South Lake Tahoe neighborhood will soon have something to cheer about because on Monday, April 30 from 5:30pm to 6 pm Edgewood Companies will join City officials, families, neighbors and community members at a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony. The groundbreaking will mark the start of construction on Bonanza Park, located at 1209 Bonanza Street.

With construction equipment ready to go at the Bonanza neighborhood site of the former C&M Lodge,

Chocolate pasta? No, I'm not kidding. Actually, cocoa and spices goes way, way back thousands of years ago. The Mayans in Mexico often combined cocoa beans, the "food of the gods" with a variety...

Barton recenly recognized primary care physician Dr. Henning Mehrens and anesthesiologist Dr. Peter DiGrande as Doctors of the Year for their work in the South Lake Tahoe community and surrounding ...

Barton Health staff and administration recently filled “The Snowflake Lounge” at Barton Memorial Hospital Thursday, March 30 in honor of “National Doctors Day,” established in 1958. Drs Henning Mehrens, primary care physician, and Peter DiGrande, anesthesiologist, were recognized as “Doctors of the Year” for their dedication and work in the South Lake Tahoe community and its surrounding areas.

Food and pets are good for you. This week during Easter break I get it. There is a common thread between what we eat and our four-leggers. They are constant. We have control on what we feed ours...

A new study rates Douglas County as Nevada's healthiest county, while Mineral County ranks the least healthy.
The national study released Tuesday was conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

National Public Health Week will be recognized Monday through April 8.The theme for the week is "A Healthier America Begins Today - Join the Movement," according to a press release from El Dorado C...

An occasional skipped beat or racing heart is often harmless and passes quickly. But some heart rhythm problems can cause fainting, shortness of breath and chest pain, or put you at risk for heart ...

Have you ever met a surgeon with three arms? Well, Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe has just acquired one. The daVinci surgical robot has found a home at the hospital.

(Editor's note: This is the fourth in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

I want to have fun and live life to the fullest, do it all, see it all! I love to laugh, spend time with family and friends, listen to music, travel, eat, try new things, be challenged, learn, help others, and the list goes on. What is on your list? What are you doing (or better yet, what aren't you doing) to have a little fun in your life?

Local orthopedic physicians will screen children for possible acceptance into the medical programs offered by Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California at a screening clinic sponsored by the Kerak Shriners on Saturday, March 31. The screening clinic will take place from 9 a.m.

You can't shake that cough, maybe you're having a tougher time breathing, or you feel a little pressure in your chest. It could be a bunch of things: bronchitis, the start of pneumonia, a sign of e...

Every family has been touched in some way by cancer. We all know a friend, a neighbor, a relative, or perhaps even ourselves who has had to meet the challenge of this familiar diagnosis. Many of us find it difficult to know what to say. How do we find the supportive words? How can we offer comfort? How do we avoid saying things that are not helpful? You are not alone in wondering "what to say when we don't know what to say."

Osteoporosis, a condition that causes the bones to become brittle, afflicts about 44 million Americans, and estimates suggest half of women and up to 25 percent of men over age 50 will break a bone...

The Nevada Division of Emergency Management/Homeland Security and the National Weather Service are partnering together to educate the citizens of Nevada on National Flood Safety Awareness Week, March 12-16.

According to the National Weather Service, Floods and Flash Floods are the #1 weather-related killer in the United States and can occur any time of the year. This is why the Nevada Division of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service Offices in Reno, Las Vegas, and Elko want to help spread the word about being flood safe.

The news for colon cancer is promising: Fewer people are dying from it, and the average number of new cases a year decreased by 66,000 over the course of four years, federal reports show. Colon ...

(Editor's note: This is the third in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of creating a vision plan in order to begin getting what you want out of life. Just ONE thing you’d like to be different. Many people when faced with this task don’t know where to start because they get overwhelmed with thinking about ALL the things they want to change. Suddenly their eyes glaze over, their thoughts race in a thousand different directions, and frustration or helplessness sets in. Making changes just feels too difficult or even impossible to tackle.

CHICAGO (AP) - More Americans are turning to the emergency room for routine dental problems - a choice that often costs 10 times more than preventive care and offers far fewer treatment options tha...