Volunteer of the Week: Cynthia Bailey

Cynthia Bailey(Photo: Submitted) Cynthia Bailey has been volunteering with Hospice Advantage for over a year and has been invaluable to their organization. She has been helping as an office volunteer by making goody bags for hospice patients specific to the...

To Your Good Health: How to help a smoker quit

By Keith Roach, M.D. Q. My husband and I have been together for 27 years. He has smoked cigarettes daily for 30 to 35 years. Recently, he had an attack in which he couldn’t breathe. We took him to the clinic, where they did a breathing test. My 15-year-old son...

'Get vaccinated' urge doctors as flu virus mutates

DOCTORS have urged the public to still get vaccinated against flu, despite the jab not protecting them against a severe new strain. Medics have warned that a mutated strain has developed which is immune to the flu vaccination. The bug has resulted in double the amount...