Food

Ask Food: How to retain vitamins in your veggies

Q: What’s the best way to treat vegetables to retain the vitamins? A: There’s no doubt vegetables have ...

Food

Putting a healthy spin on the popular fish taco

Mexican cuisine has been popular for a long time, but my recent travels around our country have persuaded ...

Food

Better than bulgur? Quinoa takes turn in tabbouleh

Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh — toubouleh? tabouli? — more and more ...

Food

Livingstone offers free cooking workshops

Students and faculty from Livingstone College’s Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts program are hosting free cooking workshops through ...

Health

Most people know David Freeze as a runner, but by the end of the summer he’ll have racked ...

Health

Aqua Zumba: Splash to fitness

ROCKWELL — Joan Beaver’s Tuesday mornings kick off with a pool party. During the Aqua Zumba class at ...

Health

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she ...

Health

Gov. Chris Christie’s surgery highlights weight-loss options

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not ...

Health

Health officials urge vaccination after measles outbreak

Local health departments and the N.C. Department of Public Health are working together to investigate an outbreak of ...

Health

A cancer diagnosis can bring family life to a halt, bringing feelings of sorrow along with it. Carolyn ...

Health

Breastfeeding offers neurodevelopmental advantages that formula doesn’t

I have heard it said many times that “breastfeeding is the most important thing that a mother can ...

Health

Local support groups

If your information needs to be updated, please email the information to Lifestyles@salisburypost.com with SUPPORT GROUP UPDATE in ...

Health

‘Firefighter 5K’ will benefit more than truck

Zach Grimes knows the importance of fitness. “If I am not physically and mentally ready, then the other ...

Education

Tests reveal norovirus outbreak on UNC campus

HILLSBOROUGH (AP) — Health officials in Orange County have confirmed an outbreak of norovirus at the University of ...

Business

Rowan Regional Medical Center gets new name

SALISBURY — Rowan Regional Medical Center has a new name. As part of a plan to unify all ...

Health

Bill barring youths from tanning beds moves ahead

RALEIGH (AP) A bill that would bar North Carolina children under age 18 from visiting tanning salons is ...

Health

NC lawmakers vote to bar Medicaid expansion

RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina lawmakers have approved a measure barring the state from expanding Medicaid under the federal ...

Business

Rowan Regional Medical Center to be renamed Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

Novant Health announced today that the name of Rowan Regional Medical Center will be changed on April 17 ...

Food

UNC professor outlines simple strategies for managing weight

KANNAPOLIS — An associate professor for nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mapped out ...

Health

Reach to Recovery coming to Rowan

When a woman receives a diagnosis of breast cancer, sharing her experience with a breast cancer survivor can ...

Health

Thousands of women sue over surgical mesh

ATLANTA (AP) — Soon after her surgery, Susan Harrison had a string of infections that caused intense pain, ...

Health

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say the worst of the flu season appears to be over. The ...

Health

Higher midlife fitness can affect brain health in later Life

DALLAS, Texas (Marketwire) — It turns out that what’s good for your heart is also good for your ...

Health

Consumers’ share of nation’s health care spending drops

It might be small comfort for those buried under medical bills, but the consumer’s share of the total ...

Health

Meeting Unfilled Needs: For uninsured, an array of options for low-cost prescriptions

In a Consumer Reports study released last fall, over half of American prescription drug users surveyed said they ...

Health

Carolinas HealthCare lifting flu-forced visitor restrictions

Carolinas HealthCare System is lifting restrictions it placed on young visitors due to a flu outbreak. Carolinas Medical ...

Health

Support groups

 If your information needs to be updated, please email the information to Lifestyles@salisburypost.com with SUPPORT GROUP UPDATE in ...

Health

Local AA meetings list updated

Salisbury/Rowan help line 704-636-1361 www.district-21-aa.com Meeting types: OS=open speaker • OD=open discussion • BS=book study • NS=non-smoking • ...

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