Lifetimes

New U weight loss clinic focuses on individualized plans

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What's different about the seven weight loss programs touted by New U Medical Weight Loss Clinic?

Social Security website provides online application

Q: Can you apply for Social Security retirement benefits on the computer?

Tales of rescued pets: dogs, cats and even a bunny

They aren't just cats and dogs (and rabbits), they are members of our family. • From Bruce the bulldog who could hardly walk after being locked in a cage at a puppy mill to a stray cat named Phineas who wouldn't let anyone touch him for a year and a half, animal after …

Cute Old Couples like to party but not tweet at Cinco de Mayo

Darling Husband and I, in keeping with our own tradition, went out on Cinco de Mayo to a pseudo-Mexican bar in the old section of town. They close off half the street, have a couple of bands and serve cheap-for-the-day Mexican beer and margaritas all day and most of the night. You can get all kinds of Mexican munchies, …

Study: Hunger keeps you hungry — and healthy

Many experiments have demonstrated that eating about 30 percent less than needed to keep up with the body's energy needs extends longevity and improves health in animals ranging from the humble earthworm to rhesus monkeys. Humans who try calorie restriction appear to reduce their risk of heart disease and diabetes, and …

Peanut-Coconut Crusted Scallops a treasure from the sea

Chopped peanuts and flaked coconut form a savory-sweet crust for fresh scallops. Saute the scallops and serve them on a bed of sauteed spinach flavored with coconut milk. Rice microwaved for a minute, tossed with shredded carrots and flavored with coconut milk makes a quick side dish. The carrots get slightly cooked in …

Reduce stress with yoga, tai chi, meditation

We all can recognize feelings of stress overload, and they are not pleasant. A tightening of muscles, headaches, anxiety, sleeplessness, a racing heartbeat and blood pressure that feels way too high. With overloaded schedules, deadlines and everyday hassles, stress seems inevitable. Approximately 77 percent of all …

Gay senior author writes Memorial Day poem to remember fallen military brethren

C.G. Mitchell (his friends call him Carl) of St. Petersburg has seen a lot in his 81 years.

Visiting cats and dogs bring joy to elderly in nursing homes

The man in the nursing home sat in his wheelchair.

5 things to do in June

1 Princess of Parodies: Traci Kanaan, the classically trained pianist from Berea, Ohio, who now uses, by her own admission, her $60,000 college degree to whip out silly ditties, will be the headliner at Girls Night Out, the annual comedy show, now in its third year, at the Carrollwood Cultural …