Valentine’s Day gift guide: Jewelry for every relationship
VRAI breaks down the best jewelry gifts to get your significant other this Valentine’s Day.
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How to cope when disasters strip away photos, heirlooms and other pieces of the past
Family heirlooms, mementoes and handmade relics are irreplaceable. How do you cope with losing them — and perhaps recapture some of the lost memories?
Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain
The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and budgets.
Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There’s a new option for tough cases
About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major risk for heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, even dementia. Many people don’t even realize they have hypertension until it’s done serious damage.
BAM to host two companion exhibitions alongside DNSPE
The annual Delta National Small Prints Exhibition (DNSPE) will open at 5 p.m. on Jan. 23.
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat.
What to do with your 401(k) when you retire
If you’re pondering whether to leave the assets behind or roll them over for retirement, here are the key questions to ask, listed in order of importance.
Verb Bookstore and Café reopens at new location in downtown Jonesboro
The Verb Bookstore and Café held its Grand Reopening Tuesday morning at its new location downtown Jonesboro.
It’s sick season. Here’s how to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds. While many of the germs that cause this misery can circulate throughout the year, scientists think that the winter surge of flu and cold activity may be because we spend more time indoors and the cold, dry air may weaken our defenses.
Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk
About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to a 4 in 10 chance of eventually developing dementia — if they live long enough.