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Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Mattmiller Fouss: ‘My true calling is caregiving’  I was born in Baton Rouge, La., after WWII ended in Europe, and grew up with eight sisters and three brothers on the family rice...

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Be Well: ‘The hidden disease’

The CDC has just come out with the recommendation that all adults born during 1945 and 1965 should get tested for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C is often called a “hidden disease” or “silent...

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What’s Ripe Today: Two new breast cancer studies

As I put it 26 years ago, to be forced to have sex without consent is ‘real rape.’ If anybody had told me then that I would still have to be making this point in 2012 – much less in response to a major...

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First Bite: Sizzling styles for me?

An article in the latest AARP The Magazine, under the headline “Sizzling Styles for You,” claims hot designs for 50-plus bods are suddenly in vogue. Women 45-plus spent close to $43 billion on clothes...

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Kissing Frogs: First of the last

Hope springs eternal, but it is also the leading cause of blindness. That’s because hope is like polarized sunglasses that remove the offensive glare and let only selected light shine in. I’m sure...

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Be Well: Are you sleep-deprived?

I know I am, and I suspect many readers are, too. I know we all know that the average person needs 7-1/2 to 8 hours of quality sleep per night, and I know many of us, like me, say, “I wish.” But here...

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What’s Ripe Today: Prostate, breast cancer

I feel so relieved to be at the stage I’m at in my life right now. … If I want to wear my glasses, I’m wearing my glasses. If I want to pull my hair back, I’m pulling my hair back. –Secretary of State...

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Spotlight: Liz Fouss

Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Mattmiller Fouss: ‘My true calling is caregiving’ I was born in Baton Rouge, La., after WWII ended in Europe, and grew up with eight sisters and three brothers on the family rice...

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Live Well: For fall 2012, what says the fashion world?

Once again, I turned to Tom Cagley for answers. As he was introduced back in June, Tom Cagley was the senior vice president and general merchandise manager for 24 Goudchaux’s/Maison Blanche...

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First Bite: Taking time off

Last week’s issue was abruptly shortened by Isaac, and I apologize for that. We lost power 24 hours before the storm, then briefly got it back for about an hour, and then it was gone again for another...

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