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Sound The Alarm… Not All Medical Alarm Companies Are The Same!

Issue 25.14

Did you know that we have 2 EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatcher) certified Response Centers? One is located in South Jordan, Utah and the other is located in St. George, Utah.

What this means to you is that Rescue Alert dispatchers provide that calming voice to reassure callers in an emergency armed with the […]

Estate Planning In Second Marriages

Issue 25.14

We all know someone who is in a second marriage and many of us are in a second marriage. Second marriages can be exciting and fulfilling while at the same time present special planning challenges. A second marriage may include his children, her children, and sometimes our children. How will the new spouse […]

Genealogy Corner… Ancestry.com Discontinuing MyFamily.com, DNA and more

Issue 24.14

Over the years Ancestry.com has built up a variety of products that enable their users to discover, preserve and share their family history. They bought a lot of other competing companies. They are working as a company to make family history easier, more accessible and more fun for people all over the world. […]

Looking Back… Find Your Roots

Issue 24.14

Why search for your roots? Alex Haley’s famous quote explains why this popular hobby of GENEALOGY or FAMILY HISTORY is pursued so passionately by many individuals throughout the world: In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage-to know who we are and where we came from. Without […]

Renting A Casket?

Issue 24.13

Until now, you’ve probably never heard of renting a casket. The idea may sound a bit strange at first. The purpose of a rental casket is to allow family and friends the opportunity to pay their final respects to the deceased prior to cremation. Renting a casket provides a significant savings as opposed […]

Whole Body Vibration

Issue 24.14

Whole Body Vibration (WBV) has been around since the 1960’s. It was used by the Russians in their space program. The Russians excelled in space compared to the Americans. Russian Cosmonauts could stay in space over a year and return without any bone or muscle loss. American astronauts could not stay in space […]

Genealogy Corner… Family History Tips – Part 2

Issue 23.14

Part 2

5. Analyze your information, sources and evidence. Can you prove the relationships? Does the collected information correlate to evidence? A source is a document, artifact, book, person’s memory, etc. The original is best, either oral or recorded. A derivative source is that already written or spoken. Some derivatives can be treated […]

Geek Speak… Smart Watches/Wearable Tech

Issue 23.14

Many of the people I know do not wear a watch anymore. They use their cell-phone as their timekeeper, unless they have the money to buy a “status” type watch like a Rolex to let people know they are successful. Now there are two new types of “watches” coming on the market that […]

Have You Ever Wondered How The Medications You Take Get To Market?????

Issue 23.14

Have you ever wondered how a prescription drug, non-prescription or devices makes it to the market? Well, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), through many, many years of research they have come up with a well-orchestrated process for the makers of drugs to follow.

Drug companies develop many new drugs in a […]

How Diabetes Affects Your Eyes

Issue 23.14

Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce and/or use insulin in amounts sufficient to control blood sugar levels. People with any type of diabetes can develop hyperglycemia, which is an excess of blood sugar, or serum glucose. Although glucose is a vital source of energy for the body’s cells, […]