Thursday, December 25, 2025

Health

Dealing with Flu Season

This is a great time of year. Many different types of seasons; Christmas Season, Thanksgiving Season, Giving Season and most importantly it is Flu...

Family meals help kids eat healthy

Your child may be 24% more likely to eat healthier foods and 12% less likely to be overweight. These statistics are attached to one...

Time for vitamin D

Melissa Bess, former Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Camden County, University of Missouri Extension Vitamin D needs can be sufficiently met during the summer months...

Does turkey make you sleepy?

By Melanie Jackson, FAPC Communications Graduate Assistan - Oklahoma State University When the last bite of turkey is consumed and the plates are cleared, the next...

Cancer research gets a boost with $415,000 grant

Moriah Beck, assistant professor of chemistry at Wichita State University, has been awarded a three-year, $415,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes...

American Diabetes Month®

  Christeena Haynes, MS, RD, LD, former Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Dallas County, University of Missouri Extension November is American Diabetes Month®, making it a...

Sweet potatoes a healthy and tasty treat

  Tammy Roberts, MS, RD, LD, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Bates County, University of Missouri Extension   It’s that time of year when many people are...

Gut feeling: Study finds ingested bacteria can stick for months

  by Scott Schrage | University Communication University of Nebraska–Lincoln Bacteria visiting the digestive system in a spoonful of yogurt or a probiotic capsule can extend their...