Nowadays, over-the-counter (OTC) vitamins and other nutritional supplements are big business. In 2019, 77 percent of Americans reported using these types of products, and the average American now spends around…
Sheila PerlickDecember 10, 2020
Love it or hate it, winter’s here — and with the cold comes an increased risk of weather-related injuries. Make sure you’re ready for whatever the winter brings. Take these…
Sheila PerlickJanuary 27, 2020
Full of stress but low on cash? Don’t fret, here are three ways you can recharge your batteries, for free, without ever leaving town. Try them over a weekend or…
Sheila PerlickAugust 27, 2019
How was your summer vacation — great or non-existent? If you said non-existent, there’s a good chance you’re like most Americans and only use about half of your vacation days…
Sheila PerlickAugust 14, 2019
We don’t often get a chance to save another person’s life but considering that donating just one pint of blood can save up to three lives — maybe we do.…
Sheila PerlickJanuary 23, 2019
I’d like to think that after 18 years of parenting (my kids are 18, 16, and 6) I would have mastered something as simple as giving medicine to my kids…
Sheila PerlickOctober 22, 2018
As any Philadelphian knows, a hoagie by any other name — sub, grinder, hero, zeppelin, or poor boy — isn’t a hoagie. But, as with most things that are off-the-chart…
Sheila PerlickMay 4, 2018
Even though the snow never amounted to much at my house this winter, my family was buried under drifts of illness for what seemed like months — just as one…
Sheila PerlickApril 4, 2017
For years, my Dad kept a piece of paper the size of a credit card in his wallet with the names and numbers of his doctors and specialists. As he…
Sheila PerlickMarch 8, 2017
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