Know your stats – part I

by Clint Hamilton

With so much information about health available you’d think it would be easy to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Yet, it isn’t. Often, too much (and conflicting) information leads to confusion and results in people not taking action. Mandibbles isn’t exactly a medical reference source. However, we do seek to inform our readers of basic health concepts that should be given attention. The goal; improve your health, live longer and of course, be a positive contributor to society. Even 2 out of 3 of those would be a win. Our topic today; BMI. Do you know what yours is?

Home health is getting smarter – and looking slicker

by C. Lee Wilcox

Is it me or is everything starting to look like Apple designed it? I guess we shouldn’t complain. Even something as mundane as a scale has gotten a full frontal face lift and emerged from its transformation looking so cool that you’ll want everyone to know you have one. The great thing about this scale is that it not only looks fresh, but it’s packed with some cool technology that makes it quite useful as well. Could this to be the centerpiece to your new home health management system? Perhaps.

Personal Wealth – revisit your long term vendor relationships

by Casey Sandstrom

I’ve been fully employed for over 10 years now and even though the economic downturn hasn’t struck me personally, it dawned on me that it would still be prudent to focus some effort on trimming expenses and saving. I reviewed my current relationships and noted that I’ve been with many of companies for years. In particular, I hadn’t even shopped around auto insurance since I got my drivers license. I guess I had a sense of loyalty and just maintained the policy year after year (in your case, insert some other lazy reason here).