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Preventative health screening tests are an important way to detect potential diseases or health disorders early before symptoms become noticeable, and such tests can often lead to better health outcomes and longer lives. Doctors say a healthy diet, exercise and ...

Ever feel your life is just full of decisions? If so, then actually you are right. Researchers estimate that the average adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day. And as your level of responsibility increases, so does the ...

Boomers beware! Poor estate planning could reduce the assets you leave behind—or eliminate them altogether. U.S. baby boomers are projected to pass $30 trillion in assets to their heirs over the next 30 to 40 years, according to a study ...

Prince, or the artist formerly known as Prince, or whatever his name ultimately was, made headlines throughout his life for his talent and eccentricities.  However, the headlines after his death in 2016 revolved around the fact that he died with ...

Given end-of-the-year excesses, it may not be far-fetched to suggest that what truly scared the heck out of Ebenezer Scrooge was a single, harsh reality: Despite his disdain for wasteful spending and frivolity, he failed to plan ahead. Now that ...

There’s no question that Rochesterians are generous—nearly 7,500 people donated more than $706,000 in 24 hours for the 2018 ROC the Day event, for example—but the community seems to really know how to rally when it’s most needed, and not ...

On any given night in Monroe County there are 835 people experiencing homelessness—including 200 children. In the last month, more than 4,000 calls for help were made to 2-1-1 Lifeline, our community’s resource center, with the top needs being shelter, ...

If you build it, not only will they come, but they will buy. At least that’s what Jamie Seibold, a real estate salesperson with Howard Hanna, believes about downtown living spaces. The problem: there just aren’t many new apartments, lofts ...

Rochester is not considered a high-risk area for disasters like hurricane, tornadoes or catastrophic flooding. But Jeremias Maneiro, a real estate broker based in Rochester, can remember heavy rains a couple of years ago that flooded the beachfront property of ...

To buy a home or not to buy; it’s a question many young professionals contemplate. There are definitely pros and cons, but if buying turns out to be the wrong decision, you may be stuck, or at the very least ...

As Billy Joel sang in “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” “they started to fight when the money got tight, and they just didn’t count on the tears.” The piano man was singing about marriage and divorce, but he just as ...

Although employment agreements containing mandatory arbitration of employee disputes have been unsuccessfully challenged in both the courts and in Congress, their demise may be occurring as a result of a groundswell of employee opposition, including recent mass walkouts. It is ...

Much of what makes a good lawyer isn’t taught in law school. It comes from practicing for many years, or it’s transferred through the observation and sharing by others with more experience. “I wish I knew when I graduated law ...

Is it “the best of times or the worst of times” — to paraphrase Charles Dickens — or a mix of both? Whatever the answer, it may help to refer to the National Academy of Sciences three-part risk analysis model: ...

Rochester-area banks and credit unions are striving to meet their customers’ demands for online, mobile phone-based and branch-based services. “We think there is a balance between brick-and-mortar and all the other channels that exist out there,” says Martin Birmingham, president ...