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Misled no more! The FDA simplifies sunscreen

Posted by Staff | Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized

Consumers have been confused for years about sunscreen products. I have been telling my patients for years to use a broad spectrum sunscreen, meaning a sunscreen with both UVA and UVB protection. Currently in order to make sure...

Enough Already!

Posted by Staff | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

In 1996 I had the honor of being appointed to serve on the Chapel Hill Public Library Board of Trustees and later was reappointed to a second term. During my tenure, I also served as the Board’s chair. In addition to our normal...

Medicaid and Medicare Myths

Posted by Staff | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

In the face of all the budget cuts for both state and federal I thought some interesting facts and statistics would put our “state of Medicaid and Medicare” in perspective. The bill recently approved by the U.S. House of...

How to prepare for your next mortgage application.

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Many people I speak with dread the gathering of documents. Use this checklist, and it will be much easier. Remember that every lender may have slightly different requirements. When Automated Underwriting is run, a list of...

The More the Merrier!

Posted by Staff | May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized

Until Carlo Robustelli made me aware of it, I did not realize that there was another big graduation held on the afternoon of Wednesday May18th. Carlo as you may know is the Director of Durham Technical Community College’s Orange...

American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22

Posted by Staff | May 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

Craft beer–you know it when you drink it, or maybe I should say you know when you’re not drinking it. If your favorite beer company buys ad space during national sporting events, let me whisper softly in your...

Mother's Day

Posted by Staff | May 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

Mother’s Day. So many bad gifts out there, so little time remaining to find the perfect thing for that amazing mom and/or mother-in-law in your life. This year skip the decorative hand towels, the verbena-scented candle,...

J.Crew and University Mall

Posted by Staff | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized

Remember these crowds from over the winter? These are people lined up to spend money in our University Mall! With no more drugstore, rumors of Dillard’s leaving, the departure of the Children’s Store, people whispered and railed...

An Intro to $avvy $pender…

Posted by Staff | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized

How many times have you found yourself – this past year alone- in a conversation about shopping in Chapel Hill? Was it when the library might move into Dillard’s? “Is Dillard’s closing? Where will we shop for makeup? And that...

“They are trying to eat Big Bird”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 18, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The hundreds of William Friday’s friends and fans who gathered to hear him speak last week might not have guessed that the institutions he worked so hard to build were threatened by the just-released legislative budget...

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