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Funeral Services That Don’t Cost An Arm and A Leg
If you’re looking for a funeral home that combines cremation with funeral traditional funeral services, Sunshine Cremation is your solution. Sunshine Cremation offers a full range of funeral services with cremation, including viewings, wakes, and full funerals. Cremation, Viewings, Full Funerals We are here to help you navigate this difficult time, and we understand that…
Read MoreWhat To Look Out For and What Not To Worry About
Worried About Developing Dementia or Alzheimer’s? I am reaching an age where everyone I know is worried about developing dementia, Alzheimer’s, or some other degenerative brain disease. In the last two years, two close friends have gotten the bad news: one friend was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and the other with Alzheimer’s. Both individuals are in…
Read MoreThe US Has the Highest Rate of Preventable Women’s Death
It is “conventional wisdom” that the quality of U.S. healthcare is the best in the world. However, like many things that everyone knows, the conventional wisdom regarding U.S. healthcare is wrong. Newly published data documents that among ten wealthy countries American females die preventable deaths at the highest rate in the world. Worse, U.S. women have…
Read MoreSea What??? Feeding Seaweed To Cows Helps Global Warming.
In today’s installment of “life is stranger than fiction,” I discuss the impact of cow and sheep burps on global warming and how scientists are solving the bovine burping crisis We have been told that human consumption of meat is a significant contributor to climate change (it is) but given no solution other than not…
Read MoreJewish Funeral Traditions Explained
Why Don’t Jews Have Flowers at Funerals? Tradition When Jews point to tradition to explain a religious or cultural practice, this usually indicates, as confirmed by Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, that no one knows “why” Jews do what they do. I have been a Jew for 62 years (which is a long time),…
Read MoreWhat You Need To Know About Flying With Cremated Remains
Can You Fly With Cremated Remains? Yes. You can fly with your loved one’s cremated remains and it is not difficult or burdensome. International travel is not a problem either. However, there are more and different requirements requiring more planning. What You Need To Know. Domestic Travel Domestic air travel with cremated remains is straightforward. …
Read MoreAcetaminophen (Tylenol) Is A Risk Factor That Can Hurt Unborn Babies
Active Ingredient in Tylenol is…. The active ingredient in Tylenol (known as either acetaminophen or paracetamol) is widely used by pregnant women to alleviate pain and fever. However, new research is pointing to a correlation between Tylenol and altered fetal development that increases the risk of certain developmental problems. And, as you may have guessed,…
Read MoreCommon Drugs Can Make High Blood Pressure Worse
Like many people my age, I have high blood pressure and take drugs to control this condition. I also am a regular user of many common brands of over-the-counter pain medication. However, I didn’t know that many common over-the-counter pain medications worsened my blood pressure problems. This is a sensitive topic for me. My father…
Read MoreWe Can Help You Make A Positive Difference
2021 was a challenging year for many people and we hope and pray that 2022 will be easier. Pay It Forward With Body Donation To Science Over the last few months, Sunshine Cremation Services has expanded its affiliation with several medical schools and research companies to facilitate body donation to science. By donating a…
Read MoreCompare Sunshine Cremation with “Dignity Memorial” Prices
I loved the Syms television advertisements from the 1980s and believe it is just as true today as when Sy Sims was a household name. “An educated consumer is our best customer.” Sy Sims Cremation Pricing So, I want to make you a little more educated about the pricing of cremations and funeral services. A page from…
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