Be Proactive About Your Health
Submitted by Elizabeth Madlem, APN, The Bone Health Clinic at Millennium Pain Center It’s important to be proactive about your own health. This includes being informed by getting health information from reliable sources and asking your healthcare provider thoughtful questions that relate to your specific situation. The best way to stay healthy is to prevent […]
Summer Dos and Don’ts for Hearing Aid Wearers
Submitted by Sound Choice Hearing Clinic While many of us had our doubts, summer is finally here! We look forward to this season because it gives us the opportunity to indulge in activities requiring warm, sunny days, like boating, swimming, hiking, and traveling. Wearing hearing aids shouldn’t keep you from enjoying yourself, but it is […]
Baby Bottles and Healthy Teeth
Submitted by Thomas Hall, D.M.D and Sara Rauen Dardis, D.D.S, Pediatric Smiles of Bloomington What new parent isn’t thrilled with their baby’s first smile? While marveling over this new development, you probably aren’t thinking about your baby’s dental health, but you should be! A lifetime of healthy smiles begins at birth. Teeth actually begin forming […]
Massage Away Your Back Pain
By Don Thorpe, LMT, Aches Away Massage Specialists Back pain is an important health problem that affects millions of Americans every day. It is estimated that 80 percent of people will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. It is the third most common reason for people to see a doctor, according […]
Fat Injections Fill in or Fill out!
Submitted by Twin City Plastic Surgery It is not uncommon to overhear women talking about how they wish they could move fat from their waist or thighs and put it somewhere else. Truth is…it’s possible! Fat injection, or lipofilling, diminishes wrinkles and creases and plumps up areas that have lost fullness as a result of […]
Intimacy After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Submitted by Mid-Illinois Hematology & Oncology LTD Sexual activity is a key component of healthy adult relationships, but for many men with prostate cancer, expressing this in the traditional sense is not always possible. Despite improved therapies, many men diagnosed with prostate cancer face erectile dysfunction as a side effect of some of the treatment […]
Should You Take the Buyout?
Submitted by McBeath Financial Services There’s an old saying that there are only two things in life you can count on: death and taxes. The wisest of us count on a third thing throughout our lives: change. In fact, it’s been said that change is the only constant in our lives. As we grow and […]
Varicose Veins: A Family Affair
Submitted by The Vein Specialists LLC We inherit many physical characteristics from our parents and grandparents, such as eye color or height. Some health issues are also inherited, including varicose veins. It’s a fact that if one of your parents has varicose veins, you have a 45 to 50 percent risk of developing them too. […]
Taking a Walk Is Not Working Out
By Karen Tucker A good workout should feel hard — that’s why it’s called a workout. How often have you heard that you can get all the benefits of exercise by simply living an “active lifestyle?” Experts recommend strength-building activities two days a week, plus a minimum of 2½ hours of moderate aerobic activity or […]
Return to Play
By Alexander Germanis There are numerous terms indicating a return to a normal state of things after a setback: to rebound, bounce back, pick up, recover. Is it any coincidence that these are all sports terms as well? The athletic mentality of regaining a positive position is the exact same school of thought physical therapists […]