What is a Medical Fitness Center?
By Molly Smeltzer, Advocate BroMenn Health & Fitness Center What is a medical fitness center? Perhaps you have never heard of a medical fitness center because they are not on every street corner like a typical gym or health club. Dr. Cary Wing, executive director of the Medical Fitness Association, explains, “By definition, a medical […]
Are You “Phubbing” Me?
By Gregory J. Skibinski, Executive Director, Agape Counseling Ltd. Picture this: you are sitting at your dinner table and trying to have a conversation when the person you are talking to reaches over and picks up their phone just as you were talking to them. If you can relate to this experience, you have just […]
“Love Withdrawal,” The Game Everyone Loses
By Paul Schellenberg, LLC, MA, LCPC When you try to prove you can live without someone, you are teaching them they can live without you! People play games all the time. Video games, board games, cell phone games, and unfortunately, emotional games. When it comes to relationships, everyone plays a game to a certain degree. […]
Your Eyes, More Than the Windows to Your Soul Part 2
By James Wilson, OD, Bond Eye Associates Now, for you bad boy and girl contact lens patients. You know who you are. Contacts should be considered just as important as adding a drug into your body. They can blind you if they’re not fit correctly or are abused and not worn correctly. Disposable contacts have […]
Seeking the “Holy Grail” of Curing Cancer
By Karen Crowley Metzinger, The GCS Project What goal do two special daughters of Illinois have in common? They desire to find a cure for cancer in their lifetimes. When Peoria native Nancy Goodman Brinker promised her dying sister, Suzy Komen, that she would do her best to eradicate breast cancer, she founded the Susan […]
A Look From the Other Side
Submitted by Lutheran Hillside Village In June, Lutheran Hillside Village will debut SAIDO Learning®. An innovative, non-pharmacological treatment that has been shown to improve the symptoms of memory loss among older adults, SAIDO Learning will be exclusively offered to residents of Lutheran Hillside Village. While staff members anxiously await and are trained on offering SAIDO […]
Your Pet is Lost — What Do You Do?
By Lauren Malmberg, Peoria County Animal Protection Services Pets go missing every day. Dogs and cats alike can wander away from their yard or escape out the front door. The animals often become frightened and disoriented and, when panicked, can run quite some distance. They then find themselves in unfamiliar territory. Sadly, many of these […]
How to Grieve
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Apostolic Christian Home Continued Meaning in Life
By Alexander Germanis The great struggle of mankind has arguably been the struggle of finding purpose. Whether male or female, bound or free, individuals have and will always continue to seek for purpose in their lives. Unfortunately, in our society, once our elderly move into a retirement or nursing home, we often forget just how […]
“Fast Forward” Healthcare — What Will the Future Bring?
By Steven Buttice, Founder and President, Living By Your Design, Inc. The old status quo is not good enough. A recent message by author and motivational speaker John Maxwell talked about “fast forward.” He stated looking at fast forward from a planning aspect: “forward is shorter and fast is faster” than it has ever been […]