Top 10 Sleep Myths
Submitted by J. Todd Gray, DDS, D. ASBA, Koala Center for Sleep Disorders Myth 1: Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation. No evidence shows that any major organ (including the brain) or regulatory system in the body shuts down during sleep. Some physiological processes actually become […]
Top 10 Sleep Myths
Submitted by J. Todd Gray, DDS, D. ASBA, Koala Center for Sleep Disorders Myth 1: Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation. No evidence shows that any major organ (including the brain) or regulatory system in the body shuts down during sleep. Some physiological processes actually become […]
A Permanent Solution To Unwanted Hair
Submitted by Serenity Med Spa Unwanted body hair is a common concern for both men and women. Most hair removal methods—waxing, shaving, plucking or creams—are annoying, time consuming, and even painful. In addition, these methods often cause razor bumps, acne-like breakouts, and can sometimes lead to infections. Would you like to permanently get rid of […]
A Permanent Solution To Unwanted Hair
Submitted by Serenity Med Spa Unwanted body hair is a common concern for both men and women. Most hair removal methods—waxing, shaving, plucking or creams—are annoying, time consuming, and even painful. In addition, these methods often cause razor bumps, acne-like breakouts, and can sometimes lead to infections. Would you like to permanently get rid of […]
Treating the Whole You
By Alexander Germanis Living in Central Illinois means being more than familiar with farms. While most of us are mainly concerned with the food product a farm produces, a farmer is concerned with the plant, its root systems, the acidity of the soil in which it grows, fertilizer, rainfall, and the list goes on. Like […]
Treating the Whole You
By Alexander Germanis Living in Central Illinois means being more than familiar with farms. While most of us are mainly concerned with the food product a farm produces, a farmer is concerned with the plant, its root systems, the acidity of the soil in which it grows, fertilizer, rainfall, and the list goes on. Like […]
Breathing Is Good Medicine
By Karen Buchanan, Assistant Administrator, Friendship Manor The pandemic years have pushed many of us to our physical, emotional, and spiritual limits with the unrelenting waves of changed expectations and guidance. If you’ve found yourself at the end of your rope at some point, you are not alone. In the midst of managing all of […]
How Is Hearing Loss Diagnosed? Are There Different Types of Hearing Loss?
By Margaret Christiansen, Au.D., Audiology Consultants A comprehensive hearing test is used to diagnose hearing loss. Prior to testing, the audiologist will conduct a case history to gather information regarding your hearing concerns as well as other symptoms such as ringing in the ears, dizziness, and ear pain. The ears will be inspected to look […]
WINTER JOINT PAIN 101 — Easing and Avoiding Joint Pain Caused by Cold and Icy Weather
Submitted by Mississippi Valley Surgery Center Have you noticed an increase in joint pain this winter? You’re not alone. As we make our way through another cold and icy winter, many are seeing an increase in joint pain flare-ups caused by this cold, Midwest, winter weather. Although winter weather is more likely to bother those […]
Be the Change You Want to See
By Alexander Germanis An unfortunate human tendency is the desire to look for others to blame for every problem in the world. This becomes increasingly easy to do when that problem is negatively affecting us on a personal level. Perhaps that’s why it is so refreshing when someone is willing to take responsibility and make […]