Taking Time to Laugh
By Lora Felger, Health Alliance Once we’ve made it to March, it’s usually a good sign winter is almost over. Hopefully this winter, you’ve found some time to laugh a little. I know there hasn’t been much to laugh about these past 12 months since COVID-19 stopped us in our tracks. But hopefully—maybe, possibly—you found […]
Forward Thinking
Submitted by LivWell Cares This past year has certainly been one for the record books. However, March is here at last and we can count on Spring returning once again, no matter what that groundhog had to say last month. Along with that, hopefully by the time you’re reading this you will at least have […]
Meet Mako:
MVSC brings the FIRST SmartRobotics™ total joint surgery system to the Quad Cities with the ONLY team of surgeons certified to use it. Imagine your average day. Now think about what it would be like without the use of technology. It’s impossible to picture, right? That’s because carefully engineered machines and software are now integral […]
Improving Intimacy
By David Hartsuch, MD, MS I started the Rejuvagent Clinic to address the imbalance between testosterone and estrogen that is common as men age. High estrogen and low testosterone may result in hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, depression, prostate cancer, and fatigue. This condition affects approximately 10-25 percent of men over 40 and is also associated […]
RETIREMENT 101—THE EXPENSES
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC Welcome back to our “Retirement Basics” series where last month I discussed “The Income” side of the equation along with thoughts, strategies and “rules-of-thumb” on taking income from social security, taxable accounts, and retirement accounts. This month, please join me in looking at the […]
My First Love…
By Sherry Gordon-Harris, Health Alliance My 3-year-old niece, Haddariah Rose, loves the Minnie Mouse talking doll and play costume I got her for her birthday. She holds it, talks to it, tries to feed it, and makes sure her Minnie Mouse doll gets her naps too. She gives love to this doll in the purest […]
Music to Pluck Your Heartstrings
By Alexander Germanis Going back thousands of years, the heart has been directly linked to emotion. Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and other philosophers believed our feelings indeed originated from that vital muscular organ. This was such a popular belief for such a long time the term “heartstring” was only first used in a non-anatomical sense in […]
Nearsightedness—A Growing Epidemic
Submitted by Vision Point Eye Center If a global pandemic wasn’t enough, there is another world-wide health concern that has been growing for many years and is now considered an epidemic affecting vision. Since 1971, the incidence of nearsightedness or myopia in the U.S. nearly doubled, to 42 percent. In Asia, up to 90 percent […]
Bad Breath
By Emil Verban, Jr., DDS, McLean County Dental Have you ever wondered if you have bad breath? Since we can’t usually smell our own breath, it is quite possible to have bad breath, also known as halitosis, and not know it. Fortunately, this condition is very easy to prevent and treat once the cause is […]
Bad Breath
By Emil Verban, Jr., DDS, McLean County Dental Have you ever wondered if you have bad breath? Since we can’t usually smell our own breath, it is quite possible to have bad breath, also known as halitosis, and not know it. Fortunately, this condition is very easy to prevent and treat once the cause is […]