Inflammation and Disease — Cause, Effect, and a Promising Path Forward
By Randy Kipling and Jeff Kipling, Kipling Lavender Inflammation happens when chemicals from your body’s white blood cells enter your blood or tissues to protect your body from invaders. This raises blood flow to the area of injury or infection, which can cause redness and warmth. Some of these chemicals cause fluid to leak into […]
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
As a parent or other caregiver, you can do a lot to help your child reach and maintain a healthy weight. Staying active and consuming healthy foods and beverages are important for your child’s well-being. You can take an active role in helping your child—and your whole family—learn habits that may improve health. How can […]
Osteoporosis In Aging Protect Your Bones With Exercise
Bones feel solid, but the inside of a bone is actually filled with holes like a honeycomb. Bone tissues are broken down and rebuilt all the time. While some cells build new bone tissue, others dissolve bone and release the minerals inside. As we get older, we begin to lose more bone than we build. […]
How Does Telehealth Really Compare to In-Person Health Care?
Reviewed by Esther Ellis, MS, RDN, LDN Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the adoption of telehealth services has been on the rise and people are turning to digital technology more than ever to address their personal health care needs without having to leave their homes. But, while many have […]
Not All Philanthropists Look Like Bill Gates
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC was founded in 2017 and I am very proud and so grateful to my clients who have recently voted my business as one of the five Honorees in the 2020 Quad-City Times Readers’ Choice Awards in the category of Financial […]
Finely Tuned — Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Knee Replacement
With every one of its myriad systems and joints working in perfect order the human body can be every bit an instrument of beauty as a well-crafted violin. The scope of its ability and beauty of its movement is, like music, nothing short of artistic. Age and use have a tendency to wear down both […]
Perfectionism: Is It Good or Bad?
By Jenn Bovee, LCSW, CRADC, CCHt, EMDR Trained, The Mental Wellness Center We often view perfectionism as a positive personality trait. After all, if you hire someone to paint your home, do your taxes, provide a surgical procedure, or numerous other tasks, you want them to do it right—to get it perfect! But perfectionism—which is […]
3 Ways to Control Shedding
Submitted by Nilla’s Tub DIY Dog Wash & Health Food Store Dogs shed. It’s simply what they do! Shedding is normal year-round and while some breeds shed less than others, most will typically shed more—sometimes a lot more—in spring and fall with the changing of the seasons. The amount and frequency of shedding will be […]
BACK PAIN: Set Back or Come Back?
By Drew Henneberg, DPT, Advanced Rehab & Sports Medicine With summer coming to a close, fall is right around the corner. The return of the fall season brings with it a host of fun activities like bonfires, pumpkin patches, and hay rides. Along with the fun, the fall also brings leaf pickup, yardwork, and preparing […]
An Investment in Healthy Skin
By Becky Wiese One sign of a patient-centered medical practice is how it responds to patients’ needs and requests. A good example can be found in Oasis Medical Spa & Wellness, which is an extension of services offered through Twin City Plastic Surgery. When patients started asking questions about skin care after their surgery and […]