Innovative Imaging for Everyone
By Julie Workman We make hundreds of choices every day. Some big, some small. Some with lasting impact, some not. Some small: Wait in line for your chai latte and risk being late for work? Put your homemade coffee in a to-go cup, and be sure to arrive on time? Some bigger: Opt-in to remote […]
How to Change Attitudes and Habits by Changing Your Neural Networks
By John Townsend So how are attitudes changed? The first thing to realize is that habits can be changed. That this should be patently obvious is confirmed by the transition that most children make to adulthood. Most infants scream and cry when they are hurt or can’t get their own way. In adulthood this behavior […]
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 […]