Top 10 Reasons to Stop Dieting
By Michelle May, M.D. For seventeen years, I’ve been saying “diets don’t work” and gradually, the chorus has grown louder. But, a recent study of The Biggest Loser contestants provides important new evidence about one of the many reasons that diets fail. Read on for my top ten reasons to stop dieting. Diets don’t produce […]
Magnesium: A Piece of the Nutrition Puzzle
By Mary Kay Holloway, RDN, LDN, Dietitian at the Community Cancer Center Good nutrition from food is very important to our health and wellbeing. Good nutrition can be compared to a 5,000+ piece jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle box contains many pieces that connect with each other, and the picture on the front of the box […]
4 Reasons Why People Avoid Counseling
By Jenn Bovee, LCSW, CRADC, CCHt, EMDR Over the last twenty plus years, I have had the honor and the privilege of working with a lot of different people. Despite all of their many differences, they all have one major thing in common: their reluctance to begin any sort of counseling, therapy, life coaching, or […]
Communication and Alzheimer’s
By Hannah White, Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Communication with a person with Alzheimer’s requires patience, understanding, and good listening skills. Check out our strategies to best communicate with your loved one. Changes in the ability to communicate can vary and are based on the person and where he or she is in the disease process. Problems […]
Helping You to Manage Your Anger
By Joe Croegaert, MSW, LCSW, Chapin & Russell Associates With over 40 years of experience in the field of Social Work, I have developed a growing expertise in the area of anger management by working with persons struggling with the handling of anger problems in their personal lives, relationships, families, workplace, and community. I would […]
7 Pet Safety Tips for the Fourth of July
With crowds of unfamiliar people and loud, scary noises, the Fourth of July can make even the most laid-back, four-legged family members apprehensive and unpredictable. “Research shows that more pets are lost on the Fourth of July than any other day of the year and animal shelters are most crowded after the holiday, filled with […]
Newton’s Law for Better Health
By Benjamin Goodin Inertia is a fairly simple proposition — objects holding still stay in place; moving objects stay in motion — with one caveat: this law of physics mandates these principles are constant unless either resting or moving objects are acted upon by an outside force. This means that something has to either motivate […]
Wellbrook: Be Who You’ve Always Been. Do What You’ve Always Loved.
By Alexander Germanis Age carries with it several preconceived notions. Some people think when they reach senior citizen status they are going to have to give up doing a lot of what they once enjoyed. Some people think a loss of independence is automatically in the cards. Some people even fear their best years and […]
DIAL Communities: Stronger, Healthier, Happier
By Alexander Germanis It has long been construed that once one reaches senior citizen status the best years of one’s life are somehow over. For decades, the rather depressing terms ‘declining years,’ ‘autumn,’ or even ‘winter years’ have been associated with retirement age. The residents and staff at Dial Retirement Communities have proven otherwise. Not […]
How Stress Can Affect Your Vision
By Miranda Jones, COA, Director of Clinical Services at Bond Eye Associates Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, commonly referred to as the CSC, is a condition in which fluid accumulates under the retina. CSC is only one of many diseases that cause fluid to accumulate in the retina. CSC most often occurs in young and middle-aged adults. […]