Protect Your Home From Old Man Winter
By Karen Tucker While most homeowners know that there are some important things they should do to prepare their homes for winter, many people don’t know what to do or they just never got around to doing it. Even though it’s January and you may be kicking yourself that you didn’t winterize your home back […]
8 Surprising Sources of Protein
By Sasha de Beausset Never mind the beef, chicken, beans, and eggs — they aren’t your only options when it comes to integrating protein-packed food into your diet. There are plenty of other options, and many in places that you wouldn’t have thought of looking. Why do we need protein in our diet? Many of […]
Falls: More Serious Than You Think
Submitted by Elizabeth Madlem, APN, The Bone Health Clinic at Millennium Pain Center A simple thing can change your life — like tripping on a rug or slipping on a wet floor. If you fall, you could easily break a bone, like thousands of older men and women do each year. A broken bone might […]
Senior Weight Loss Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
Submitted by The Village at Mercy Creek Weight loss is a common New Year’s resolution. Regular exercise, a healthy diet, and maintaining a healthy weight is important at any age. For those over 60, maintaining a healthy weight isn’t always so easy. Slowing metabolisms; decreases in muscle mass, strength, and overall flexibility; chronic pain; lower […]
The New Battle Against Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Part 2
By Alexander Germanis Trickling throughout Central Illinois are a number of small streams and rivers. Streams like these are tributaries for larger rivers like the Illinois, which in turn feed into greater rivers like the Mississippi. Like the mighty Old Man River, the spinal cord is the main channel into which flow the myriad nerves […]
To Brace or Not to Brace?
By Bryce Paschold, DPM, Orthopedic & Sports Enhancement Center Ankle sprains have been known to be the most common injury in all of sports, accounting for 40 percent of all sports-related injuries. There are approximately 3 million ankle sprains seen per year in the United States. As a result, ankle bracing or taping has […]
Life-Saving Five Minutes Oral Cancer, Part 6
By Alexander Germanis Five minutes can pass very quickly. It’s just 300 little ticks on the clock. In that short period, you can listen to only one song on the radio, take a really quick shower, or heat up a meal in the microwave. Or, in those five minutes, your life can be saved. Five […]
Don’t Let Frosty Bite You This Winter!
By Zain Rizvi, DPM, Heartland Foot and Ankle Associates, P.C. “Cold weather doesn’t have to put a damper on your outdoor fun.” Living in Central Illinois, the winters can always be rough. There are several health complications that can result from this, frostbite being one that is, at times, overlooked. This condition, if not treated […]
Attention Denture Wearers Your Jawbones Are Melting Part I
By Jeffrey Jones, DDS Amazingly, the worst thing about dentures is something that most Americans are not even aware of, let alone understand. It’s actually quite simple. It’s also quite obvious and can be easily proven. What is it? It’s the fact that everyone who has lost all their teeth is melting! Well, their jawbones […]
Diet and Activity Trackers: The Next Generation of Misused Tools
By Michelle May, MD Fitness bands, calorie counting apps, body composition monitors, and other gadgets have brought the old diet diary, bathroom scale, and pedometer into the digital age. But, are they really an improvement? Based on my personal and professional experience, not so much. Instead, the countless devices, apps, and other tools on the […]