Impact, Inclusion, Empowerment
By Julie Workman In 1919, Ohio businessman Edgar Allen lost his son in a streetcar accident. Frustrated by the lack of medical services available to save his child, Allen sold his business and started a fundraising campaign to build a hospital in his hometown. Allen soon discovered that children with disabilities were often hidden from […]
Modify Your Skin Care for Fabulous Fall Skin
Submitted by Twin City Plastic Surgery Let’s face it, summer is over and winter is just around the corner. Just like we switch out our sundresses and flip flops for cozy sweaters and boots, it’s important to make some changes to our skin care routine as well. The changing weather affects the skin and if […]
Are You Ready to Re-Think Your Stuff?
By Becky Rogers, Certified Professional Organizer® and Owner of Organize My Clutter Where did all that stuff come from?” While working with clients we hear that question often. If you are like me, and most people I know, you have probably done all the things our culture dictated over the past several decades, and there […]
OSF HealthCare — New Center for Health: Improving the Patient Experience
Not so long ago, health care delivery took place in one of two general locations: either the doctor’s office or the hospital. The doctor’s office was primarily for checkups for healthy patients or check-ins for patients who were sick — and were promptly sent to the hospital for diagnostic testing, inpatient care, or medical procedures. […]
A Breast Cancer Risk Factor You Can Change
By Mary Kay Holloway, RDN LDN, Dietitian at the Community Cancer Center Risk factors for breast cancer include two categories—factors you can’t change and factors you can. The ones you can’t change include things like age, inherited genetic mutations, reproductive history, personal history of breast cancer or certain non-cancerous breast diseases, dense breasts, family history […]
Relief for Dry Eye
Submitted by VisionPoint Eye Center Dry eye is a condition that causes an itchy, scratchy, or burning sensation in the eyes. It may also cause redness or irritation; pain when wearing contacts; excess tears; blurry vision; and a feeling of having something in the eye. Dry eye affects nearly five million Americans over the age […]
Troubleshooting Migraines—Eliminating Triggers—Part 2
By Alexander Germanis Whether firing a gun or using a squirt bottle of kitchen cleanser, neither object will perform its action without a squeeze of the trigger. It is the trigger that sets off the next action. Indeed, any initial act or object that sets off a series of actions is called a trigger. But […]
Heritage Health Therapy & Senior Care — A Leader in Senior Care Since 1963
Submitted by Heritage Health Heritage Health: Therapy & Senior Care has been part of the fabric of the Bloomington-Normal community for 55 years and counting. Today, the biggest growth in population is with people aged 65 and older. People are living longer, healthier lives thanks to advancements in medical care and technology. Heritage has evolved […]
Coping With Anxiety
By Jenn Bovee, LCSW, CRADC, CCHt, EMDR Trained Many people live with anxiety, which can be such an intense experience that people may have trouble with normal day-to-day functioning. Common symptoms of anxiety include excessive worry, fatigue, feelings of agitation, feelings of restlessness, irritability, tense or painful muscles, avoidance of social interactions, shallow breathing, difficulty […]
How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Submitted by J. Todd Gray, DDS, Koala Center for Sleep Disorders Animal studies suggest that sleep is as vital as food for survival. Rats, for example, normally live 2–3 years, but they live only 5 weeks if they are deprived of REM sleep and only 2–3 weeks if they are deprived of all sleep stages—a timeframe similar […]