Be Proactive About Your Health
Submitted by Elizabeth Madlem, APN, The Bone Health Clinic at Millennium Pain Center It’s important to be proactive about your own health. This includes being informed by getting health information from reliable sources and asking your healthcare provider thoughtful questions that relate to your specific situation. The best way to stay healthy is to prevent […]
Taking a Walk Is Not Working Out
By Karen Tucker A good workout should feel hard — that’s why it’s called a workout. How often have you heard that you can get all the benefits of exercise by simply living an “active lifestyle?” Experts recommend strength-building activities two days a week, plus a minimum of 2½ hours of moderate aerobic activity or […]
Return to Play
By Alexander Germanis There are numerous terms indicating a return to a normal state of things after a setback: to rebound, bounce back, pick up, recover. Is it any coincidence that these are all sports terms as well? The athletic mentality of regaining a positive position is the exact same school of thought physical therapists […]
Fat Injections Fill in or Fill out!
Submitted by Twin City Plastic Surgery It is not uncommon to overhear women talking about how they wish they could move fat from their waist or thighs and put it somewhere else. Truth is…it’s possible! Fat injection, or lipofilling, diminishes wrinkles and creases and plumps up areas that have lost fullness as a result of […]
Prostate Cancer What You Need to Know When Making Decisions About Treatment
By Shermian Woodhouse, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director of Community Cancer Center As a radiation oncologist for the Community Cancer Center, I often get questions from patients about how to make the right decision regarding treatment after a prostate cancer diagnosis. The advice I often give is that it’s important to consider all your options before […]
Should You Take the Buyout?
Submitted by McBeath Financial Services There’s an old saying that there are only two things in life you can count on: death and taxes. The wisest of us count on a third thing throughout our lives: change. In fact, it’s been said that change is the only constant in our lives. As we grow and […]
Cravings 101
By Michelle May, M.D. Hunger and cravings are different; hunger is the need for fuel while cravings are an intense desire for a specific food — with or without hunger. Learning strategies for handling cravings is essential! What causes cravings? Hunger — Whenever you feel like eating, pause to ask, “Am I hungry?” You can […]
Varicose Veins: A Family Affair
Submitted by The Vein Specialists LLC We inherit many physical characteristics from our parents and grandparents, such as eye color or height. Some health issues are also inherited, including varicose veins. It’s a fact that if one of your parents has varicose veins, you have a 45 to 50 percent risk of developing them too. […]
The Latest Buzz in Health and Beauty
By Amy Kennard While hemp oil may be somewhat new to the health and beauty scene, its roots run deep. Originating in Central Asia, hemp was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fiber as early as 8000 BC. Hemp is obtained from the cannabis sativa plants. You’ve probably heard of cannabis […]
Jeffery Jones DDS, On the Cutting Edge for 40 Years
By Becky Wiese Dr. Jeffrey Jones is passionate about his patients’ dental health. As a licensed general dentist, he offers a broad-based practice that includes the normal procedures patients need on a regular basis — exams, cleaning, filling the occasional cavity, and the ever-present reminder to floss every day — in addition to more complex […]