What You Need to Know to Prepare for a Low Blood Sugar Emergency
When Alejandra Marquez was 12 years old, she suddenly started to scream during an otherwise typical Sunday church service. There was a loud buzzing that only she could hear, and she soon began to have trouble standing. “It sounded like a mosquito loudly humming in my ear,” Marquez said. “It was a terrifying first episode, […]
Neurotherapy—Why You Need It Right Now!
By Shane Young, M.A., NCC, LPC Undeniably, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption in our lives and dysregulation in our brains. I am doubtful that anyone reading this article has not been affected by the outbreak in one way or another. Whether it’s contracting the COVID-19 virus or suffering indirectly such as: being cooped up […]
World Thrombosis Day
The CDC estimates up to 90,000 people experience a blood clot in the legs or lungs annually. Blood clots in the legs are known as DVTs or deep vein thromboses. If a piece of a DVT breaks off and travels to the lungs, it becomes a PE or pulmonary embolism. Blood clots are more common […]
Wearing a mask all day? Why wear it all night? You may have options.
A large majority of adults and children in every region of the country now wear masks at school, in stores, during business hours, and even on the home front. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 85 percent of adults in the United States say they have worn their mask all or most of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
How To Make Time Stand Still
Submitted by Keith Boswell, Mindful Movement Center Today, most of the people on the planet are moving a lot less than they were six months ago. But somehow even in these unusual times we still do not take the time to truly be still. Standing, sitting, or even lying down meditation have long been a […]
Healthy Flexibility: A Lesson in Boundaries
Submitted by Luke Dalfiume, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Co-Owner, John R. Day & Associates, Christian Psychological Associates (an excerpt from The Princess Journal: A 365-day Devotional Challenging Women to Accept Nothing Less Than God’s Best, Sarah K. Holland, M.A., LCPC) Nearly every Friday, my colleagues and I treat ourselves to McDonald’s for lunch. This past […]