Improve Your Health Through Nutrition
By Dee McCaffrey, Director of Nutrition, Processed-Free America That famous Chinese proverb depicts the simple small action we can take when embarking on any great endeavor. If that endeavor involves improving your food choices, that single step begins with a fork, and there is no better time to begin than now! March is National Nutrition […]
Psychological Development Across the Life Span Part One: From Birth to Age 5
By Jennifer Morrison, PsyD. Throughout the course of our lifetime, there are number of psychological hurdles that we have to overcome in order to continue to grow along the path of psychological development. There are several different age groups, and with each group comes a unique developmental task the person must grapple with in order […]
Facing the World
By Lori Lovely Our faces present an introduction to the world, providing a first impression and a glimpse of who we are, so we want to look our best when meeting people. We want to be ourselves, just a better version, with a natural look that doesn’t reveal our improvement secrets. That’s what The Facial […]
How to Overcome Your Smile Insecurities
Everyone deserves to have a smile that expresses self-confidence and inner beauty. Unfortunately, too many people are insecure about their smile when the sources of their unhappiness can easily be fixed. Turns out, with some simple, cost-effective, and painless cosmetic dentistry, you can dazzle the world with your smile. Three of the biggest smile inhibitors […]
National Healthcare Decisions Day
By Robert Sawicki, MD When you are sick, you don’t feel like doing a lot of things. When you are seriously ill, you may not be able to do much. In fact, the majority of us cannot express our own wishes when we are near the end of life. It is important for all of […]
Modern Day Health Concern
By Tracy Terlinde, CHP, CLC, Nutritionist Childhood obesity has become a major community health concern over the past thirty years. One in five children are now diagnosed as obese. Obesity and being overweight can lead to many health issues including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes which are also leading causes of death in Illinois. […]
Stop the Spread of Superbugs Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
For nearly a century, bacteria-fighting drugs known as antibiotics have helped to control and destroy many of the harmful bacteria that can make us sick. In recent decades, antibiotics have been losing their punch against some types of bacteria. In fact, certain bacteria are now unbeatable with today’s medicines. Sadly, the way we’ve been using […]
Your Loved One Had a Stroke . . . What’s Next? Submitted
by The Villas of Holly Brook Aunt Henrietta had a stroke. She is my mother’s younger sister and it was devastating to our family. Initially, she was in a nursing home. Recovery depends on many different factors like where in the brain the stroke occurred, how much of the brain was affected, the patient’s motivation, […]
Know What Is hAPPening With Your Kid’s Apps
By Paul Schellenberg, LLC Social media is taking over as the main source of entertainment in today’s society. This has positive and negative aspects. One of the positive effects social media can impart is empowering youths to share their voices and gifts of self-expression. Also, social media can help friends who do not live in […]
Millennial Parents Struggle with High Cost of Living
For many young adults, heavy debt and lower-paying jobs lead to a delay in traditional life goals, like buying homes and starting families. However, research suggests that millennials’ financial worries are adding up to more than stress and disappointment, particularly once they become parents. Two in five young parents rate their financial health as unsatisfactory […]