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Back-to-school time is fast approaching and that leaves many parents rushing to make sure their child is prepared for a new academic year. In the midst of shopping for new clothes and school supplies, getting back to a normal sleep schedule, and making sure they haven’t forgotten their multiplication tables they worked so hard on last year, here’s one more ...
Did you know that every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke? According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are many factors that may increase the risk of stroke, including things like age and health conditions like high blood pressure. Strokes can happen in one of two ways. First is when the blood supply to the ...
Water or aquatic exercise has many advantages over traditional land-based exercises, especially if you find exercising on land too painful, difficult, or taxing. Exercising in water is as beneficial as exercising on land if performed at a similar intensity and if properties of the water are used to your advantage. Individuals who are unable to move well on land may ...
Sydney Dickinson, MS, RDN, graduated from Montana State University with her Master of Science in Dietetic Systems Leadership. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and primarily works on St. Peter’s Health Medical and Behavioral Unit floors as a clinical dietitian. Think about the mornings when you started eating a sugary breakfast cereal. You probably feel hungry again soon after. But ...
The last fourteen months have been grueling. It has been said often; yet, it cannot be said enough. The last fourteen months have been rough. We navigated unfamiliar and uncharted territory. When lockdown began, it felt doable. Hunker down for a couple of months, slow the spread, take on some home improvement projects, and engage in a new hobby like ...
By Dr. Nicole Clark It is estimated that 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's dementia today. This includes one in 10 people over the age of 65. We have all been impacted by the disease in some way—a parent, a favorite aunt, a neighbor; everyone knows someone who has suffered with the disease. I would like to focus today ...
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a public health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020, and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. In such a short amount of time, our lives have been greatly affected. We are asked to hunker down in our homes, our children are out of school, and restaurants have closed. During ...
Many women can recall their annual physical with a pap smear, often starting in their teenage years. It was a normal expectation that, at some point, every woman would begin having these exams once a year. As research has developed, medical providers have learned a lot about the causes of cervical cancer and what we can do to help keep ...
By Dr. Bridgid Crowley One in five Americans suffered from mental health symptoms in 2020 according to data from the National Institute of Mental Health. Young adults between 18-25 years of age had the highest rate of psychiatric symptoms. Excessive worry and sadness, trouble sleeping and other psychiatric symptoms are common in our community. When we experience these symptoms, it ...
Heart disease is the most common cause of death in America. Last year alone over 675,000 Americans died from heart related problems. A major contributor to heart disease is the molecule known as cholesterol. Cholesterol is a critically important molecule that helps your body make sex hormones, numerous tissues and vitamin D. In fact, your liver typically makes a large ...
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