Alcohol and Your Heart
A number of studies have shown a link between moderate drinking and a lowered risk for heart attack, heart and blood vessel diseases, stroke, type 2 d ...
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Carrying More Weight Longer Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk
New studies find carrying extra body weight increases the risk of colorectal cancer. The results show the more years you spend with a higher body mass ...
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National Diabetes & Smoking Cessation Month
Diabetes can lead to serious health complications, and so can smoking. Learn how to manage, delay, or even prevent diabetes. Also, learn five steps to ...
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It's UV Safety Month! Increase Your UV Intelligence
While enjoying this time of year, remember to keep you and your family safe when you’re out in the sun and enjoying the pool, lake, or beach.
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Getting Outdoors
The health benefits of getting outdoors are valuable for both physical and mental health. Let’s talk about those benefits!
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The Importance of Vitamin D: Are You Getting Enough?
From arthritis to insulin to mood, Vitamin D plays an important role in your physical and mental well-being.
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Fad Diets: How You Spot One & Knowing The Health Risks
It seems that there are fad diets at every turn, promising a quick fix for weight loss. Let's learn about fad diets and their health risks.
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Thyroid Health
For Thyroid Awareness Month, let’s focus on the basics of thyroid health and the differences between hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
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Breast Cancer Education
Staying on top of breast health is one of the most important things women can do to decrease their risk of breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Aw ...
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Understanding & Managing Stress
Feelings of stress are common, and certain amounts of stress are normal and beneficial. What we need to be mindful of is unmanaged stress. Check out t ...
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Importance of Flu Shots
Influenza vaccination is important and recommended yearly for everyone 6 months of age and older, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting a f ...
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Gut Health and the Microbiome
Emerging research is discovering the valuable role the gut microbiome plays in metabolism, immune response, mental health, and more. Learn more about ...
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Brain Health & Alzheimer’s Disease
Diet and lifestyle habits play a key role in how the brain ages. Incorporate these powerful lifestyle choices and habits for the most significant impa ...
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Allergic Rhinitis
Allergy season can be an uncomfortable, if not miserable, time for many of us. Thankfully, there are proactive steps you can take to minimize your ex ...
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Colon Cancer Awareness
March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, so staying up to date with the appropriate screening is im ...
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Lifestyle Choices to Improve Your Health
When it comes to improving your health, lifestyle choices are important because how you live influences your choices, and your choices impact your hea ...
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Make Healthy Habits
This year, to become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself, focus on creating healthy habits to achieve long-term goals instead of loading m ...
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Make Time to Slow Down
Changing your relationship with time is crucial to improving your overall health. Here's why taking time to slow down is good for you.
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Stress-free Holiday Season
This season, more than ever, we need to prioritize our health and well-being, not busyness. Try two or three of these tips to de-stress and unbusy yo ...
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Meal Planning
Meal planning can help decrease stress, steady blood sugars, increase energy, reduce skipped meals, save money, and minimize food waste. Here are fiv ...
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Sleep Hygiene
Getting a good night’s sleep is important for both physical and mental health. It can also improve mood, productivity, and overall quality of life. Pr ...
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Chronic High Blood Pressure
When a person's blood pressure reading is high at two or more separate appointments, the result is a Hypertension diagnosis. Unfortunately, Hypertens ...
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Skin Cancer Prevention
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. More than 5 million cases are diagnosed annually! It’s important to understand the facts ab ...
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Cholesterol Quick Facts
Like so many things, cholesterol is healthy at some levels and unhealthy at high levels. Good, balanced cholesterol is necessary for hormone productio ...
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Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance is a major feature of Type 2 diabetes, but there are usually no symptoms of insulin resistance until diabetes develops. Fortunatel ...
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Heart Health
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Americans. It is important to learn the risk factors and skills for prevention in order to live a long ...
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Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the U.S., but it doesn't have to be. If you are 50 or older, you’re at a higher risk for col ...
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Chronic Kidney Disease
30 million American adults have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which is the gradual loss of kidney function. Learn the two main causes of CKD and one ...
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Comparing Popular Diets
Low-carb, Paleo and the "Keto" diet have gained popularity in the past few years. What are these diets and what are the pros and cons of each? We di ...
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Reducing Common Health Risks in Women
There are many steps you can take and ways that you can reduce your health risks, including your risk for developing the leading causes of death for w ...
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Hypertension
Hypertension is the diagnosis for someone who has chronically elevated blood pressure. This can be caused by a number of factors, most of which can be ...
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