Eight choices that promote better mental health

MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND that achieving good physical health depends in large part upon leading a healthy lifestyle. For instance, we know that getting proper nutrition and exercising regularly are essential to maintaining good cardiovascular health and avoiding problems such as diabetes.

Time to look as young as you feel!

What does the skin on your face, neck, chest, and hands reveal about you? Will the fine lines, brown spots (age spots), large veins on the hands, and sagging jowls and neck portray you as tired, withered, and older than you are?

Tips on caring for aging parents

THANKS TO HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES and advances in modern medicine, the worldwide population over age 65 is growing. Globally, the population aged 65 and over is growing faster than all other age groups.¹ As our nation ages, many Americans are turning their attention to caring for aging parents.

CANCER CONNECTION IN OUR COMMUNITY

HOW DOES ONE LIVE WITH CANCER as a chronic illness? Can you imagine living with not one, but two different types of cancer? SS was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2007 and then breast cancer in 2008.

No such thing as a safe suntan—protect yourself from skin cancer

WITH WINTER BEHIND US, area residents are gearing up for some outdoor fun in the spring and summer sun.

You’re never too old for Super Slow Training

THOUGH MOST OF the clients currently taking advantage of the Super Slow Training method offered at TriggerPoint are in their 40s, this evidence-based, time-efficient exercise solution is gaining popularity among people of all ages—including individuals well into their senior years.

EATING WELL

AFTER EVERY HOLIDAY, vacation, or celebration, it seems I hear comments like, “I need to cleanse!” or “We’re going to eat vegetables for a month!

The growing importance of post-treatment surveillance in cancer survivors

CANCER SURVIVORSHIP is on the rise and expected to continue growing due to a variety of factors, including improvements in cancer screening, advances in treatment, and the general growing and aging of our population.

The internal medicine physician: your healthcare quarterback

THE INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, or internist, is a highly trained medical specialist whose role is to diagnose, treat, and prevent the broad spectrum of diseases that occur in adults.

Damp basements pose dangers—here’s how to breathe easier

APRIL IS WHEN MELTING SNOW and spring showers lead to the ground being saturated, which poses a threat that can take away the breath of homeowners, almost literally. That threat is of water leaking into basements.