Health in the New Year

Health in the New Year

Breathe a deep breath and slowly exhale. The holiday season has ended; the new year has arrived. For many, the rush from Thanksgiving to Christmas with pressures of family, friends, parties, and presents results in feeling empty and emotionally spent. The start of the...
Vaccinations: A Look Back in Time

Vaccinations: A Look Back in Time

Around the 1st century, a disease was introduced into Western Civilization that changed the course of history. A large-scale epidemic occurring in the Roman Empire around 100 AD resulted in the death of 7 million people and was likely integral to the empire’s...
A Breath of Fresh Air

A Breath of Fresh Air

November is Lung Cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. Our lungs are the two spongy organs in our chest that bring oxygen into our circulatory system and release carbon dioxide back into the environment. Since our lungs interact...
The Change

The Change

Menopause is defined to have occurred twelve months after a woman’s last period. In reality, this transition can last years – usually beginning in a woman’s mid-forties and extending to her mid-fifties. Fifty million women are estimated to be currently in...

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