by Leonard Achan RN, MA, ANP Your body is composed of approximately 60% water, which means that it makes sense to keep water flowing in your body. Water is essential to the overall health of all your vital organs and assists with essential roles such as removing toxins, maintaining the chemical balance within your cells, and [...]
Continue reading...30. June 2010
by Leonard Achan RN, MA, ANP Check out this cool INFOGRAPHIC from the group over at www.weightloss.org showing some facts about dieting! Via: Weight Loss Via: Weight Loss
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by: Leonard Achan RN, MA, ANP Check out this INFOGRAPHIC from the people over at ‘Home Owners Insurance’ A great illustration on some fun facts about caffeine. Via: Homeowners Insurance
Continue reading...22. June 2010
by: Kimberly Mayo, MA, CCC-SLP With the increased demands the world has put on us today, the majority of Americans find themselves sleeping less and less every night. While there may be many reasons for this lack of sleep such as work, technology, stress, kids, or just trading in sleep for leisure activities, one thing is [...]
Continue reading...1. June 2010
By: Erin C. Lieber The oil spill in the Gulf Coast is said to be the worst oil spill since the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaskan waters, over 20 years ago, in 1989. The oil tanker bound for California, ended up spilling over 10.8 million U.S. gallons of crude oil, where the clean up measures were [...]
Continue reading...12. March 2010
by: Elisse Catalan What do you know about Diabetes Mellitus? Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels. It affects the way the body utilizes glucose for growth and energy. Carbohydrates from our diet are broken down and converted to glucose that can be used in our bodies. In [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2010
By: Eric Bitet LMHC, MA, MPH As spring begins to knock on our doors, this is a good time to give an early first quarter review of our healthy behaviors and reflect on the famous New Years resolutions most people set for themselves annually. For some, this means evaluating your progress towards meeting your health related [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2010
by Kimberly Mayo-Achan MA, CCC-SLP In today’s fast paced society, people are encouraged to live efficiently and take advantage of all of the modern technologies and short cuts that are now available to give us more “productive” time in a day. Whether that short cut be sending an e-mail instead of a letter through the postal [...]
Continue reading...14. December 2009
by Kimberly Mayo-Achan MA, CCC-SLP It’s the most wonderful time of the year…or at least that’s how the song goes! For many of us, while the holidays may be fun, festive and joyous, they can also be very stressful. The long lines in the stores, worrying about giving the perfect gift, getting all of the decorations [...]
Continue reading...12. December 2009
By: Erin Lieber Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few decades, chances are you have heard of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other, for lack of a better word, “popular” diseases, that tend to get a lot of attention. Whether you have been to a U2 concert where the band’s lead singer, [...]
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1. July 2010
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