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What's happening in our healthy community? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a condition characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, often manifesting as n…
Teeth in your stomach?
I regularly have people coming to me with digestive disorders. Heartburn, reflux, IBS, ulcers, diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease, colitis, constipation, persistent diarrhea, etc. I love treating digestive disorders b…
Local physician to offer free vein screening
March is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) awareness month. DVT affects up to 600,000 people per year, and may lead to 60,000 to 100,000 deaths per year from complications. DVT is a partial or complete blockage of the dee…
Get your greens this St. Patrick's Day
In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day and the wearing of the green, let’s shed some light on leafy greens — the superstars of your salad fixings. Packed with folate, fiber, beta-carotene, B vitamins, and phytochemical…
Chronic headaches now reach epidemic proportion
Having chronic headaches can severely disable an otherwise healthy individual. They can lower your activity level, drain your energy, and even make you irritable and depressed. As a result, both personal and profes…
Allergies
Allergies affect approximately 40 percent of the population today, and are on the rise, affecting approximately 50 million Americans. There are four classifications of allergies: skin contact (which includes things…
Rain and grapes
Local and national news coverage is still replete with stories of the massive and unrelenting drought in California. Just last year we heard from grape growers in Washington of their concerns that irrigation water …
Preventing Alzheimer's disease
Experts agree that in the vast majority of cases, Alzheimer's disease, like other common chronic conditions, probably develops as a result of complex interactions among multiple factors, including age, genetics, en…
Savor the flavor of eating right
March is National Nutrition Month® in which the theme is “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right.” What does this mean to you? Eating slowly to savor your dish? Reducing portion sizes? Using savory spices and herbs to tr…
All about pelvic health
Kegel mania started years ago. In fact most of the women I know have heard about Kegel exercises, even if they don't really understand them or know how to do them very well. Often women will say, "I think I'm doing…
It's not too early to start planning that spring break or summer vacation
For those of us who are parents with school-aged children, spring break and summer vacation offer us a time to get away with our kids and visit grandparents, the coast, the woods, a favorite theme park or a nationa…
Experiencing the European wines of 2011
The struggles of domestic winemakers in 2010 and 2011 are well documented. Both years were cool, wet and rain shortened at harvest. 2010 also included a four day heat wave that destroyed the last hopes for many win…
Chiropractic: A low-cost solution to high-cost healthcare
Numerous studies have shown that services delivered by doctors of chiropractic (DC) are cost effective and safe. Examine the research, and decide for yourself if these services offer tremendous potential in meeting…
Asthma today
With more than 26 million Americans diagnosed with asthma, and 225,000 people worldwide dying from asthma, it’s time we take another look at it.
2015 - 2020 dietary guidelines for Americans: What's new?
Every five years, the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) makes a debut to provide recommendations to Americans and their families for making healthy choices. Why are they important and what has changed?
Know for sure
I have such amazing patients that are going through such difficult things in their lives, and they always teach me things that they know for sure.