Taking care of your eyes can benefit your overall health. Healthy vision can help keep you safe. Many eye diseases do not have symptoms so it is important to make eye health a priority and get regular eye exams. Here are 4 steps to protect your sight: Get a dilated eye exam Ask your eye care Read More…
April 24 to April 29, 2017 is Sleep Awareness Week. We need between 7-8 hours of sleep every night. As people age, their sleep patterns may change, but older adults still have the same requirements for sleep as younger people. Older people tend to nap more, get sleepier early in the evening, and wake up Read More…
When spring rolls around each year, many take it as an opportunity to do spring cleaning; which often times includes going through old things that we don’t use or wear anymore. One place that you should include on your cleaning list is the medicine cabinet. It’s a spot that we tend to forget about but Read More…
March is National Nutrition month. It is a good time for a refresher on the potential health risks of consuming too many sugar sweetened beverages. Sugary drinks are a major cause of the obesity epidemic in the United States; they have been linked to poor diets, weight gain, diabetes and heart disease. Soda is the number Read More…
Friday February 3, 2017 is national “Go Red for Women” day. People are asked to wear red to raise awareness about the rate of heart disease in women. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. In fact, more women than men die each year from heart attacks. 1 Read More…
The New Year has arrived and with it, many resolutions and goals to set for ourselves. Improving health is always high on the list, but it can seem like a big task. Becoming healthier in 2017 doesn’t have to be hard; here are some tips from the CDC that take 5 minutes or less to Read More…
National Hand Washing Week is December 4-10, 2016.Hand washing is the most important step you can take to avoid getting sick and stopping the spread of germs. There are 5 steps to hand washing: Wet under running water. Lather with soap. Scrub for 20 seconds. Rinse under running water. Dry hands with towel or air Read More…
The Great American Smoke Out is held every year on the third Thursday of November. This year it is on November 17, 2016. The first Smoke Out was in California in 1976. It became a national event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, in 1977. The Great American Smoke Out has helped to change laws related to Read More…
November is COPD Awareness Month. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD, is a serious lung disease that makes it hard for people to breath. COPD can also be referred to as chronic bronchitis or emphysema. When you have COPD, the airways are partially blocked so it makes it hard to get air Read More…
October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives; it kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factors. Risks that you cannot change include Age – the Read More…
September is National Recovery Month. Recovery Month is a national observance to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can make it possible for those with a mental health and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. This observation promotes the belief that behavioral health is essential to health, Read More…
The warm weather is back, and with it: seasonal allergies. About 20% of people have allergic rhinitis. Symptoms may include runny nose, itchy watery eyes and nasal congestion. People with asthma or a family history of allergies are at a greater risk of developing allergies. People may suffer from either seasonal rhinitis (symptoms at various Read More…