Prevention and Wellness

Getting enough sleep is one of the most important things you can do for your health. In fact, how you feel when you're awake depends a great deal on what happens while you're sleeping. 

During sleep, your body is still doing vital work. 

For example:

Immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the single most important factor in the survival of cardiac arrest. Without it, the chances of EMS saving a victim's life decrease with every minute. Saving lives Is in your hands.

Is there a connection between what we eat and the health of our skin? 

As with many health-related issues, the answer is: it depends. 

It depends on the specific food in question, your individual health situation and many other factors that are unique to you. 

This is a question that is frequently asked and rarely understood; even by those who have had diabetes for a long time.

The health care system can be overwhelming to navigate and often exhausting. The diagnosis process can be physically and emotionally stressful, while waiting for results can be frustrating and anxiety-provoking.

Many of us start the new year with a slew of good intentions to adopt better habits like working out regularly and eating healthier meals. And by mid-month, many of us have allowed those good intentions to fall by the wayside.

The new year is an exciting time for fresh starts and new beginnings. But how many of us come up with a list of resolutions and successfully implement them? Probably not many. Maybe they are too complicated or too big to know where to start?

Despite the common consumer misconception that vaping is only dangerous when the substance contains vitamin E, medical science says otherwise.