SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS are essential to staying well and slowing the progress of diabetes. Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes Learn all you can. Diabetes is a life-long diagnosis for most people. Manage your emotions. Being diagnosed can trigger feelings of guilt, stress, or panic. Build a support system. Your doctors, loved ones, and counselors can help. Make gradual […]
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DO YOU KNOW what happens during physical therapy? Physical therapists perform hands-on manipulation of your joints and muscles and teach exercises to help alleviate pain and restore natural movement. They treat people of all ages who have limited ability to perform important activities in their daily lives. While each case is unique, these three fictional case
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WHEN IT COMES to battling breast cancer, early detection and proactive solutions are key. Thanks to diagnostic technologies and increased education about finding breast cancer in its earliest stages, healthcare providers and patients are teaming up to find breast cancer when the disease is most responsive to treatment. There are approximately 2.8 million breast cancer survivors
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Lung cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, and it rarely causes symptoms until the advanced stages that are difficult to treat. Early detection of lung cancer is key,” says Snehal Thakkar, M.D., medical oncologist at Summit Healthcare. “If you are worried about your risk or have concerns, talk with your primary care
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June is Men’s Health Month. A time to reinforce the need for men to be proactive when it comes to their health and take steps to prevent serious medical conditions. While research shows women see a doctor for annual checkups more than men, health professionals want to see that change. According to the Centers for
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June is Men’s Health Month, a great time to find ways to help the men in your life improve their health. Men have a reputation for skipping annual well visits and seeing a doctor only when they’re sick, but building a relationship with a primary care physician (PCP) has many benefits for men. Listen up,
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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Self-exams are encouraged to check for signs of skin cancer as well as going to a dermatologist for a check-up. May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. When it comes to detecting
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YOUR MIND CAN add and subtract, remember a grandchild’s face, or guide your arms and legs in a line dance. Even a few minutes of blood loss to the brain due to stroke whittles away at those gifts. Every year, more than 140,000 people in the U.S. die from a stroke. The good news? Those
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES are designed to help individuals reclaim their active lifestyles, regaining abilities that may have been lost due to illnesses, injuries, or simply the passage of time. Age, health conditions, and debilitating injuries may compromise the function of the body or brain, but there are options to help individuals live life fully in
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OKAY, YOU PROBABLY don’t think much about your colon, but you should, and not just because it’s helpful if you intend to eat and digest food. Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of death due to cancer, but it’s also one of the most preventable types of cancer. Growths inside the colon or rectum
