April is testicular cancer awareness month! Join us as we explore a variety of issues on this important health topic. What is testicular cancer? Testicular cancer is a cancer that originates in one or both testicles, or testes, which are responsible for producing sperm and the hormone...
We all have stress and we all know what it feels like. But do you know how it actually affects your body, your mind and your health? We all get stressed for different reasons. Some people will get stressed when they are called on to do...
What do you think of when you hear the word holistic? You might think of a swami in India, meditating in a trance like state A barefoot hippy in jeans and a flowery shirt Or some kind of hocus pocus pie in the sky airy fairy philosophy By definition,...
If you’ve been around the wellness movement long enough, undoubtedly you’ll come across this statement often. “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. -- Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C. Health enthusiasts the world over all agree that nutrition is the building block...
Excitement is good! Excitement is great in fact. I get it! But you also need endurance, so you can reap the reward! So you decided to “get healthy.” Improve your health, extend your longevity, and you are pumped up! Passion and enthusiasm certainly fuel us towards our...
"High blood pressure is public health enemy No. 2," behind tobacco, says CDC director Thomas Frieden. "There is nothing that will save more lives than getting blood pressure under control," he says1. Many Americans taking medicine for blood pressure still have it, but did you know...