What You Need To Know About COVID-19 and Your Heart
People with cardiovascular disease are more than twice as likely to contract severe forms of COVID-19. Are you one of them? Maybe you are and don’t realize it. Nearly half of all U.S. adults have some type of cardiovascular disease. Heart diseases include: Heart failure: …
Celebrate the Holidays a Different Way This Year
Large gatherings for Thanksgiving and winter holidays could mean a sharp uptick in positive coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Help honor our caregivers, first responders and patients by avoiding large gatherings this fall and winter by celebrating in a different way this year. Here are a …
Back-to-School Tips in the Time of COVID-19
It’s back-to-school time, and it’s probably never been more stressful given the COVID-19 pandemic. If your child is doing in-person classes this fall, you probably have a lot of things to consider (or worry about!). Based on my medical training, advice from the Centers for …
How Diet Affects Your Skin
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. …
How to Build New Habits and Make Them Stick
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. What gives? Why is …
Prejuvenation: Preventive Tactics To Stave off Signs of Aging Skin
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That old saying certainly applies when it comes to staving off the visible signs of aging, such as fine lines, wrinkles, and sunspots. Dermatologists even have a term for it: prejuvenation. Is it true that …
Is it Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
The birth of a baby is often a joyous event. However, it can also result in something you, as a new mom, may not expect: depression. As many as 80% of birthing people experience what’s called the “baby blues” within the first few days to …
When Exercise Leads to Injury
If you’re working out on a regular basis, odds are you do it to lead a healthy lifestyle. But what happens when working out leads to injury? Sprains and strains are a common injury for anyone with an active lifestyle. If you play sports, you’ll …
What’s Worse: Sugar or the Fear of It?
Pop quiz: Fill the blank with the best answer: Food is_________. Nutrition Fuel Comfort Celebration A link to our culture and roots All the above You’re probably thinking, if it’s a dietician asking the question, the answer should be numbers one or two, but you …
This First Step to Weight Loss Is Sleep?
When it comes to losing weight, we’ve heard it all comes down to proper diet and exercise. But even if you’re watching your weight and exercising on a regular basis, you could still have a hard time losing weight. If you’re looking to get into …
