By Yolanda Yoder, M.D. We wait all year for the sunny, bright days of summer when blue skies and good weather invite us outdoors. It’s also a time when it’s easy to eat plenty of fresh and tasty...Read More
Reaping the Payoffs of Eating Well
By Curtis Thill, MD You typically do it three or so times a day. Sometimes you do it in a hurry. Sometimes you enjoy it, other times not so much. Of course, I write here about the daily task of...Read More
Three Critical Things about You and Your Heart
By Curtis Thill, M.D. As you’re reading this, your heart is busy pumping vital blood all over your body through a vast and complex network of veins, arteries, and capillaries. How long would this system...Read More
Good News for Your Heart
By Curtis Thill, MD • While you’re reading this, your heart pumps roughly 1.5 gallons of blood per minute, reaching around 100,000 heart beats a day. No other organ in your body is as vital to life....Read More
Making A Difference For Yourself
A worthy resolution that many make is to take care of themselves in the new year. These resolutions take many forms: lose weight, get fit, advance one’s career, build friendships, and more. That’s...Read More
You Can Reduce Your Risk of Stroke Today
By Curtis Thill, MD It’s not a pleasant fact, but one worth considering, especially since you can take steps to reduce the risk of having it happen to you. What is it? By the time you finish reading...Read More
Important Health Care Issues for the “Woodstock Generation”
By Curtis Thill, M.D. Four decades ago, today’s Boomer generation in their 60s and 70s once thought they would never age. The biggest and most influential generation in American history, the once-known...Read More
Five Great Ways to Boost Heart Health
By Donna Charles, LPN, CHW and Cynthia Gillespie, CMA, CHW Did you know that every day your heart pumps the equivalent of about 2,000 gallons of blood through your body? If you counted the times your...Read More