Sleep is just as important for your overall health as going to the gym, eating the right foods and taking care of your mental and emotional needs. In fact, your quality of sleep is a key factor in healthy aging. […]
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With COVID-19 still affecting communities across the nation, you might be seizing opportunities to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible. If your outdoor activities include running, you also will want to seize opportunities to avoid one of the most
Plantar fasciitis: a real pain in the foot Read More
Concussions are defined as a traumatic brain injury usually caused by a blow to the head, whiplash, or an abrupt stop of the head. What is a concussion? Contrary to what you may have heard, concussions are not “brain bleeds.”
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General information on pelvic health for males is more difficult to find than for females, and guys certainly don’t sit around the coffee shop talking about their urinary incontinence after having prostate cancer. However, information should be available since prostate
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Back when I was at the University of Northern Iowa, my friend Chad Baumler decided that we could pay for our fraternity’s formal if everybody donated plasma twice and threw the money into a fund. It sort of worked…about half
Convalescent Plasma…What’s the Fuss? Read More
Let’s talk about the new mRNA vaccines which may very well be employed to usher us out of the disaster that is known as 2020. If you find this useful, please don’t think twice about sharing. And I will say that
How do mRNA vaccines work? Read More
We’re coming up on the start of flu season, everybody is gearing up for colder weather and coronavirus is still circulating throughout the news cycle. So, it seems like a legitimate time to talk about influenza, right? Maybe? Well, here’s
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“Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “Flu.” “Flu who?” I don’t know about all you readers out there, but I’ve felt so inundated with coronavirus news the past few years that influenza (the flu) was put on my mind’s back burner. The
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Potty-training is fun, said no one ever. Arguably some of the most frustrating and expensive parts of raising a child stem from the potty-training process. The trick to potty-training is waiting on the readiness of the child, and it’s important,
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Sex. A topic that for myself, personally, growing up was not a topic of conversation in our house. Yes, I had sex education courses throughout school that taught basic anatomy and the general logistics of what sex is. My sex
Let’s talk about sex…ual dysfunction? Read More