Now is the perfect time to reflect on past resolutions and establish goals that will help you kick off the new year right. Maybe you want to travel, read more books, learn a new skill or take up a new hobby. Whatever resolutions you set, it’s important to create life-long habits to support your goals […]
When it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, it’s the small decisions and changes that have a great impact on our individual wellness journeys. Wellness is not just one thing. In fact, maintaining a healthy lifestyle goes beyond just physical health and appearances, extending into areas like a person’s emotional, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. […]
There’s no time quite like family time. And what better way to enjoy those moments with your little ones than cooking, baking and making snacks together? According to The New York Times, what you do with your kids in the kitchen really matters. If they’re regular little helpers, those early investments pay off, as it […]
Sleep is essential to overall immunity and well-being, so disruptive sleep can affect personal health, family life and work. When you don’t get optimal sleep, it can hold you back from feeling energized, productive and healthy, not to mention lead to more significant health issues. Everyone experiences a bad night of sleep every once in […]
Due to the pandemic, some parents have delayed doctor visits and immunizations for their babies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported fewer children and infants having recommended vaccinations during the spring 2020 lockdowns, leaving those children at higher risk of getting diseases like the measles. While it’s understandable that parents are worried […]
You love spending time at home with your kids, but you might not have anticipated just how much time this would be at the start of the pandemic. Now that cold weather is sweeping the nation, families will be at home and indoors even more. Fortunately, the magic of imaginative play not only keeps kids […]
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, many Americans have canceled or postponed non-emergency doctor visits. At first, practices were temporarily closed, but later patients avoided visits out of fear of exposure to COVID-19. In a Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll from May of this year, nearly half (48%) of respondents said that they or someone in […]
Deaths from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 have surpassed 140,000 in the United States and mourning the losses of these lives is important. In addition, we are also mourning lost habits and ways of life that are casualties of the coronavirus. Going out with friends, hugging a grandparent, even opening a door in a public place […]
Childhood obesity is an escalating epidemic in the US. According to the Center for Disease Control one in six children and teens in the US are obese. When a person is diagnosed as obese it means that they have too much body fat. Obesity is more dangerous than being overweight. Both conditions are unhealthy but […]
(BPT) – Candyce Norris, a wife and mother of four, was just 41-years-old when she was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. For years she didn’t give her disease the consideration and attention it deserved and would end up in the hospital every few years because of COPD flare ups. Sometimes it takes […]
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