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Medical Homes & More

We have a lot of options when it comes to health care.  That’s a good thing, but you always want to make sure you have a home – a medical home.    Patients have several health care options in addition to their medical home: urgent care clinics, free-standing emergency rooms and hospitals.  These facilities can

Colorectal Cancer Awareness

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to focus on the importance of proactive screening and early detection of cancers of the colon and rectum.  Colorectal cancer is one of the more common cancers: among non-skin cancers, it is the fourth most common cancer in men and women and is the fourth leading cause

Keep Your Heart in the Game

The heart is the engine that makes the human body go.  It pumps blood from head to toe, powering our organs and circulating oxygen throughout our body.  The blood the heart sends to our brain allows us to think and solve problems.  The heart does all this repeatedly, day in, day out.  In fact, the

Hypertension: The Silent Killer

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is often called the “silent killer.” Why the sinister nickname?  It’s silent because it almost never produces any noticeable symptoms.  And it’s a killer because hypertension is a leading cause of heart disease – and heart disease is the top cause of death among American women and men. 

Eating Better in 2026

Happy New Year! January offers us a chance to reset and chart a fresh course for the year ahead. Some people choose to do that in the form of a New Year’s resolution while others simply want to set some new goals. Perhaps you want to build on the success you had the previous year.  No

Let’s Get Moving!

So, do you want to get 2026 off to a great start? Then let’s get moving! We’re not talking about a New Year’s resolution to work out more or join a gym, although that’s great if you want to go that route. What is most important is that we all get a healthy amount of

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Lower Body Orthopedic Injuries: Prevention and Treatment

The human body makes thousands of movements a day.  Think about the first few minutes after you wake up each day: you engage your legs and back to get out of bed, you bend your knees to put on pants and bend your back as you tie your shoes.  We probably never think about these

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Stay Safe and Healthy for the Holidays

Happy holidays! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, a time to enjoy lights and decorations, good food and celebration.  Most importantly, it means time with family and friends as we slow down and have a chance to reflect on life’s blessings.  Many people make big plans for the holiday season, the roughly six-week

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Giving the Gift of Life: Organ Donation

If you had a chance to someday save another human being’s life, would you? You may have the power to do just that, simply by signing up to be an organ donor.  Organ donation is a medical process that gives individuals suffering from organ failure a second chance at life. By donating organs after death