Clinic Specialties

Chronic Stress Puts Your Health at Risk

Chronic stress puts your health at risk Chronic stress can wreak havoc on your mind and body. Take steps to control your stress.By Mayo Clinic Staff Your body is made to react to stress in ways meant to protect you against threats from predators and other aggressors. Such threats are rare today. But that doesn’t […]

Sleep Matters!

Most people don’t get enough sleep. We are a society that burns the candle at both ends, a nation where people stay up all night to study, work, or have fun. However, going without adequate sleep carries with it both short- and long-term consequences. In the short term, a lack of adequate sleep can affect […]

Pray Away Your High Blood Pressure Today!

No one visits a healthcare facility for bad results right. Our arm can be completely inverted with bones protruding and we still somehow expect a positive prognosis. “Tell me it’s not broken doc!”, we might say. Then utter disappointment hits followed by moments of distress when they tell us it’s broken. This could have been […]

Healthy Eating

By Lawrence Robinson and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/healthy-eating.htm What is a healthy diet? Eating a healthy diet is not about strict limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foodsyou love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, and boosting your mood.Healthy eating doesn’t have to be overly complicated. If […]

Diabetes Dictionary Word of the Month

A1C An average of blood sugar levels over the course of a few months. A1C is commonly used to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes and it is also the main test to help manage diabetes. It works by measuring how much blood sugar is attached to your hemoglobin. The higher the percentage, the higher your blood glucose levels have been, on […]