Stressed Out? A Guide to Signs, Symptoms

Patient News, Wellness

“I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times. I never remember myself a time in which our history was so full, in which day by day brought us new objects of interest, and, let me say also, new objects for anxiety.” Was the...

The Healthy Aging Brain: Making Strides by Taking Strides

Healthy Aging, Patient News

“Walking is man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates Put away the handheld brain games and turn your focus from lifelong learning to lifelong walking. The road to sustaining brain health is an active one and taking that first step, followed by thousands more on a daily...

A Quick Spin on Dizziness, Vertigo and Other Balance Disorders

Medical Conditions, Patient News

Common, rarely life-threatening, but very unsettling, an attack of dizziness or vertigo can send your world into a spin with simple acts like turning around to back up a car, bending down to tie a shoe or looking up at the sky. A range of sensations may keep you off...

The Connected Patient: Keeping Up with Apps

Patient News, Wellness

The ubiquitous smart phone has boosted its useful- ness tenfold in the past decade with a mushrooming library of health and wellness apps. Some aim to help you monitor your condition day-to-day, understand and stay on track with medications, or diagnose your symptoms,...

Gut Instincts: Can More Bacteria Mean Better Health?

Patient News, Wellness

Healthy bacteria may seem like a contradiction in terms, but years of research and real world experience point toward an unexpectedly promising finding: the microorganisms continually forming in your intestine may confer health benefits that we are only just beginning...

Try a New Approach to Food in the New Year: Stop Dieting and Focus on Mindful Eating

Nutrition, Patient News, Wellness

The dieting-overeating-weight regain cycle is almost inevitable, not because people fail diets but because diets fail people. It is important to understand that rebound overeating happens to almost everybody, and should not be viewed as an individual weakness or...