…art disease and its associated complications. While maintaining a healthy diet and staying physically active are steps you can take at home, understanding your cardiovascular health through essential factors like blood pressure and cholesterol levels is equally important. Prioritizing cardiovascular health is your key to preventing heart disease and…
…by doing so, you’ve quite literally opened a world of possibilities, travel foremost among them. Staycations, for all their family-bonding blessings, are over-rated, and it’s time to embrace your wanderlust. Nevertheless, times have changed, and our new, highly fluid post-pandemic normal calls for travel precautions to ensure a safe, genuinely invig…
…rmful bacteria, viruses, or parasites. We understand the discomfort and inconvenience it can cause, and we’re here to provide you with the information and care you need to recover. Two of the most prevalent bacterial infections responsible for food poisoning are Salmonella and E. coli. These infections are often associated with specific foods: Typic…
…ng>Heart Health Facts: High Blood Pressure
Living a healthy lifestyle is essential for keeping our bodies strong and functioning properly. This includes physical activity, eating nutritional foods, and visiting a physician regularly for wellness checks. One important aspect of a wellness check is monitoring your blood pressure, as many…
…prevents the bacteria from spreading. This leaves the individual without symptoms and feeling well. Importantly, latent TB cannot be transmitted to others. However, if left untreated, latent TB infection can progress to TB disease. Tuberculosis Disease: TB disease is contagious and typically manifests with symptoms such as night sweats, prol…
…roblems at all. However, as they grow, this habit should diminish. While this behavior will not cause any permanent damage, eyestrain can still cause discomfort. The Mayo Clinic states that you may experience sore, tired, burning or itching eyes, watery or dry eyes, blurred or double vision, headache, sore neck, shoulders or back, increased light se…
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Mental health is defined as “the general condition of one’s mental and emotional state.” Irritation, lack of sleep, appetite changes, and suicidal thoughts or ideations are all warning signs that your mental health needs some attention. With the pandemic came social distancing and mandated masks… Pandemic-induced mental illness
Tuesday, Feb. 22, marks the 10-year anniversary of the very first Midwest Express Clinic opening its doors in Munster, Indiana. We quickly realized our operations needed to expand, and fast. Patients were waiting days or weeks to be seen by their primary care doctors or wasting t…
…, and endless hours of binge-watching their favorite television shows. Thankfully, there are many fun ways you can help encourage your children to be active through the summer that won’t have them constantly asking for the iPad. Physical Activity is Important According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), childre…
…of the disease. It can occur at any age and does not discriminate when it comes to race, gender or weight. When someone has Type 1 diabetes, their body does not produce insulin. What is insulin? It’s a hormone that the body needs to get blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) from the bloodstream into the body’s cells for energy. Insulin therapy c…