Central Florida Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles of the Villages
April is known as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Everyone loves the freedom of getting behind the wheel of their car and just go, but are you easily distracted behind the wheel? Over 3,328 people nationwide were killed and over 421,000 were injured in motor vehicles accidents by distracted drivers. …
Read More »INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS AND INSTITUTE SPOTLIGHTS ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
With so much news surrounding the prevention, detection and treatment of breast, prostate, colon and skin cancer, it can be easy to forget that other deadly forms of cancer do exist. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), there will be approximately 17,990 newly diagnosed esophageal cancer cases in 2013. …
Read More »ANGINA CHEST PAIN MY ACHING HEART!
It is all about supply and demand. The heart needs a plentiful supply of oxygen and nutrients to effectively nourish the body. When the body’s body’s demand exceeds the heart’s supply, complications arise. This imbalance between demand and supply results from high blood pressure and vessel narrowing leading to lack …
Read More »Choose to Eat Heart Healthy — For Better or For Worse.
Your heart will be a vital, beating part of you for the rest of your life. It’s up to you how you’ll treat it. Exercise? You know that’s a given. Practically every study since studies began touts the benefits of regular exercise on a healthy heart. What about nutrition? Eating …
Read More »Throwaway Kids Become World Changers
By Alex Anderson, Senior Associate Pastor at Bayside Community Church 2:38 p.m. February 12, 2015 Upper Room, Day Spring Episcopal Conference Center Parrish, Florida Dear Reader, My friend Ben Rodgers and I took an afternoon break from the day’s leadership development work we were engaged in and, while on our …
Read More »Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
The month of March is normally known as the beginning of spring time with people stating the saying March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Many people don’t know that March is also known a Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal Cancer affects both men and …
Read More »What is Ablative Skin Resurfacing?
Ablative laser skin resurfacing removes the outer layers of skin to a predetermined depth to reduce or eliminate fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin tone and texture, correct uneven pigmentation, reduce pore size, and generate new collagen to provide firmer, more youthful skin. It is effective at reducing acne scars, …
Read More »Your Big Red Heart
Love is in the air and cupid is flying around shooting his arrow into your big beautiful red heart to spread love. But wait, February is not only Valentine’s Day but also American Heart Month. Many Americans don’t know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the …
Read More »Shoulder Pain
By Compton Chiropractic Care – Shoulder pain affected 14 million people in 2003, and that number has increased as the population has aged. Today estimates suggest that shoulder pain affects 49% percent of the population in America over the age of 60. A large majority of those affected will seek …
Read More »Marathon Runners Over 30: The Unheard of Advantages
By Curt Davies – curt.davies@marathondriven.com When you’re over the age of 30, running marathons can bring many benefits that are often not the case when you’re younger. Whether you’re aware of the advantages or not, they do exist, and is exactly what I’m going to be going through in this …
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