Your Healthy Hair and Skin

Here’s Help for Dandruff Dandruff is the excess shedding of the top layer of the skin on the scalp.  It is normal for these cells to be shed.  However, with dandruff, larger “scales” are shed at an increased rate.  There is nothing medically serious...

Your Healthy Eyes

What Is a Cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye.  By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.  The lens is a clear part of the eye that helps to focus an image on the retina.  The...

Your Healthy Spine

Tips for Maintaining Good Posture Throughout Life Developing healthy posture now is an important gift to give yourself.  The benefits will last a lifetime!  These tips can help: Keep your weight down. Excess weight exerts a constant forward pull on the back...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Can Diet Make a Difference? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a group of symptoms, including pain or discomfort in your abdomen and changes in your bowel movement patterns, that occur together.  If you’ve been diagnosed with IBS, talk with your doctor about how...

Men’s Health Update

Guys, You Can Eat Hearty and Stay Healthy Men’s Health Week is June 12-18, so it’s a great time to think about your diet.  According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a healthy diet for men includes: At least 2 cups of fruits and 2 ½ cups of vegetables...