Health Posts

It takes dedication to stick to most weight-loss plans or keep up with eating a healthy diet, especially when surrounded by food traps during family gatherings and holiday celebrations. Flamboyant former fitness instructor Richard Simmons once said that you are the only person responsible for what is on your fork and what it puts in […]

Smoking is the leading cause of death and disease in the United States. Some people trying to kick their smoking habits have switched to vaping, but whether or not inhaling the aerosol “vapor” from e-cigarettes is any safer than cigarette smoke is still up for debate. Scientists are still trying to determine definitively if e-cigarettes […]

When is the last time you jogged up a staircase? Bounced to your feet after sitting on the floor? Dashed to the kitchen to pull something from the oven? Time makes us wiser, but it also takes a toll on our bodies. As you age, you might have started to notice that some things you […]

Remember awkward, sweaty handshakes before meetings? Watching a summer blockbuster in a crowded theater? Sending your kids off to school on a crowded bus? Shopping leisurely in grocery stores that were always fully stocked? Living during the “new normal” caused by COVID-19 is anything but normal. The current world-wide coronavirus crisis has ravaged the way […]

The experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19, such as difficulty breathing, fatigue, dry cough, and fever (or an elevated body temperature of 100.4° Fahrenheit or more). As the “Stay at Home” orders are relaxing across the state of Indiana, more and more Hoosiers are […]