HealthCircle(Image ©Benjamin Earwicker) When you are trying to lose weight, it is important to have friends that are supportive of your weight loss goals. Ideally, they would encourage you to lose weight, and help you when you are discouraged. Any friend that ...
Yearly Archives: 2012
(Image ©greenchild) People frequently eat when they are bored. If there is any more unnecessary way to add calories to your diet, we can't think of one. It is important to keep yourself occupied so you don't eat when you are bored. This is ...
(Image ©Stephen Stacey) It is normal for a person's weight to fluctuate throughout the day, by a few pounds. This happens to everyone. In general, a person weighs the least in the morning and the most later in the day. This is because ...
(Image ©Michal Zacharzewski) Don't get into an accident after the hurricane hits, know the traffic laws when the power goes out. When traffic lights are not working they are treated as four-way stop signs. It's the law. Each lane stops and yields for the ...
(Image ©Yogesh Arora) Gas generators produce carbon monoxide when they are turned on. This is the same gas that cars emit from their tailpipes. Running your generator inside your house is the equivalent of parking your car in your garage and leaving ...
We have the influenza vaccine ready for anyone who wants it, regardless of whether they're a patient of ours, or not. No appointment is required; just walk in. Remember that we have evening and weekend hours available. Check out our ...
(Image ©Dominic Morel) When hurricanes hit, the most common injuries occur when people are putting up shutters, taking down shutters, and clearing debris (this last one is especially risky). Accidents with chainsaws, in particular, are very common. When working and using dangerous equipment ...
(Image ©Giani Pralea) When a hurricane hits -- and there are widespread power outages -- it is important that you only drink and cook with clean, disinfected water. The easiest ways to do this is to buy lots of bottled water, ...
(Image ©Jeff Jones) The arrival of the rather uneventful Tropical Storm Issac marks the first storm of this hurricane season. Of course, we'll be open on Monday, August 27. But what you might not know is that we always open up immediately after ...
(Image ©Kostya Kisleyko) All those celebrity magazines, TV shows, and sites -- like People, Us Weekly, Deco Drive, TMZ, etc. -- like to give you the "inside" information on how celebrities are able to shed those unwanted pounds. Celebrities seem to magically lose ...
(Image ©Alex Bramwell) Many people detox or cleanse before they start a new diet. This is not something we tell our patients to do before starting our weight loss program. We don't use it, and we don't believe it is necessary for any ...
(Photographer: Anissa Thompson on stock.xchng) Have you ever been diagnosed as having prediabetes? Prediabetes is a condition in which a person has elevated blood sugar levels, but does not yet have type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is a serious condition, and must ...