Living Well Blog

February 24, 2025
Drs. Charles Johnson and Lou Malinow discuss ways you can live healthier and help prevent diseases like prediabetes, diabetes, fatty liver disease, chronic kidney disease, heart attacks and stroke. Learn how nutritional habits can lead to better metabolic health which may lower your risk for… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
February 19, 2025
You’re probably aware getting enough sleep is essential to overall health and well-being. Sleep helps lower blood pressure and inflammation, regulate metabolism and insulin uptake and reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. This is why sleep deprivation is linked to obesity, heart disease,… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
February 19, 2025
Many Americans use self-monitoring technology such as pedometers, continuous glucose monitors, heart rate monitors and home blood pressure machines. In fact, Informa Tech Target reports that roughly 40 percent of American adults use healthcare-related apps and 35 percent are wearing devices — 92… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
February 18, 2025
It’s not news that heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death worldwide. However, what is new is the connection found between heart disease and breast cancer, a leading form of cancer.When researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center assessed data collected between 2009 and 2020 from… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
January 24, 2025
Most people want to live a healthy lifestyle. As many as 87 percent of Americans agree that they would like to take steps to… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
January 23, 2025
A hormone our bodies produce naturally is linked to a surprising number of adverse issues, including sleep deprivation, weight gain, headaches, acne, fatigue, muscle weakness, insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes, weak immune system and high blood pressure. The culprit? Cortisol.If you’re trying to… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
January 22, 2025
2025 ushered in a potential major public health change. On January 3, 2025, Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, United States surgeon general, released Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, a document that… See more
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
January 22, 2025
Over the last decade, sugar has practically become public health enemy number one. Studies have linked excessive added sugar consumption with a wide range of health problems including cavities, obesity, heart disease and type 2… See more
By Dr. Andrea Klemes
January 17, 2025
Everyone ages. It’s a process that none of us can avoid despite how well we care for ourselves. There are two basic types of aging – chronological and biological. And while you experience both, one type of aging can happen faster than the other.Chronological aging is what we think of when we think… See more