Your annual physical is an easy appointment to postpone or dismiss, especially if you’re feeling healthy. But annual physicals are an important part of your wellness routine that should be prioritized, especially as you get older. Here are our 5 reasons why you shouldn’t skip your next physical. Overall Health…
Living well is the best medicine, and that’s what Lifestyle Medicine is all about. Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based approach to whole-person well-being. It shows how eating well, staying active, managing stress and making other healthy lifestyle choices can lead to the prevention, management, and treatment of most chronic medical…
When people consider who to choose for their primary care provider, they have to consider many things. Does this person have the proper certifications? Are they experienced with children, or with a particular health condition that I have? Are they near me? Will they be able to prescribe my…
It’s true! Good eating doesn’t just keep your weight in check, your heart happy, and your glucose levels steady, it also affects your brain! Nutrition plays a crucial role in brain health, both short term and long term. People who maintain healthy active minds well past their sixties almost…
Your brain is your most powerful organ, yet it weighs in at just over three pounds. It controls thinking, bodily functions, physical capacity, emotions, and memory. The cerebrum fills most of your skull, and is responsible for memory, problem solving, emotions, and movement. The cerebellum, at the back…
More than 5 million American seniors are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared that November was Alzheimer’s disease awareness month. Nearly 20 years later, the disease would claim his own life and the…
Flu season generally lasts October through May, and peaks in the Winter months. WWMG’s primary care provider recommend that all family members 6 months or older get flu shots. If you are a parent concerned about vaccinating your family, please refer to our article on the safety and effectiveness…
Vaccinations are among the most important advances of modern medicine. In addition to eliminating diseases like smallpox and reducing other severe illnesses such as polio, vaccines have dramatically reduced the occurrence of more common illnesses like the flu and measles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that…
Obesity is currently one of the most serious health issues in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, 78.4 million U.S. adults were obese, along with nearly 12.7 million U.S. children and adolescents in 2013. Those numbers are more than double what they were in the 1970s. Obesity…
There are two silent killers that threaten people’s health and the more you know about them, the better! The first is high blood pressure. Unless people have their blood pressure checked, there’s no way to know that they have high blood pressure. Sometimes it manifests itself in headaches or a…
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