Health & Wellness

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Healthy Living

Peeling Off Pandemic Pounds

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Editorial Team

By Sherry Torkos, B.Sc.Phm., R.Ph., author of, “The Glycemic Index Made Simple” The pandemic has posed many different challenges to ...

Effective Ways To Improve Your Posture at Work
Healthy Living

Effective Ways To Improve Your Posture at Work

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Lake Oconee Health

Body alignment is the key to maintaining your comfort on the job. Try out these practical ways to improve your posture at work and reap the health benefits.

Healthy Living

Can’t Sleep? Your Gut Could Be Keeping You Up at Night

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Editorial Team

When we’re tossing and turning in the middle of the night trying to sleep, we normally jump to the conclusion ...

The Most Painful Forms of Neuralgia
Healthy Living

The Most Painful Forms of Neuralgia

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Lake Oconee Health

Neuralgia, or nerve pain, is some of the most excruciating pain known to humans. Learn more about this condition and its most painful forms.

Healthy Living

Ten Resilience-Building Habits to Master…Just in Time for Nurses Week

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Editorial Team

It has been more than a year since COVID-19 upended our world and plunged nurses and other healthcare professionals into ...

Healthy Living

The Key to Unlocking Youthfulness is in Repairing Our DNA

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Editorial Team

By Greg Macpherson, pharmacist, author, “Harnessing the Nine Hallmarks of Aging” @gregmacpherson Most of us remember high school biology class ...

Healthy Living

Fully Vaccinated? How to Keep Yourself COVID-Safe After Vaccination

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Editorial Team

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been over 212 million COVID vaccinations administered around ...

Vision Care

Over 40? Three Things to Know About Your Vision

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Editorial Team

Dinner menus, smartphones and computer screens are all things you encounter daily. But have you noticed that since turning 40, ...

Women's Health

6 Facts Women Need to Know About Giving Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Editorial Team

Giving birth is stressful enough. Adding a pandemic to the mix has only increased anxiety among today’s moms-to-be. While it’s ...

The Benefits of Exercise for Addiction Recovery
Alternative Health

The Benefits of Exercise for Addiction Recovery

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Lake Oconee Health

Addiction is a trial for the individual struggling with it, as well as their family and friends. Few people fully ...