Archive for February 2011
A host of specialists make rotating visits to Stanly Regional West to better serve the needs of residents in West Stanly and the surrounding areas. Stanly Regional West, a medical office complex affiliated with Stanly Regional Medical Center, has been open for two years with family medicine physicians and a freestanding imaging center. And now [...]
In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder (Crowther et al., 1992; Fairburn et al., 1993; Gordon, 1990; Hoek, 1995; Shisslak et al., 1995). February [...]
Making Sleep a Priority for Your Child
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● February 25, 2011
Making sure your child gets enough sleep is not only good for their health, and yours, but it’s an additional tool to help fight obesity. Research indicates that from infancy through adolescence and possibly into adulthood, people who don’t get adequate sleep tend to gain weight the faster and are more apt to be obese [...]
Parents, before you let your child pick up that energy drink, you might want to read the findings from a recent study published in the journal, Pediatrics. According to the study, energy drinks, typically high in caffeine and sugar, may post significant risks to children, especially those with heart problems, seizure disorders, diabetes, or mood [...]
What is a “Medication”?
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● February 16, 2011
All drugs have side effects. Even though you can purchase over the counter medications, vitamins, supplements, herbals, and diet pills without a prescription from your doctor, these substances can interact with prescriptions medications you are taking. Sometimes when we select medications and supplements ourselves, we think they are totally safe as one can “buy them [...]
Today’s teens and “tweens” are connected to one another, and to the world, via digital technology more than any previous generation. Recent data suggests that social media (SM) venues like Facebook and MySpace have surpassed e-mail as the preferred method of communication in all age groups. While today’s tweens and teens may be more digitally [...]
Read This Before Using Aspirin To Lower Your Risk Of Heart Attack Or Stroke
Posted by: Nicole Williams in: ● February 12, 2011
Only a health professional can safely decide if the regular use of aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke is right for you. It’s often thought of as one of those harmless over-the-counter drugs that you’ve relied on for years to fight pain, swelling, headache and fever. Now you’re hearing that it can also [...]
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