Empower Your Wellness Journey

According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes. In 2015, diabetes was considered to be the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. But the Obesity Society notes that the single best predictor of…

Few can say they given back to the world as much as they’ve received. Arnold Aronson, one of the chief speech pathology researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota dedicated 36 years of his life to the nonprofit organization before passing away in mid-November at age 90. “His clinical, research,…

It turns out all that fuss about drinking at least eight glasses of H2O a day might not hold water. There’s no doubt that water makes up the majority of our bodies and that we need plenty of it to perform basic functions like waste processing and temperature regulation. Without…

Yes, sight checks top the list of health screenings to undergo during your 30s. If you wear glasses, your 30s offer the ideal time for your optometrist to tell you if you’re a candidate for laser surgery. A person’s eye prescription typically levels out at 40 years of age, so…

Getting into working out, if you’re not already exercising regularly, can be incredibly intimidating. It’s especially hard to pick out what method of getting into shape is right for you when there are so many options out there; is cardio the best option? Strength training? Flexibility? How do you make…

Pharmaceutical company Insys allegedly pushed for higher doses of addictive opioids in order to spike sales, according to a recent report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s minority staff.   Shady Tactics To Spike Sales Sales representatives for Insys were reportedly rewarded for pushing providers to write…