Heart Rate: Learn your rhythm
Most fitness buffs are aware of their heart rate and monitor it for their own edification. But even if you’re not an athlete, knowledge about your heart rate can help you monitor your fitness level — and it might even help you spot developing health problems. Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your […]
Should you worry about the Zika virus?
Living in Southeastern North Carolina we don’t have a direct risk of the Zika virus…yet. What do we know about the Zika virus? It’s transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It has spread to at least 29 countries including the U.S. It is connected to microcephaly (left), a neurological disorder that results in babies being […]
Cholesterol: Get the Facts
Our goal is to help our customers become more educated about living a healthy lifestyle so they live longer. This week we’ll focus on cholesterol. We all hear this word and our immediate thought is that it’s all bad and something to avoid. However, there are two kinds of cholesterol and it’s not all bad […]
This week is National Drug & Alcohol Abuse Week (SM)
This week is National Drug & Alcohol Abuse Week (SM). Though, they cover a wide array of topics, we chose to share their information about the dangers of prescription drugs in an effort to help educate parents about prescription drug abuse among teenagers. Hopefully, we can prevent even one death from an overdose with this […]
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, but just how much do you know about Glaucoma? Most of us have at least heard the word and most of us associate glaucoma with the elderly. But, did you know that you don’t have to be ‘old’ to develop this non-reversible eye disease? Glaucoma is a condition that is often […]