Every year, more than 700,000 Americans suffer a stroke, with stroke being the third leading cause of death in the nation. Survival and recovery depends on two key factors: how quickly patients receive treatment and how comprehensive the treatment is.…
Steps to Successful Aging
Aging is a complex process that researchers only recently have begun to understand. No matter what genes we’ve inherited, our bodies continually undergo complex biochemical reactions. Some of these reactions can cause damage, and, as we age, our body organs …
Preventing Cancer Through Food and Fitness
April is Cancer Control Month, a time to stop and think about how our lifestyle choices could be putting us at risk for developing the disease.
Research now shows that like tobacco and alcohol use, many cancer-risk factors are within …
Understanding Shut-Down Learners: Six Strategies to Help Your Child Climb From Struggles to Success
By Richard Selznick, Ph.D.
Throughout preschool and her early elementary grades, Emma was sunny, confident, and engaged in school. Now 12 and in Grade 6, her teacher’s comments paint a different picture:
…Emma enters class pleasantly and she seems to
Advanced Solutions for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is much more than just pins and needles. It’s sharp, radiating pain in your wrist, hand, and arm that wakes you at night. It’s tingling, numbness and weakness that doesn’t go away, even during the day. …
A Hard Life Made Easier: Expert Surgical Care for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have dramatically impacted the health and quality of life for the nearly 1 million people suffering from these inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis typically strike young people, most often between the …
Have You Had Your 35 Grams of Fiber Today?
We always hear that we should add more fiber to our diets, but what does it really do for us?
For starters, research shows it can slow the absorption of dietary fat which can help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. It …
New Treatment Offers Hope for Cardiac Arrest Patients
In the not too distant past, suffering a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital rarely included a complete recovery. Today, an innovative new treatment, called therapeutic hypothermia, offers many post-cardiac arrest patients a recovery that would have been deemed …