Advice for Healthy Living

May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. Dr. Cheryl Winchell (WellMed at Sebastian) walks us through the disease, its symptoms and causes.

April is National Minority Health Month, focusing attention on common health conditions that affect minority communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health equity as “the state […]

Diet can have a profound effect on your health. Eating less meat and more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and healthy oils can help reduce the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and weight gain, among other significant health issues. 

March 8 is National No Smoking Day, a day designed to reach out to friends or family members who suffer from nicotine addiction, and encourage them to quit.

The human heart is the most important and incredible muscle in the body, beating about 100,000 times each day to send 3,600 gallons of blood through 75,000 miles of blood vessels.

The holidays are upon us. It’s the season of over indulgence in food and drink. We see our waistline expand and the numbers on the scale creep higher. What we don’t see is far more troubling – our blood sugar creeping higher.

It’s flu season and it’s going to be a tough one warns Dr. Medha Chunduru with WellMed at Parkdale in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems.

Breast cancer is personal for Dr. Louella Pritchette, family medicine practitioner at WellMed at Lawnwood in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

Now is the perfect time to celebrate and appreciate pharmacists and pharmacy technicians for the important role they play every day in our society.

For 18 years, Moses Blancas, lead therapist at the Lee Trevino office of WellMed Specialists for Health in El Paso, Texas, has witnessed the healthy transformations of patients through physical therapy (PT).

The CDC reports that Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death for all adults and fifth leading cause for adults 65 and older.