Lifestyle & Wellness

Ear­wax is a key part of keep­ing your ears healthy, but build up can be annoy­ing or even painful. Learn how you can remove ear­wax safely.

Dur­ing the cold­est peri­od of the year, you are at greater risk for dif­fer­ent win­ter injuries, and health con­di­tions than at oth­er times dur­ing the year. One aspect of your health you may want to take into con­sid­er­a­tion is how much vit­a­min D you’re getting.

This win­ter, focus on safe­ty to pre­vent injuries by pay­ing atten­tion to these 4 dif­fer­ent parts of your body.

Many hol­i­day activ­i­ties can cause back pain or dis­com­fort. This win­ter, be aware of these poten­tial back pain trig­gers so you can avoid back discomfort.

As you pre­pare to select the right health insur­ance plan for you, there are a few things you should know before mak­ing that big decision.

While warmer tem­per­a­tures can be relax­ing, they can also be dead­ly. Here’s how heat affects your heart — and some sun safe­ty tips to prac­tice this summer. 

Mos­qui­to bites are itchy and annoy­ing. Here’s how to avoid them, and when it may be time to vis­it one of our Imme­di­ate Care locations.

Peo­ple love rid­ing bikes because it’s a great way to get exer­cise; it has low-impact on your joints as you rotate your legs thou­sands of times dur­ing a typ­i­cal ride. But small issues with your bik­ing tech­nique can cause big prob­lems over time, includ­ing knee pain, the most com­mon low­er body injury in the sport.

The endocrine sys­tem secretes 50 dif­fer­ent hor­mones through­out your body and each plays a vital role in main­tain­ing home­osta­sis, or sta­ble body func­tions. The fol­low­ing are five hor­mones and the most com­mon imbal­ances in both men and women.

Expo­sure to var­i­ous sounds can affect your hear­ing and cause dam­age, includ­ing tem­po­rary or per­ma­nent hear­ing loss, depend­ing on how loud the noise is and the length of time you are exposed to it. Noise-relat­ed hear­ing loss is com­mon, affect­ing near­ly 15 per­cent of adults in the Unit­ed States (U.S.).