Lifestyle & Wellness

Does com­ing home to your pet take the stress out of your day? Find out how own­ing a pet can ben­e­fit your phys­i­cal, men­tal and social health.

The hol­i­day sea­son is often a good reminder to be grate­ful for both the lit­tle and big things in life, but what would hap­pen if we prac­ticed grat­i­tude each day? Fam­i­ly Med­i­cine physi­cian, Dr. James Graziano, explains how year-round grat­i­tude can pos­i­tive­ly impact your over­all health and wellbeing. 

What bet­ter way to enjoy the warm weath­er than a fam­i­ly pic­nic? When plan­ning your pic­nic there are a few things that you should con­sid­er about food pack­ing, trans­porta­tion, prepa­ra­tion and serv­ing to avoid the risk of food poi­son­ing and relat­ed illnesses.

Many peo­ple have heard of both phys­i­cal ther­a­py and chi­ro­prac­tic care. How­ev­er, they may be unaware of their dif­fer­ences, sim­i­lar­i­ties and how the two health spe­cial­ties work togeth­er to help patients relieve their pain. 

We’re wear­ing head­phones more than ever – dur­ing remote learn­ing or while work­ing from home. Our Audi­ol­o­gists share how to ensure your head­phones are at a prop­er vol­ume and when to seek hear­ing care.

Life can get busy and tak­ing care of our skin health can eas­i­ly become an after­thought. Our cell phones are use­ful tools to help sup­port healthy skin­care habits.

We all know that sun­screen is a nec­es­sary step in our skin­care rou­tine. But do you know the dif­fer­ence between chem­i­cal and phys­i­cal sun­screens? Our der­ma­tol­o­gists explain the dif­fer­ence between these two types of sunscreen.

Whether you have oily, dry or sen­si­tive skin, wear­ing sun­screen is a crit­i­cal step in pre­vent­ing the onset of skin can­cer and aging. Der­ma­tol­o­gist, Dr. Kristin Lee, explains which sun­screen is best for you based on your skin type.

Work­ing and learn­ing remote­ly may help pro­tect you from COVID-19, how­ev­er, it may not pro­tect your eye health. Tech­nol­o­gy is being used more than ever and the addi­tion­al screen time can result in eye strain. Find out how you can pro­tect your eyes while still per­form­ing your dai­ly vir­tu­al work and school tasks.

We have all expe­ri­enced moments of stress in our lives. When some­thing unex­pect­ed or alarm­ing hap­pens, a part of your brain, the hypo­thal­a­mus, sets off an inter­nal alarm. This alarm sig­nals your adren­al glands to release hor­mones, adren­a­line and cor­ti­sol, into your ner­vous sys­tem that cause your heart rate to increase, your mus­cles to tense and your breath to quick­en. This is referred to as your fight or flight response, and your body is ready to take action to pro­tect itself from harm.