Bundle up: 5 benefits of a winter workout
Are you dreading winter weather because you don’t want to move your workout indoors? It may be cold outside, but braving the cold temps for your workout could actually have added benefits.
Use this, not that: A guide to healthy holiday recipe substitutions
The holiday season is a time for traditions, all the way down to the food on the table. If you want to have a healthier holiday season but your family is depending on you to make that family-favorite casserole or apple pie, don’t disappoint them by changing the menu.
5 ways to enjoy the holidays without gaining weight
Christmas is just around the corner, and the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is in full swing. The holidays can be a stressful time of year for anyone, and that stress—coupled with enormous spreads of holiday food and sweet treats—can often lead to weight gain.
Our healthy holiday gift guide
Christmas is less than two weeks away, but there’s still time to finish up your holiday shopping. Here are five gift ideas for your favorite health-conscious friends and family members.
10 years of excellence in patient care: Reflections from Dr. Duffy
North Central Surgical Center Hospital was founded in 2005 on the belief that by partnering with our physicians, we could build a patient-focused surgical facility that would provide care at the highest level.
The power of a positive outlook
You may not have much control over the circumstances life throws at you, but you—and only you—have control over how you handle those circumstances, and positivity is key.
Maintaining a positive outlook on life and starting each new day with a positive mindset is linked to happiness and life satisfaction. But sometimes being positive doesn’t come easily. Here are some tips to help you improve your positivity.
What kinds of physical therapy are there?
“Physical therapy” is an umbrella term for a number of specialties that address a wide variety of health problems and injuries. Do you know the differences between the types of physical therapy available?
Here’s our guide to the most common forms of physical therapy.
Sports specialization: Does it help or hurt youth athletes?
It isn’t uncommon for coaches and parents to push child and youth athletes to focus on a singular sport in the hope that he or she becomes a star. While keeping aspirations high isn’t necessarily a bad thing, sports specialization may be doing your child more harm than good.
Get the facts about mammograms
Mammograms, an important health screening for women, consist of a low-dose X-ray of the breast that looks for abnormalities and changes in a woman’s breasts that may be indicators of breast cancer. Women are encouraged to get mammograms because they may be able to detect breast abnormalities that cannot be felt by a breast self-exam.
5 tips to prevent common golf injuries
The PGA Championship kicks off today at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. Will North Texas’ hometown boy Jordan Spieth take home the Wanamaker Trophy? If so, Spieth will become just the fourth player in history to win three majors in one year, and the first since Tiger Woods won three majors—the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship—in 2000.