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By Tara Moser, LCSW, RPT-S Your child comes home and is full of energy. Homework needs done, you have work to do, the laundry is waiting, and you feel as if your child is going to destroy the house with the tornadic energy being experienced. Our society has become so fast paced and full of multi-tasking that play no longer …

By W.L. “Hunter” Huntley, III, HAS., BC-HIS The month of November is designated as American Diabetes Month. This month is designed to raise awareness of this silent, but atrocious disease.  Diabetes can cause a multitude of physical complications.  Elevated glucose levels can cause a plethora of problems on the endocrine system; adversely affecting numerous areas of the body; which may …

By Christopher M. Cole, L.Ped Did you know that more than 65,000 lower limbs are amputated annually due to complications from diabetes?  And after an amputation, the chance of another amputation within three to five years is as high as 50 percent!  With these staggering statistics, proper care of the feet, early recognition, and regular foot screenings for someone with …

By Steven J. Gibbs, Esq. Hello Friends & Colleagues! I was recently chatting with a colleague who is an outstanding divorce attorney about the “revocation” of a revocable living trust following a divorce.  This reminded me of the different life changes that occur and and how they require changes to your estate plan? By “estate plan” I am talking about …

A recent study in the August 2014 issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise looked cardiovascular disease risk factors in two groups. The first group sat for 3 hours straight with no standing compared the second group, which sat for the same 3 hours but with 3 short walks throughout this period. The results showed significant higher cardiovascular …

By Patrick R. Handley, EMS Clinical Coordinator, Florida SouthWestern State College, Charlotte Campus Ebola has been an extremely hot topic in the news during the last month.  The media loves to sensationalize just about every hot topic that enters the forefront of our minds.  Is Ebola another over-sensationalized topic?  Or is there merit to the perceived concerns to this “emerging” …

We probably all know someone who snores. Who can forget the rumbling, tumbling, and even gasping sounds in the middle of the night? Snoring is something that can contribute to many problems for sufferers, the effects can even last into the next day. There are various reasons why we snore, and why it is more common among men. There is …

By LaDonna Roye, Hairstylist Do you know that hair loss can be a consequence of Diabetes? Most people know that people with diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are more likely to have damage of the nerves, kidney, eyes, heart and blood vessels, but another result of diabetes may be hair loss. Diabetes can cause a hormonal imbalance in …

By Dr. Ray Underwood Here’s a question for you: What is one thing in your life that you are not doing, that if you started doing on a regular basis would make a tremendous positive difference in your life? Here’s a follow-up question: why are you not doing it? Answer: most of us are not doing it because we lack …

Visiting Angels provides seniors and adults with the needed assistance to continue living at home. With our local agency in your community and hundreds of Visiting Angels agencies across America, our mission is to maintain the independence and familiar surrounding for those in need of care. Our Angels Have Earned Their Wings Visiting Angels only hires experienced caregivers. Our independently …