Your heart is roughly the size of a fist and sits in the middle of your chest, slightly to the left. It’s the muscle at the center of your circulation system, pumping blood around your body as your heart beats. This blood sends oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body, and carries away […]

As we age, our metabolism tends to begin to slow down. But is it just aging, or is it something more? Perhaps a thyroid disease such as hypothyroidism is the underlying cause of your weight gain and fatigue. Your thyroid is a small, butterfly shaped gland located in the front of your neck. Thyroid hormones […]

This year has been full of challenges for nearly everyone in the Wilmington area. No one thought at the beginning of the year that we would face such massive natural destruction as we did with Hurricane Florence. Many of us are still recovering and will continue into 2019. Whatever the situation, we are here to […]