Eat Your Vitamins
We see a lot of commercials and print ads for vitamins that encourage us to take the supplements for what is missing in our regular diet. “Pills might seem like an easy fix, but food provides an abundance of nutrients, as well as fiber, that pills lack”, says Mary Ryan, a registered dietitian in Jackson […]
It's Colorectol Cancer Awareness Month –
March is Colorectal Cancer Month. While we’ve covered this top in the past, we thought it would be a good time remind those of you who are 50-75 years old to schedule your appointment for a screening. If you are younger than 50, but have a family history of the disease, then it’s important to […]
Vertigo: Beyond the Dizziness
You may have seen Roy Williams, men’s basketball coach for the UNC Tarheels, collapse during a game a few weeks ago. There was a lot of initial speculation about his condition, but he later confirmed that he has vertigo. Vertigo is a form of dizziness. It’s a helpless feeling of a sense that everything around […]
Heart Rate: Learn your rhythm
Most fitness buffs are aware of their heart rate and monitor it for their own edification. But even if you’re not an athlete, knowledge about your heart rate can help you monitor your fitness level — and it might even help you spot developing health problems. Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your […]
Should you worry about the Zika virus?
Living in Southeastern North Carolina we don’t have a direct risk of the Zika virus…yet. What do we know about the Zika virus? It’s transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It has spread to at least 29 countries including the U.S. It is connected to microcephaly (left), a neurological disorder that results in babies being […]