Recent Wellness Articles

Is Your Vagina Happy and Healthy?

Is Your Vagina Happy and Healthy?

Have you considered lately what you should be doing to keep your lady parts feeling good and—most important—healthy?  Nisha McKenzie PA-C, CSC, IF, Director of Center for Women's Sexual Health, shares five tips for keeping your vagina in its happy place. You may...

Manage Menopause with a Mantra

Manage Menopause with a Mantra

Claim power over the situations that occur in your life with a commitment to living your best life. The other day I had lunch with a friend at Panera. I had been craving my favorite Fuji apple salad and was really hungry when placing my order. I have been avoiding...

Run the World: Fun Fitness

Run the World: Fun Fitness

Getting geared up to start a new workout routine can seem more than intimidating, but that shouldn't stop you from totally owning it. Options that are both fun and effective exist—we promise! Cori Williams, Beer City Barre owner, knows it's perfectly normal to feel...

Know Your Normal

Know Your Normal

"You are worth investing in yourself." Jamie Caughran, M.D., FACS, of Mercy Health knows preventive breast care is empowering. Along with making time for your annual health exam and 30 minutes of exercise four or five times a week, she recommends these tips for...

‘Vagina’ is NOT a Dirty Word!

‘Vagina’ is NOT a Dirty Word!

"Vaginal health is no different than any other organ system," said Andrea Wolfe, M.D., Women's Wellness Specialist at Grand Pearl Spa—a division of Plastic Surgery Associates. "And it isn't a 'dirty' subject. Let's say "so long" to the taboo and get to it! Dr. Wolfe...

5 Ways to Glow From the Inside Out

5 Ways to Glow From the Inside Out

Hint: Nutrition has EVERYTHING to do with it. "We are only as healthy as the food we include in our diet," said Brandi Grimmer LPhT, CNC, of Keystone Pharmacy. "If we eat nutrient-poor foods, our bodies will respond poorly." To function properly, Grimmer notes, the...

Boost Your Brain Health

Boost Your Brain Health

Our brain, magical organ though it is, behaves a bit like the rest of us: It's at its best when we treat it well. "Brain health is taking care of your brain so that it can help you to function," said Rochelle Manor, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist and co-owner of Brains in...

Lunch Line vs. Lunch Box

Lunch Line vs. Lunch Box

Summer vacation is winding down and back-to-school time is upon us. Get the skinny on how you can ensure mid-day meals pack a nutritional punch this school year.  Among the many things on a parent's to-do list—immunizations, sports physicals, school...

Men’s Mental Health: The Silent Crisis

Men’s Mental Health: The Silent Crisis

When it comes to health concerns, most men think of their physical health and more specifically prostate cancer or illnesses that affected their older male relatives. What they don’t realize, is that they are 28 times more likely to have a mental health issue like...

Does My Teen Have Depression?

Does My Teen Have Depression?

It can be hard to differentiate between when teenagers are just being moody or it's something more serious.  Jean Holthaus, LISW, from Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, shares insight on how to tell if your teen has depression and how to move forward. A...