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How To Change Your Diet To Prevent Diabetes
The global pandemic highlighted the need to understand and manage chronic diseases. Conversations surrounding health came to the forefront as people confronted the difficulties of the covid spread. When it comes to diabetes, there are significant lifestyle changes that a person can implement to improve health and prevent such diseases from emerging—especially when a person […]
Tips to Maintain Your Weight Management Goals 2022
The rippling effects of covid 19 have had at least one silver lining: it has brought the conversation about health, lifestyle, and overall wellness to the surface. It’s the topic of conversation across the dinner table, among physicians and their patients, and among families and friends. Yet, it’s not always easy to make a lifestyle […]
Understanding the Role of Family Medicine and Diabetes Treatment: 3 Things You Should Know
Diabetes is an ever-growing disease that affects millions of Americans every year. Over the past couple of decades, our understanding of the different types of diabetes has helped improve outcomes and enhance patient communication and increased preventative measures and promote lifestyle changes. The role of family medicine is to be on the frontlines of community […]
The Amazing Insight of the Ultrasound & What It Can Tell You About Your Baby
Every expectant mother looks forward to that first ultrasound image when they get to see their little one hanging out in their belly. Today, most mothers might not be able to imagine going through an entire pregnancy without this amazing technology. And yet, mothers before the 1970s mostly did. So what’s the story behind this […]
The Lethality of Heart Disease: A Quick Guide to Understanding the Complexities of the Human Heart
We put our hearts through a lot over a lifetime. It’s there from before our bodies are even fully formed, and it is there until our last breath. It’s an incredibly complex organ, one that never stops. It tells a lot about us, our cardiovascular fitness, our overall health, and (if you’re more metaphorically inclined) […]
The Best Methods to Treat the Common Flu
In the United States, the flu spreads the most during the fall and winter. The first day of fall is only a week away. Needless to say, the weather is already starting to change! For the most part, the fall season is already here. And along with a new season comes new viruses and illnesses. […]
How Hormone Replacement Therapy Works
“The Great Change,” “The Change of Life,” these phrases are often used to describe menopause for older women. Now, menopause is being discussed much more openly without euphemisms, and with good reason! Menopause symptoms are challenging. It’s usually diagnosed in women after their period hasn’t come for 12 months. It’s accompanied by vaginal dryness, pain during […]
Top 10 Healthy Summer Tips for Children
Summer vacation is an awesome opportunity for your kids to have healthy and nurturing experiences outside of the confines of school. There are countless benefits to letting your kids run around outside and even play in the dirt. The hottest season of the year also comes with some unique concerns when it comes to the health of […]
How To Control Allergy Symptoms This Spring
El Paso is known for its allergy season. For some, it lasts year-round; for others, it just comes around when pollen spreads. It doesn’t matter if you’re on one side or the other; allergies are a pain. Finding a way to control allergies can become a struggle, no matter which category you fall under. El […]
What To Know About Diabetes in Children
Your child’s health is everything. New parents face so many concerns, but none are more powerful than questions regarding health and ways to prevent conditions or illnesses that may make your child suffer. We find that many new parents often wonder about diabetes in children and their chances of developing a type of diabetes. EP Family […]