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Greg Riley on positive thinking and its effect on your health – LIVING WELL Magazine

Positive Thinking and Its Effect on Your Health

By Greg Riley, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
The first situation to consider is the relationship between thoughts and conditions like depression and stress. A crucial question is whether the person’s thoughts are creating the physical depression or the physical depression is creating the negative thinking. […]

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Innovative Aesthetics: Finally, your last diet – LIVING WELL Magazine

Finally, Your Last Diet

By Courtney Albritton, PA-C, MPA, Clinical Director, Innovative Aesthetics, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine

As a medical provider, I hear all too often from my patients, “I eat a balanced diet, but I keep gaining weight,” “I exercise daily, but continue to gain weight,” or they ask for a weight loss prescription medication just to “give them a boost.” […]

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Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries: Honor, remember loved ones through memorialization – LIVING WELL Magazine

Honor, remember loved ones through memorialization
Courtesy Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine

One of the most important services Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries has provided New Orleans-area families since it opened its doors in 1979 is helping people honor and remember the loved ones they have lost. […]

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Twin Creeks Hospital on services to compliment accredited stroke center services – LIVING WELL Magazine

Services to Compliment Accredited Stroke Center Services
Courtesy Twin Creeks Hospital, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Accredited stroke centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area hospitals have increased over the past two years. In Collin County there are now two hospitals designated as accredited stroke centers, with a total of 14 in the 19-county region. […]

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Magnolia Acupuncture Clinic on the ancient and modern art of acupuncture – LIVING WELL Magazine

The Ancient and Modern Art of Acupuncture
By Ashley Miller, MSTOM, ACA, Magnolia Acupuncture Clinic, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Acupuncture is an ancient medical art that originated in China over 2,500 years ago. The practice of acupuncture is based on the theory that there are pathways, or meridians, that flow throughout the body. Within these meridians flows a substance called Qi (chee). […]

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North Texas Family Medicine on the importance of parents and grandparents in the prevention of childhood obesity – LIVING WELL Magazine

Prevention of Children being Overweight and Obese: Parents and Grandparents are the Key!
By Lisa L. Houk, FNP, BC Nurse Practitioner, North Texas Family Medicine, Denton and Texoma LIVING WELL Magazines
One out of four kindergarteners is overweight in America. […]

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Akron Area YMCA on swimming for health – LIVING WELL Magazine

IT’S WORTH A SPLASH…
Courtesy Akron Area YMCA, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
What compares to a cold splash of water on your face in the morning or a vigorous swim in the afternoon? Water is an essential part of life! Every living and breathing thing needs water in order to survive. As a species dependent upon it, we know how to play and enjoy the water. It is not just a resource for life, but also a source for exercise and enjoyment. […]

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Elite Vision on the early detection of glaucoma – LIVING WELL Magazine

Glaucoma: Early Detection to Prevent Vision Loss
By Dr. LeRoy Popowski, O.D., Elite Vision, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S. and it is estimated that over four million Americans have glaucoma, although many may not be diagnosed and recognize that their vision loss is preventable. […]

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Texas Retina Associates talks Diabetes: The Number One Cause of Blindness – LIVING WELL Magazine

Diabetes: The Number One Cause of Blindness

Early Detection and Management Can Help Save Your Sight

By Rajiv Anand, MD, MS, FRCS, Texas Retina Associates, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine

Diabetes or high blood sugar is a problem for many middle-age Americans. With obesity and sedentary lifestyles on the rise, it is estimated there are about 45 million people in the U.S. with type 2 diabetes. Most people don’t realize diabetes can also affect the eyes and lead to vision loss. This damage is exacerbated with high blood pressure and cholesterol. […]

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The Pontchartrain talks luxury adult living – LIVING WELL Magazine

No Worries at The Pontchartrain: Luxury Living on the Avenue
Courtesy The Pontchartrain, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
In the city that care forgot, our residents don’t eat to live, they live to eat.

Here at The Pontchartrain, our venerable Caribbean Room has been world famous for providing excellent creole cuisine to presidents, movie stars and dignitaries with discriminating palates. […]