Category: Healthy Living

Guided Meditation: A Daily Exercise to Reduce the Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Your Life
Is stress keeping you from living your best life? Here’s a simple exercise you can do to center yourself on a daily basis.

Top Tips for Optimal Women’s Health
We’ve all let things slide during the pandemic. That includes our regular medical appointments. It’s time to get yourself back on track.

What are good fats?
Dietary fat often gets a bad rap for its potential to damage your heart health and add extra pounds to your waistline. Fat is high in calories and certain fats can have a negative impact on heart health, but not all fats are bad. In fact, many types of fats are essential for a healthy diet.

Men: Take Your Health Back!
It’s no secret over the last year or so, some of our healthy habits have been on the decline. As the weather warms up, it’s a perfect time to recommit to your wellness goals. UMMS can help you get back on track.

The Benefits of Seasonal Eating
Seasonal eating is as old as farming itself. Before food preservation was common, people ate whatever was growing in their gardens (or in the wild) when it was ready to be harvested. To discover the benefits of seasonal eating, learn what fruits and vegetables are in season and seek out locally grown produce at its peak. Seasonal eating is a delicious way to help your body, the local economy and the planet.

How to Know if You’re Having an Allergic Reaction to Antibiotics
You’re under the weather with a bacterial infection. To get you back to feeling your best, your doctor prescribed an antibiotic. But now that you’ve started taking it, you’re experiencing other symptoms. How can you tell if it’s an allergic reaction to antibiotics?

All About Nebulizers
Ready to manage your COPD from the convenience of your own home? If the answer is “yes,” then it’s time to learn about nebulizers.

Artful Meditation: A Handful of Gratitude
Gratitude is very important for self-care. It brings attention to the good things in your life. It emphasizes that there is good in with the bad, and there is a lot of good when you …

It’s Time to Get Moving: How to Exercise for Heart Health
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans, contributing to 1 in 4 deaths. While it’s common, it’s largely preventable for most people through lifestyle choices. An important component of this lifestyle is exercise for heart health.

The Health Benefits of Volunteering
The health benefits of volunteering include lower blood pressure, a boost in happiness, improved mental wellbeing and much more. Find out why donating your time and talents has a payoff for your health that you cannot put a price on.