Your Health

Brittney Fulcher, NP, Deaconess Comprehensive Pain Centers
 
Pain will affect everyone at some point in their life. Pain can occur suddenly or can come about slowly and may vary in intensity from mild to more severe pain. The presence of pain is usually an indication that something is wrong within the body. Pain can be acute (temporary)—usually lasting three months or less--or chronic (long term). 

Kitty Williams, Lifestyle Coach, Deaconess Diabetes Center 
 
Many people may not know that type 2 diabetes can be prevented.  The Diabetes Prevention Program teaches meaningful lifestyle changes that help prevent – or at least delay – the onset of diabetes, leading to a longer, healthier life.
 

Carolyn Burns, RD, Deaconess Weight Loss Solutions 

“New Year, New Me” is a phrase commonly heard after the holiday season ends and the New Year is about to begin. It’s generally followed by promises to give up sugar, only drink water, and work out six days per week. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking is not realistic and often leads to people giving up on their goals. 
 

Daniel Holland, DO, Deaconess Clinic Lynch Road

Is it too late for a flu shot?  What about the nasal spray?  How can you conveniently get the shot?  Get answers to these from family medicine physician Dr. Daniel Holland.

Janie Chappell, MSN, RN, Manager of Community Services, Deaconess Cross Pointe

If you are one of the millions of Americans who finds themselves “in a funk” through the colder and darker months, you may be experiencing seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.