Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. - Michael J. Fox A medieval torture device...also known as a speculum, used in modern day pap-smears I've never met a woman who has enjoyed getting her pap-smear. Personally, in the list of things that I hate to do with my life, a pap-smear is right near the top, along with killing spiders and visiting the dentist. Even so

"It's hard to stop a train; it's hard to drop pounds and keep it off. We have to tackle overweight and obesity head on. Let's do more to prevent it from happening rather than dropping it off. If fixing a problem is not easy, then we must prevent it from happening, simple as that." -Dr. Jian Zhang Exercising on vacation...see all the excitement on my face A recent study found that more people who are overweight or obese have stopped trying to lose weight. The study surveyed ad

March is National Nutrition Month, this year's theme is "Put Your Best Fork Forward". Good nutritional habits are a major part of the foundation of good health. Overall in the US, fruit and veggie intake is low among adults. The goal of this month is to help us all take small steps to make big changes in our health. While I cannot sit here and pretend to be the best eater, I definitely have found some things that have helped me to become a better eater. I'm going to share my

Happy American Heart month! This month is sponsored by the American Heart Association to get awareness out. Our heart is probably the most important part of our body. We literally cannot live without it, so it's definitely in our best interest to take good care of it. Each year, approximately 735,000 people have a heart attack and 610,000 people die from heart disease. That means that 1 out of every 4 people will die from heart disease. It doesn't discriminate. Heart disease

Ladies, January is nationally recognized as Cervical Health Awareness Month, so let's have a frank discussion. Cervical cancer is one of the 6 types of gynecological cancers. It is the easiest one to prevent and is very curable when treated early. It affects about 12,000 women in the US each year, mostly women over 30 years old. Most cervical cancers are caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted virus, that most of us will get at some point of our

"I got this feeling inside my bones. It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on. All through my city, all through my home. We're flying up, no ceiling, when we in our zone." -Justin Timberlake, "Can't Stop the Feelin'" Happy New Year my beautiful people! I pray you all have prosperity, success, health and that you receive all of the desires of your heart in 2017! I know a lot of us were completely over 2016, if you are one of those people, then I hope that 2017 is a complete c