“Living healthy and active is important to overall health. Exercise and fuel (food) are key to keeping young bodies healthy. Getting your family involved in growing, harvesting and preparing foods is a great way to start lifelong healthy habits ,” says Heather Schmidt, DO, family medicine provider and healthy lifestyle coach with Agnesian HealthCare Fond [...]
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The rocky road through menopause
Traveling through menopause can be a rocky road for many women. Others may say it was a day at the beach. I am not so fortunate as to be one of the latter. I know there are a lot of you out there just like me. I told my co-worker that anticipating a hot flash [...]
The Importance of Self-Compassion
Is it important to be kind to yourself? Most of us have been told in the media and on talk shows like Oprah how important it is to be kind to oneself. We’ve also been told that we must first love ourselves before we can really love others. These are pretty widespread credos, which we [...]
Helping women navigate through breast cancer care
By Richard B. Schaefer, MD, Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon, Agnesian Plastic Surgery & Cosmetic Services writes when faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer, women are forced to quickly make complex decisions about their health. Newly-diagnosed patients can often find themselves in information overload due to multiple treatment options; for both cancer treatment and reconstruction. Traditionally, [...]
Obesity by the Numbers: Shocking New Stats
Shocking new statistics were recently released in the journal BMC Public Health [International Science Times]. Humans are more than 17 million tons overweight and the extra weight is the equivalent of having an extra 242 million people on the planet. It may seem inevitable that you will be joining this group someday, but here [...]
Weigh In on Fit vs. Fat
With tiny celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Ritchie receiving widespread coverage in the news, men and women of all ages are seeing excessively lean figures on television and in magazines. While the average television commercial or magazine advertisement may not seem harmful at first glance, upon further examination, many of them can [...]
Effectively managing psoriasis
Individuals struggling with psoriasis can find new hope in more effectively managing this skin concern, according to James Schuster, MD, a board-certified dermatologist with the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic. Physical activity has come to the foreground as one potential influencer. Read more about what researchers have found regarding physical activity and psoriasis. Results from [...]
Taking Care of Your Child’s Teeth
Tradition is a wonderful thing, but when it comes to taking care of your teeth, or those of your children, you may not want to follow the example set by your ancestors. Your great-grandparents most likely never brushed nor flossed their teeth; dealt with a toothache by having it extracted; and probably ate with “false [...]
Bouncing back after baby
Having a baby is a life-changing and amazing experience. When you hold your little bundle for the first time, you are elated beyond measure. But shortly after returning home and getting into your daily routine, you realize that your body is not what it used to be. Your body is caught in a state of [...]
Eight reasons women should lift weights
Many women fear “getting big” from lifting weights and just stick with cardio. However, women do not have the testosterone levels that males do, making it virtually impossible to put on huge quantities of muscle. Large increases in muscle mass are due to: Lifting heavy weights with minimal repetitions (for example, bench press 100# 3 [...]
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