Category Archives: Health Tips

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

Today we hear from Dr. Dan Pow­ell, our soft-spoken and much-loved provider who mainly works at our Wood­lake loca­tion. Here, he teaches us how to speak about men­tal ill­ness with­out the stigma that’s com­monly asso­ci­ated. Today is Children’s Men­tal Health … Con­tinue read­ing

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How pure is your air?

Today, Dr. Rat­ner tells us how impor­tant it is to have good air.  An aver­age adult breaths over 3,000 gal­lons of air daily, and chil­dren breathe a larger amount of air rel­a­tive to their body weight. A 3,000 gal­lon tank would … Con­tinue read­ing

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Can you lose a contact lens in the back of your head?

  It is com­mon for peo­ple to come into an emer­gency room because they can’t find their con­tact lens.  Some­times it is found folded and tucked beneath the eye­lid, but other times it is nowhere to be found.  So where … Con­tinue read­ing

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IBS or a tummy ache?

You have a chronic con­di­tion that causes pain, occa­sional embar­rass­ment and lifestyle restric­tion. Nobody really knows why or how you got it, though there are the­o­ries. There’s no cure, though the symp­toms are treat­able. Some­times you can eat what­ever you … Con­tinue read­ing

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ALERT! Day 2013–Learning more to stop Diabetes

  Today is the Amer­i­can Dia­betes Association’s ALERT! Day. Today through April 9, 2013, there’s a free online test you can take to help you fig­ure out your risk fac­tors, and for every test that’s taken there will be $5 … Con­tinue read­ing

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Dr. Gutierrez weighs in on National Youth Violence Prevention Week

Today, our own Dr. Gutier­rez takes a look at National Youth Vio­lence Pre­ven­tion Week.   As spring break ends and most stu­dents reluc­tantly return to class, the very seri­ous sub­ject of youth vio­lence will be one of the top­ics at the fore­front. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Your amaaaaaaaaazing kidneys!

Ask not what your kid­neys can do for you, but what you can do for your kid­neys? It’s World Kid­ney Day and that means it’s time to learn a lit­tle more about what your kid­neys do and why they’re so … Con­tinue read­ing

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Brain Awareness Week (or how to avoid Zombification from a concussion)

This week, be aware of your brain. Your deli­cious, deli­cious brain. Not only are they great for feed­ing your zom­bies, the gooey cen­ter in all of our skulls are extremely impor­tant! Here’s our own Dr. Rat­ner weigh­ing in on why … Con­tinue read­ing

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Breakfast: The Yummiest part of School!

March 4–8 is National School Break­fast week. Here are a few words of wis­dom from our own Dr. Gutier­rez about the impor­tance of break­fast for chil­dren: We have all heard it said, “Break­fast is the most impor­tant meal of the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Zzzzz…It’s National Sleep Awareness Week

  Did you know that sleep (which is so lux­u­ri­ous and won­der­ful any­way) greatly impacts your health? Not get­ting enough sleep can cause or con­tribute to obe­sity, dia­betes and depres­sion, all of which are wide­spread through­out the US. And being … Con­tinue read­ing

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