By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely
Have you ever gone through a day only to realize you interacted with people and don’t remember it? Perhaps you were glazed over as you went through the grocery store checkout or you nodded and talked to your kids while looking at your phone not really...
By Christopher Manson
Last month, local anesthesiologist and paddleboard enthusiast Ryan Wegner headed to the Bahamas for a massive 80-mile, approximately 16-hour paddle event benefiting Piper’s Angels Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis. The Palm Beach Gardens-based nonprofit hosted its 10th annual Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis June 21-25.
Wegner, the father of twin Autistic...
By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely
A few months ago, I found my brain scattered, tired, and generally tense. When I slowed to reflect, I realized I was carrying stress outside my awareness. Juggling work, home, parenting, relationships, life transitions, emails, texts, news, professional research, social media, etc. was overwhelming my...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
Most of us have experienced a headache and/or migraine; I have experienced both. There are several types of headaches, classified by the cause:
Primary – caused by chemical, nerve, and blood vessels or muscles around the head and neck. The skull aches with these types.
Cluster –...
By Heather Bennett Eye
You probably know someone who’s had a cancer diagnosis or know someone who knows someone. It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t been touched by cancer in some way. Our community is no different. People are affected every day.
Michele Bailey, founder of Bailey Brigade, and her...
By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely
I was a high school senior deciding between college in my home town or five hours away. I meticulously weighed the pros and cons and spun up scenarios of different directions my life might take if I didn’t choose the exact right university. The back and...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D.
If you haven’t heard already there is a new weight loss medication available at a reasonable cost. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist which means it activates the GLP-1 receptor. Still confused? It doesn’t matter. It has several important actions in the body.
Semaglutide ultimately helps...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
Gout is a painful form of arthritis that occurs when high levels of uric acid in the blood form crystals and accumulate in and around the joint. However, gout can still occur without high UA levels. The onset of gout is sudden with...
Eight local children with severe visual impairments received Electronic Video Magnifiers (EVMs) March 15, funded by The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) in collaboration with Sight Savers America (SSA), a nationally expanding nonprofit organization that provides free assistive technology for qualifying children. All eight children have visual impairment that cannot...
By Doug Stauffer
The governor, first lady, and guests gathered for an Opioid Crisis press conference in Destin recently. Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed the Florida Department of Health, the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Agency for Health Care Administration to partner together to implement a network...
