The White-Wilson Community Foundation will host the 8th Annual Run for the Health of It 5K/8K on Saturday, March 21. Participants take off at 9 a.m. and runners and walkers of all ability levels are invited to participate. Both the race and the after-party are stroller and dog friendly!...
By Richard Chern, M.D.
We’re heading into the New Year and this is the traditional time to reflect on the year’s accomplishments and failures as well as determine our goals and objectives for the new year.
A typical New Year’s resolution includes eating better, exercising more, and losing weight. And, although...
The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) invites groups serving Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties to submit grant applications by Dec. 31, 2019, to whitewilsoncommunityfoundation.org. Open to any nonprofit or not-for-profit health organization serving residents of those counties, WWCF’s community health grant program provides access to health care and eduction...
By Lisa Leath Turpin, Health & Wellness Coach
Happy Holidays! In November I encouraged you to just get moving and stay moving… any movement/activity counts toward your ability to burn calories and stay healthy. I also challenged you to use movement to “Weigh Down to Christmas,” to keep from gaining...
By Marty Kernion, Ph.D.
QUESTION: During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays I get exhausted. What can I do to raise my energy levels?
ANSWER: Fatigue is a symptom. To solve the problem, we need to always look at causes. For example:
• Are there any imbalances with hormones, such as thyroid, estrogen,...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D.
Blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration are measurable and all serve a vital role in the health and treatment of patients- thus we describe them as “Vital Signs.” In 2001, The Joint Commission, a private business that provides accreditation to hospitals, decided pain was being...
When Mosely High School Student Athlete, Jordan Whitely, learned electric Cryotherapy technology was available in the Panhandle, he and his mom made the drive from Panama City to Destin to check it out. What they discovered was much more than Cryotherapy; rather a full-scale center offering the same advanced...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D.
Are there any men out there who are tired, irritable, have trouble sleeping, headaches, brain fog, dry cracked skin, depression, anxiety, high cholesterol or high triglycerides? These are just some problems associated with low Estrogen levels. As I’ve discussed previously, testosterone breaks down into estrogen...
