Tips to Avoid Summertime Sports Injuries
• Always warm up, regardless of the sport. It’s especially helpful to stretch the Achilles tendon, hamstring and quadriceps areas and...
Summertime sports injuries.
It’s not just kids that get injured in the summer having fun. Those of you weekend warriors, recreational and actual athletes are very...
Heat Stroke
Maybe you didn’t see a doctor when you had the chance. You’ve collapsed outdoors, and are found and brought in. This is Heat Stroke. Heat...
Heat Awareness
Heat Exhaustion Ok, so you’ve ignored your body. You’re still outdoors, not rehydrating enough. Heat exhaustion may occur next. Heat...
IT'S HOT OUTSIDE
Stay cool. Stay hydrated. Stay informed. There are several varieties of heat-related illness, and you would do well to be aware of them,...
UV Safety Awareness Month
Every July, we bask in the warmth of the sun’s rays. For some parts of the country, it’s a much-anticipated welcome from the long, cold...
SUMMER HEALTH TIPS
Dehydration The first thing you should know is dehydration can be a life-threatening emergency. In fact dehydration due to diarrheal...
Summer is here!
SUMMER HEALTH TIPS Taking a trip? Hiking or camping in the woods? Going to the beach and/or swimming? Golfing in the heat? There are tons...
IT'S PREVENTION THURSDAY!
Reduce Your Risk of Cancer What you allow to enter your body matters. 1. Eat healthy foods. 2. Protect yourself from the sun. 3. Avoid...
The P is For Prevention
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and it costs way less. The more we empower people to be empowered as it relates to their...
Father's Day is this Sunday June 20th!
Take a moment to think through the variety of concerns of our fathers. Many of our fathers are of advancing ages and have to address all...
PTSD and Mental Illiness
PTSD Awareness Month Many if not most of us will experience traumatic events in our lives sufficient enough to cause tremendous stress....
PTSD Awareness Month
There are three categories of symptoms of PTSD, which are reliving, avoidance, and hyperarousal. Reliving can involve flashbacks, scary...
June is PSTD Awareness Month.
Memorial Day serves to honor our fallen heroes. Part of that involves caring for our soldiers still with us. Understanding and...
June is PSTD Awareness Month. Let’s get aware!
We have become dangerously close to normalizing the amount of stress with which we live as individuals in a society. This minimizes the...
Bring Nature To You
Mental Health Awareness Month Connect with nature to improve your mental health. 4. Bring nature to you Sometimes it’s hard to access...
Mental Health Awareness Month
Connect with nature to improve your mental health. If you can, try to spend time visiting natural places - green spaces like parks,...
Mental Health Awareness Month
Connect with nature to improve your mental health. 2. Connect with nature using all of your senses. Taking some quiet time to reflect in...
Connect With Nature to Improve Your Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Month Connect with nature to improve your mental health. 1. Find nature wherever you are Nature is all around us....
SIMPCO
Conceived to provide patient solutions addressing healthcare access, and other issues across the state of Illinois, SIMPCO stands...
SIMPCO's Approach
SIMPCO's approach empowers individuals and communities to counter these hazards, changing habits long term and channeling resources to...
SIMPCO's Goal
“We are looking to boldly change the paradigm of care. Information is power, and when people truly know better, they do better. Rather...
A Challenge to Prevent Alhzeimer’s Disease
Who wouldn’t want to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease? We’ve done a few challenges in this space. However, remember that we’re never as...
Brain Health – How Your Brain Works cont..
All things considered, the adult brain has approximately 100 billion nerve cells, called neurons. Neurons are where the real work of your...
Brain Health – How Your Brain Works
Another common question about the brain relates to the differences between the left and right sides and what that has to do with people...
OPTIMIZE BRAIN FUNCTION
Activities for you to perform that will actively engage and grow your brain power. We will review several types of activities that work...
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
Today’s questions related to mental health in children. “What should I look for in my child as an indicator of mental health issues?”...
Happy Mother's Day!
In honor of Mother’s Day, we invite you to think of all the wonderful advice given to you by your Moms. You may recall that much of it...
Naturally Detox Your Liver and Intestines
Quick Tips to naturally detox your liver and intestines: 1. Increase your water intake. Water makes your entire body function better but...
Quick tips to naturally detox your kidneys:
It’s all about fluids. Remember that your body is over 60% water, and you have to stay hydrated and keep flushing. Remember to get in at...
Quick tips to naturally detox your lungs:
• Avoid inhaling cigarette and cigar smoke. Duh. • Exercise makes your respiratory machinery more effective and efficient. Go for it. •...
Naturally Detoxifying You
Here are 3-4 Quick Tips for each of the organs involved in naturally detoxifying you. If you incorporate the items listed below, you’ll...
COLONICS
You should not be undergoing colonics without your physician’s approval under any circumstance and not even then if you suffer from any...
COLONIC CLEANSING
The Risks I love the phrases “Natural doesn’t necessarily mean safe” and “Safe doesn’t necessarily mean effective.” They especially come...
COLONIC CLEASING
Proponents of colonic cleansing claim potential benefits such as weight loss, improved immunity and mental outlook and reduction of the...
COLON CLEANSING
What Is It? Colon cleansing is done primarily via two methods. You can take supplements by mouth that will stimulate expulsion of the...
LACTOSE INTOLERANT cont.....
If you’re lactose intolerant, that doesn’t mean you can’t necessarily have any dairy or won’t ever be able to have dairy. Lactose...
Lactose Intolerance
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE is a state where you simply have difficulty digesting lactose (one of the sugars we consume, most notably in milk and...
Insurance Options
Where do you start if you don’t have insurance? What should you do if you have insurance? What if it’s an emergency? Let’s go through a...
Unnecessary ER Visits
“Take two aspirins and call me in the morning” is more than an old school cliché. So what if you get all the way to the ER to find out...
COVID-19 Conversation
Recap of yesterday's COVID-19 Conversation with SIMPCO's CEO Dr. Jeffrey Sterling and other healthcare leaders from Black Greek Letter...
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The Benefits of Coffee
The research has spoken, and it appears that coffee is a reasonably healthy beverage choice, unless you’re adding hundreds of calories of...
Boost Your Metabolism: Enlist A Personal Trainer
5. Enlist a personal trainer. Everyone needs help and motivation. Some of us need a lot of help and a lot of motivation. We also need...
Boost Your Metabolism: Fish
Here’s five Quick Tips to boost your metabolism. 4. Choose the fish (and not the fried variety). Fish oil contains substances called...
Boost Your Metabolism: Weight train
Here’s five Quick Tips to boost your metabolism. 3. Weight train. This is very simple. The more muscular you are, the more calories you...
Boost Your metabalism
Here’s five Quick Tips to boost your metabolism. Why five? Because five is easier to implement than six. 1. Eat smaller meals, and eat...
IT'S PREVENTION THURSDAY!
Five pieces of good news related to our fight against COVID-19 for April 15th, 2021.
Brain Exercise
Tt's odd that we assume our brain will simply perform in every way we need it to once developed. If we choose to diet and exercise in an...
IT'S PREVENTION THURSDAY!
Relaxation techniques work! Consider mediation, yoga or just “resting your eyes.” Appreciate the healing power of music and the arts. The...
