Maintaining good heart health is important at all ages! After all, the heart is the center of the cardiovascular system. Nutrition plays a huge role in heart health! In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a list of five foods that are proven to be beneficial for maintaining heart health. 

A sports concussion is a traumatic brain injury caused by impact to the head while participating in sports, particularly contact sports. If left untreated, concussions can result in long-term negative affects on brain function and can even result in fatality. This has become a growing problem for young athletes. The American Academy of Pediatrics has reported that emergency room visits due to concussions for children between the ages of 8 and 13 has doubled in the last ten years. 

Happy New Year! Around this time of year, many people feel motivated to make changes in their lives to better themselves with new year’s resolutions. However, many people forget to consider planet earth and how badly the environment needs help! These tips can benefit a person’s personal overall health as well! Read this list of five ways to go green in 2016!

Feelings of anxiety are considered normal in life, particularly if a person is facing a stressful or challenging situation. After all, the brain is wired to use anxiety to communicate feelings of fear. However, when anxiety begins to consume a person’s daily life and functioning, creating constant feelings of worry and being overwhelmed, an anxiety disorder may be present.

 Linda B.'s Story

Hurried but not quite awake, Linda B. left her house on a cold, snowy February morning. There was nothing to grasp in her icy driveway, and she fell quickly, unable to break her fall. Dazed, her heart pounding, she crawled to her car and pulled herself to her feet, carefully touching the growing bump above her left ear. The dazed and dizzy sensations, followed by an annoying headache, were reminiscent of an auto accident two years ago. The forty-four year old fifth grade teacher arrived at her classroom and brushed off the bad start to her day.