Recent Posts in Healthy Living Delivering Hope and Healing Dec 2, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Serious injuries and illnesses, such as car accidents, stroke or recovering from surgery, can inhibit a person’s quality of life. Whether they enjoy recreational sports and keeping up with the kids, or simply an independent lifestyle, such activities can be painful, and even impossible, without the proper treatment. The Outpatient Rehabilitation team at Southeast Georgia Health System Camden ... Keep Reading The Best Defense Against Breast Cancer Is Early Detection Nov 1, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System November 1, 2021 – Life is busy, there’s no doubt about it. Work projects pile up, children need to be shuffled from school to extracurricular activities, pets need to go to the vet and the car needs servicing. Wearing invisible capes, women find the time to do everything that’s necessary to care for their families – so why postpone getting a mammogram? After all, ... Keep Reading Understanding and Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Mar 23, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System When it comes to diabetes, what you don’t know can hurt you. More than 84 million Americans have prediabetes and many don’t know it. Their blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetes. With awareness and effort, many can avoid developing diabetes. That’s the message Susan Ullrich, R.N., MA.Ed, CDCES, and Lisa Mason, M.S., RDN, L.D., ... Keep Reading Eating Healthy During Pregnancy May 3, 2018 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Clean Your Plate Cooking Classes Teach Nutrition For A Lifetime of Good Health May 3, 2018 – What a woman eats and drinks during her pregnancy affects more than just her baby’s health. It can impact her own health for decades to come. So how do moms choose a healthy diet at a time when they’re experiencing crazy cravings, always hungry, or when nothing at all sounds good? Clean ... Keep Reading Greater Trochanteric Bursitis Apr 25, 2018 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Hip Pain’s First Cousin I see quite a bit of hip pain in my office. Some of it is truly hip pain, and the others… well… not so much. I usually have a good idea whether the pain is really hip pain by the answer to my first question: “Where does your hip hurt?” The patient, almost in slow motion, invariably points to an area around their hip. If I’m lucky, they ... Keep Reading One Pound at a Time: Healthy Eating 101 Aug 15, 2017 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Maitre D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer thin mint. Mr. Creosote: I couldn’t eat another thing. I’m absolutely stuffed. ~“Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life” It’s not hard to see how eating habits in America have spiraled out of control, and I’m not talking about the plethora of all-u-can-eat buffets at every highway exit. If you’re getting in line ... Keep Reading Who Needs Sleep? Apr 3, 2017 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System My hands are locked up tight in fists. My mind is racing filled with lists. Of things to do and things I’ve done another sleepless night’s begun. -Barenaked Ladies, Who needs sleep Fatigue makes cowards of us all. -Vince Lombardi On the wall in my office are all the certificates and degrees I have earned. I decided to put them up because they have followed me from house to house in the ... Keep Reading 7 Result(s) Page 1 of 1