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New Year's Resolutions: Making them...

December 31, 2013

With the New Year fast approaching, many people will be soon start thinking about things they would like to do differently in the coming year...

tags: diabetes , diet , eating healthy , exercise , goals , health , heart health , new year's resolutions , nutrition

Simple Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol

October 29, 2013

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six Americans suffer from high cholesterol. This disease can affect any age...

tags: cholesterol , diet , exercise , health , healthy eating , nutrition , weight loss , wellness

Better Prepared for a Visit to the ER

October 22, 2013

For many of us, a trip to the Emergency Room can be stressful, whether we are the ones needing care, or if we are accompanying a loved one. At...

tags: emergency , emergency plan , health , trauma , wellness

Easy Steps to Bone and Joint Health

October 15, 2013

Nearly 50% of Americans over the age of 18 are affected by musculoskeletal (bone and joint) conditions, including back pain, arthritis, traumatic...

tags: back pain , bone health , exercise , health , joint health , joint pain , osteoporosis , weight loss , wellness

Fad Diets – Understanding The Alkaline Diet

October 3, 2013

There are so many diets out there, and new ones coming out each day. How are you to sort fact from fiction?

tags: calcium , diet , health , healthy eating , nutrition , osteoporosis , wellness

Catching ZZZ's: Ways to Help Your Child...

September 3, 2013

When it comes to children and sleep, recent studies have shown that nearly 70% of American children aren't getting enough. Aside from affecting...

tags: childr , children's health , exercise , healthy sleeping , kids , kids health , kids health peds , parenting , pediatrics , peds , sleep

Five Diet Myths Exposed

August 27, 2013

From detoxing to gluten free, there are a lot of diets out there and a lot of misleading information about each one. We know it can be overwhelming...

tags: diet , health , healthy eating , metabolism , nutrition , portion control , wellness

Preventing the Top 5 Threats to Women's Health

August 15, 2013

When it comes to health risks, women and men aren't the same. In fact, you may be surprised to learn which conditions pose the highest health...

tags: alzheimer's disease , breast cancer , cholesterol , diet , exercise , health , heart disease , high blood pressure , nutrition , smoking , stroke , weight loss , wellness , women's health

The School Year is Coming – Is Your Child...

August 8, 2013

The sure sign summer's coming to an end? The impending sound of school bells just around the corner. The coming weeks are sure to be filled with...

tags: baby , childhood vaccines , children's health , immunizations , kids , kids health , measles , parenting , pediatrics , peds , vaccines , whooping cough

3 Important Tips for Keeping Cool this Summer

July 30, 2013

With persistent high temperatures this summer in Idaho, keeping cool is more important than ever. Extreme exposure to heat can cause heat exhaustion...

tags: dehydration , health , heat exhaustion , heat stroke , hydration , summer , sunscreen , wellness

Women and the Big C – The 5 Most Common ...

June 7, 2013

If you're like most women, you've heard a lot about detecting and treating breast cancer. After all, it is the most common cancer in women.But...

tags: 3d mammogram , breast cancer , cancer , cancer treatment , colon cancer , mammogram , mammography , prevention , skin cancer , women's health

5 Tips for Reducing Your Child's Immunization...

May 24, 2013

You'd be hard-pressed to find a person who enjoys receiving an immunization. In the hierarchy of things people are uneasy about, medical shots...

tags: childhood vaccinations , children's health , immunizations , kids , kids health , parenting , pediatrics , peds , vaccines

Traveling Down the Spine Highway

May 7, 2013

Auto accidents, roadwork zones, speed traps, we all know what happens when a major highway gets constricted by a lane or two. If you're on it...

tags: back , back pain , health , spinal stenosis , spine , wellness

What Does a Nutritionist Do?

May 3, 2013

Are carbs bad? What types of carbs are bad? Is LDL the good cholesterol or the bad one? What are the most heart-healthy foods and do any of them...

tags: cholesterol , diabetes , diet , health , healthy heart , heart health , nutrition , nutritionist , wellness

Meet Dr. Jeremy Hertzig, Pediatric Intensivist

April 30, 2013

Recently, we opened a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit here at EIRMC. In addition to our already standing 10-bed Pediatric wing, this has added ...

tags: children's health , kids , kids health , parenting , pediatrics , peds , picu

Listening to What Your Body Is Really Saying

April 26, 2013

Unfortunately, deciphering your body's signals can be as confusing as figuring out what the acronyms in your teenager's text messages mean BRB...

tags: cravings , diet , health , healthy eating , hydration , nutrition , stress , wellness

The Strained, Sore, Stinging Sciatica

April 16, 2013

It has happened to everyone at least a few times. You stand to walk, start to sit down, or move in the wrong way and all of a sudden, you don't...

tags: back , back pain , disk herniation , health , sciatica , steroid injections , weakness

5 Reasons Why a PICU is Necessary

April 12, 2013

Like a colorful rainbow, medical care should include a full spectrum of services for every patient regardless of their age from a simple doctor's...

tags: children's health , kids , kids health , parenting , pediatrics , peds , picu

I Have Heart Failure: Now What

March 29, 2013

Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which your heart is unable to maintain adequate blood circulation to your...

tags: congestive heart failure , diet , fatigue , healthy heart , heart , heart health , nutrition

Get Rid of the Extra, Get an Exercise Physiologist...

March 26, 2013

Spring is in the air, and as the temperature rises, so too does the desire to get back in shape. For a growing number of Americans, however, ...

tags: diet , dietician , exercise , health , heart health , metabolism , obesity , registered dietician , weight loss , wellness

OBGYN and YOU

March 14, 2013

There may not be a more important choice concerning your health as a woman, than choosing a great OBGYN.

tags: birth plan , labor and delivery , motherhood , pregnancy , pregnant , preparing for baby , women's health

We Put the ”Diet“ in Dietician

March 1, 2013

Most of us feel like we have a handle on nutrition. Media force-feeds us fact after statistic after fact about what we should and should not ...

tags: diet , dietician , goals , health , nutrition , wellness

How to Manage Blood Sugar

February 22, 2013

Any chronic disease is tough to live with. If you have diabetes you know the special challenges this disease brings to the table. Here is a list...

tags: blood sugar , diabetes , diet , eating healthy , exercise , health , nutrition , wellness

Love Your Heart

February 14, 2013

This week you have most likely been busy planning dates and buying flowers and chocolate (or planning nights in and buying ice cream and sweatpants)...

tags: diet , eating healthy , exercise , health , healthy heart , heart , heart disease , heart health , nutrition , smoking , wellness