Choosing a doctor is one of the most important healthcare decisions you make. After all, you will rely on this person and their staff to notify you of needed appointments, recommend screenings, make accurate diagnosis and treatment recommendations to keep you healthy - and even possibly save your life. How can you know you are choosing a quality physician?

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What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

As we focus on men in the June issue of Society 805, this article addresses weight loss – a subject seldom shown through a man’s eyes. Men hear about weight loss programs in terms of dieting to “get thin” or “pretty” – that’s a real turn off to men who want to be neither!

Many of the estimated 25 million Americans who suffer from daily symptoms of acid reflux, also referred to as heartburn or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) find taking medications provide much needed relief. However, the use of medications for acid reflux does not eliminate the most significant risk affiliated with GERD: the potential for esophageal cancer – the fastest growing cancer in the United States.

A stay-at-home mom turned healthcare provider shares inspiration for realizing your dreams later than you expected!

When Corine Riedell was just 21 years old she was already a stay at home mother of 3.   She had completed high school early through independent study and had quickly moved into the adult responsibilities that come along with child rearing, namely putting other’s needs before your own. But putting her children’s upbringing first didn’t mean putting off her own career goals and personal aspirations. Her peers were off at college or enjoying the freedom of being an adult with the lack of responsibilities living at “home” provides. Even though Corine didn’t have either luxury she also didn’t feel she was missing out on anything that couldn’t’ wait. She tucked her dreams away for later and enjoyed her kids while they were young.

 “Coach Aimee Sturges” is motivating people of all ages, shapes and sizes in 805 to embrace a healthy attitude – not just a resolution!