New health and wellness info at the library

Fulfill your prescription for information at the library’s Health Information Neighborhood, where wellness knowledge is at your fingertips.   The Keto Reset Instant Pot Cookbook: Reboot your metabolism with simple, delicious ketogenic diet recipes for your electric pressure cooker by Mark Sisson, Cooking Neighborhood 651.5635 SIS & eBook Overdrive Author Mark Sisson helps you escape …

New health and wellness info at the library

Fulfill your prescription for information at the library’s Health Information Neighborhood, where wellness knowledge is at your fingertips.   Twisting Fate: My journey with BRCA--from breast cancer doctor to patient and back by Pamela N. Munster, Health Information Neighborhood 616.99449 MUN Weaving together her personal story with groundbreaking research on BRCA--responsible for breast cancer and …

New Health & Wellness Info at the Library

By Kelly Barker   Fulfill your prescription for information at the library’s Health Information Neighborhood, where wellness knowledge is at your fingertips.   You Can Fix Your Brain: Just 1 hour a week to the best memory, productivity, and sleep you've ever had by Tom O'Bryan, Health Information Neighborhood 612.82 O'BR No matter what your …

Life-giving sun can be damaging to skin

By Joseph Gadzia, MD KMC Dermatology   The sun is the life-giver on our planet. It provides the light and the warmth that we need to survive. It also, however, gives off two types of radiation that penetrate the atmosphere, clouds and the layers of our skin. That radiation is in the form of UVA …

Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer

By Shekhar Challa, MD Barrett's esophagus is a complication of long-standing acid reflux (GERD-Gastroesophageal reflux disease) and is pre-cancerous. It is estimated that approximately 1.5 million Americans have Barrett's esophagus. 10-20 PERCENT OF PATIENTS WITH GERD HAVE BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS. The incidence of heartburn and acid reflux is on the rise probably at least in part …