‘For everything there is a season…’ Ecclesiastes 2 3:1 In New England, we are blessed to see a different aspect of God’s beauty in every season. Just because it is cold outside, doesn’t mean we have to be relegated to indoor exercise and activities. Getting outside is so beneficial for our mental and physical healthRead more
Boost Your God-Given Immune and Reproductive System This Cold and Flu Season Genesis 1:27 reminds us, “God created mankind in his image.” Further, Genesis 1:31 relays God’s satisfaction with His creation of humans saying, “God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good.” He found the whole human creation good and thus,Read more
Does Santa have diabetes? During this webinar, Darci explored risk factors for diabetes and how Santa’s lifestyle of daily cookies greatly affects his risk of diabetes. View the webinar here: We are incredibly blessed to provide these educational webinars to our community free of charge. If you would like, however, to continue to support ourRead more
What are the FACTS on childhood obesity? Childhood obesity more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years Age 6-11 years: obesity increased from 7% in 1980 to 18% in 2012 Age 12-19 years: obesity increased from 5% in 1980 to 21% in 2012 In 2012, more than 1/3 ofRead more
Have you suffered from chronic pain? Have you been frustrated after going to different doctors and not getting much relief? Chronic pain can be a terrible thing to live with. Anyone who has suffered with it will tell you about how devastating this can be. I am a doctor, but before I went toRead more
Communication Strategies Learned From COVID-19 Have the COVID-19 visitation restrictions increased your anxiety and burdened your ability to communicate with your loved one? Are your frustrated trying to get updated and accurate information during their hospitalization or while they are living in a care community? This article reviews a recent study exploring this topic asRead more
What is palliative care in the context of the Catholic faith? In Catholicism, each person is a unity of body and soul. Ending a person’s life, even if an individual does not seem to have a “good” quality of life, is morally wrong. Roughly 22% of the world’s population is Catholic, making this an importantRead more
You really can get your baby to sleep through the night. You can sleep too. There are some simple methods that have worked for parents for years. But recently some people suggested that teaching infants to fall asleep is bad for their brains– that it teaches babies “learned helplessness.” I don’t think so. “Learned helplessness”Read more
Many expecting moms hope to breastfeed. It’s covered briefly in many childbirth education classes and there’s often a sense of, “Well, it’s natural, so it should be fairly easy.” In the hospital, in the whirl of childbirth and immediate postpartum care, breastfeeding may or may not come instantly easily – but nearly all new parentsRead more
While October is the month of the rosary in the Catholic Church, October in the United States is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. The National Breast Cancer Foundation states October as an annual public health campaign to raise awareness for the impact of breast cancer and to raise funds to further research on breast cancer.Read more
