Well Being Magazine

Compression Goes Couture

As the positive trend of ‘taking care of yourself’ grows, more and more people are looking to find fitness apparel that not only is flexible and comfortable, but is also functional and fashionable. As we are demanding more of ourselves physically, we also are demanding more of our fitness wear. At the heart of the current workout wear revolution is compression apparel. It is one of the hottest trends embraced Read more »

Holidays & Heart Attacks

Let’s take a little one-question, multiple-choice quiz... During the holidays you are more likely to ___________? A. Overeat B. Not get enough exercise C. Increase alcohol consumption D. Have a heart attack E. All of the above. Unfortunately, the answer is E. All of the above. Whether you know it or not your risk for having a heart attack increases during the late December holidays. In fact, according to a 2004 study published in the American Heart Read more »

Bless our Hearts

A Coordinated Effort to Improve Mississippi’s Heart Attack Care, Communications and Outcomes Nobody is ever really ready for a heart attack. As one recent television commercial reminds us, we don’t get a warning note or text message alerting us in advance. It is that element of surprise that catches us off guard and can prevent our taking immediate and appropriate action. Our lack of preparedness can have devastating results. Two of the Read more »

Diabetes & Eye Health

When given the choice of which of the five senses is most important (and most difficult to do without), the majority of people pick sight. Of course none of us would choose to give up any of our senses, but the idea of not being able to experience the world visually, is especially difficult to imagine – to never see the smile of a loved one, the brilliance of a Read more »