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Most of us have heard the term ​“pelvic floor”, but may not know what the pelvic floor actu­al­ly does. Learn about the func­tions of your pelvic floor and what exer­cis­es you can do to strength­en your muscles. 

Lifestyle refers to the way you live your life includ­ing your dai­ly habits, activ­i­ties you par­tic­i­pate in and dietary choic­es. Under­stand­ing your food crav­ings can pro­vide valu­able insight and allow you to make changes to improve your over­all health.

HPV is the most com­mon sex­u­al­ly trans­mit­ted infec­tion, affect­ing near­ly 14 mil­lion adults and teens each year. Due to its promi­nence, the FDA has now approved the HPV vac­cine for indi­vid­u­als aged 9 – 45, mean­ing adults and chil­dren can be pro­tect­ed from the virus by receiv­ing the HPV vaccine.

Your skin is one of the most impor­tant (and largest) organs in your body. Just like your heart, eyes, or kid­neys, it’s impor­tant to treat your skin well. Below are a few facts about your skin to help jump start your healthy skin lifestyle.

A cataract is a cloud­ing of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are relat­ed to aging. Cataracts are very com­mon in old­er peo­ple. By age 80, more than half of all Amer­i­cans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.

You’ve fol­lowed your physician’s rec­om­men­da­tion and had your year­ly screen­ing mam­mo­gram per­formed, but then you get called back for addi­tion­al imag­ing. Nat­u­ral­ly your ini­tial reac­tion caus­es your blood pres­sure to spike…this is a test that detects breast can­cer after all. How­ev­er, only 10% of women called back for more tests are found to have breast can­cer accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety. Learn more about call-backs and why it might not nec­es­sar­i­ly be cancer.

Dual Ener­gy X‑ray Absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA), also known as Bone Den­si­ty test­ing, is used to diag­nose osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteope­nia. This scan uti­lizes very low dose radi­a­tion to exam­ine the den­si­ty of the bone tis­sue to deter­mine the effects of osteo­poro­sis and assess the risk for poten­tial fractures.

It is impor­tant to be aware that var­i­ous activ­i­ties can impact your blood sug­ar lev­els dif­fer­ent­ly and require addi­tion­al recov­ery time. Blood glu­cose lev­els should be mon­i­tored con­tin­u­ous­ly while engag­ing in phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, includ­ing before and after you exer­cise, to ensure that your blood sug­ar stays with­in a healthy range.

The nose is a pri­ma­ry focal point of the face, and it plays a major role in defin­ing bal­ance and proportion.

While pro­longed hos­pi­tal stays are intend­ed to restore your body, long peri­ods of bedrest may result in var­i­ous phys­i­cal side effects. Break­Through Care Cen­ter physi­cian, Dr. Karl Szafran­s­ki, shares insights to help pre­pare you for phys­i­cal changes that you may expe­ri­ence with a long hos­pi­tal stay.