Are You Fit for Surgery? View More

Are you ready for your upcoming surgery?  Have you done everything you can to help with your recovery?  Or are your habits sabotaging your chances at getting the best results?   Hospitals across the country are adopting surgery fitness programs for their surgical patients.  The goal?  To improve a patient’s health before surgery and minimize… Continue Reading

View More

Thanks to something called “assortative mating,” we tend to choose mates that have behaviors similar to our own.   Too often, however, that means our bad habits are their bad habits, too. Smoking? Couch potato? A sweet tooth? Birds of a feather, goes the old saying.   Thankfully, when we finally wise up and decide… Continue Reading

View More

Despite the well-documented and publicized health risks of lighting up, 19% of adults still smoke cigarettes.    Even graphic television ads that portray the negative consequences of smoking don’t sway many smokers to kick their intractable habit.   But, a new study conducted on identical twins may provide the impetus to change smokers’ behavior.  That’s… Continue Reading