Retiree Toby Greenwood, 60, from Coolidge, Georgia, knew that he had to make a change. Weighing in at 335 pounds and taking various medications for high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol, he sought help from Sterling Bariatrics at Colquitt Regional Medical Center for a gastric sleeve procedure last June. “I was miserable,” he said. “I gained a tremendous amount of weight for me, and … Continue reading Greenwood Knows the Cost to Be Healthy
Picture this childhood memory: It’s a perfect, hot summer day, and you’ve just come inside for lunch after swimming all morning. After devouring your favorite meal — a nice PB&J with a bag of chips — you’re ready to continue sharpening your cannonball technique. Your mom always said you have to wait at least 30 minutes before swimming after you eat. Moms are always right, … Continue reading 4 Common Pool Myths Exposed
Approximately 50 percent of postmenopausal women suffer from the newly termed Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM), which describes the constellation of interrelated exam findings and often troubling symptoms resulting from estrogen deficiency and affecting the external genitalia, vagina, urethra, and bladder. Estrogen deficiency, whether from menopause, medications, or chemotherapy, causes vulvovaginal atrophy, or thinning, which can cause vaginal discomfort, irritation, urinary stress incontinence, orgasmic dysfunction, … Continue reading Discover the Re”Va”lution
Having to start something all over again after leaving it for some time is never an easy task. In fact, it could be one of the hardest things to do. It seems as if it is impossible to find the motivation and the spark to get back into the gym to achieve the goals that you had set for yourself so long ago. Not only … Continue reading Starting the Journey Once More
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