Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Feb 2nd, 2012
Dr. Shahid Shafi of Surgical Group of North Texas wins Five Star Spirit Award from Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine. The award was created because as a health care organization, Baylor’s customers and colleagues expect them to provide safe, quality, compassionate heath care.
Chocolate has also been linked to protecting against high blood pressure and diabetes, both risk factors for heart disease and strokes.
Posted in Wellness on Feb 2nd, 2012
Treat yourself this month by taking the time to learn about your cardiovascular risk and start a new habit that is sweet for your heart.
Posted in Wellness on Feb 20th, 2011
Sometimes it starts with a twinge. Or maybe a pull. Often, it’s just the wrong turn of the hip that causes debilitating back pain. In most cases, back pain is not caused by serious conditions, but by common, day-to-day actions, yet it’s one of the most common medical complaints. According to the Mayo Clinic, four [...]
Posted in Wellness on Feb 12th, 2011
by Dr. J. Douglas Overbeck There is only a 1 out of 30 risk of dying of breast cancer, yet it’s well-known that women over the age of 40 need an annual mammogram. A less-known fact is that 1 out of 3 women will die from some form of cardiovascular disease. Getting your mammogram is [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Oct 28th, 2010
Here’s the most innovative idea I’ve heard in healthcare in a long time! From Journal Watch: A Little Off the Top: Barbershop Hypertension Intervention Barbershops may offer an opportunity to intervene against uncontrolled hypertension in black men, an Archives of Internal Medicine study shows. Researchers randomized 17 black-owned shops in Texas either to provide pamphlets [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Jan 25th, 2010
By Dr. J. Douglas Overbeck Is your heart healthy? You’ve not experienced shortness of breath. Nor have you felt any back, abdominal or chest pains. You feel good after low to moderate exercise. You have all the outward signs of a healthy heart. But don’t let appearances fool you. Plaque could be building up in [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Jan 20th, 2010
by J. Douglas Overbeck, MD, FACC Tuscan Cardiovascuarl Center While spring welcomes the opportunity to put on shorts and enjoy the great outdoors, many Americans cringe at the thought of showing their exposed legs. Why? Varicose veins – the purple-ish, often raised ridges that criss-cross up and down an effected leg or other part of [...]
Posted in Wellness on Jan 7th, 2010
by J. Douglas Overbeck, MD, FACC The holidays are behind us. By now, you are probably relieved to finally be putting away the decorations that just a few weeks earlier were nostalgic, but somehow have now just turned gaudy. And, yes, the remorse now sets in as you remember the one-too-many cups of egg nog [...]
Posted in Wellness on Sep 16th, 2009
TienaHealth Offers Prevention Tips and Advice An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. These words were never truer than they are now with the approach of flu season. This year, both seasonal influenza and H1N1, or swine flu, will be the cause of many school absences and missed days of work. However, [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Marketing, Wellness on Jul 29th, 2009
Vivers asked to have their MetaRevive more portable. So, MetaRevive delivered! MetaRevive announced today that single-use flavor packets are now available through their online store. Just like with packets of Crystal Lite or Propel, MetaRevive now has single-use packets that come in the three different flavors. As with their existing flavored powders, mix with water [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Jul 17th, 2009
It is of little surprise that the new improved MetaRevive powder with flavors is a huge HIT! We have had so much great feedback from the launch of the new powder this last week that we had to share some of the comments that are coming back to us. We knew our community of “Vivers” [...]
Posted in Wellness on Jul 13th, 2009
Journal Watch reported on the following study done by BMJ, a British journal: “Mammography-detected cancers represent “overdiagnosis” in about one third of cases, according to an international study published online in BMJ. (Overdiagnosis is the detection of cancers that will not ultimately cause symptoms or death.) Researchers reviewed published trends in breast cancer incidence for [...]
Posted in Healthcare News, Wellness on Jul 9th, 2009
A note from Dr. Powell… Hello Vivers, This has been a long time in the making, but we are ready to launch MetaRevive Powder 2.0. Our first product (the original powder) was great but far from tasty. People still choked it down for the great benefits. Our second product (the capsules) were easy to get [...]
Posted in Wellness on Jul 2nd, 2009
As women, we often selflessly put ourselves on the back burner while we take care of the needs of our family and jobs. We must take care of ourselves though if we want to be around to care for our families.