Talk to your doctor about dietary and other lifestyle changes to make after what are open heart surgery. Jennifer Whitlock, RN, MSN, FNP-C, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. Contact your provider if you have a cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or any other illness. Before undergoing an open heart bypass surgery some patients who… Read More »
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka The Mountain from Game of Thrones, isn’t against going vegan. What would make Björnsson, known meat eater, former World’s Strongest Man, and a man known for eating 17,000 calories on a cheat day, even consider the idea? Bodybuilder Kai Greene recently adopted a vegan diet after watching the movie, The Game… Read More »
Having grown up in Stillorgan in Dublin, Maura, 86, spent most of her life in the US, where she worked in IT. It was on a trip home that she fell in love with Clifden and decided that if she ever had the chance she would retire there. She describes the retirement village where she… Read More »
Increased focus on quality Employers are increasing their focus on healthcare quality and value by a variety of strategies, including the use of Centers of Excellence (COE), high performance networks and advanced primary care strategies. More than one in four large employers (27 percent) will expand their COE offerings to address additional conditions or procedures,… Read More »