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Show love with dark chocolate this Valentine's Day
With Valentine's Day coming next weekend, you may be hoping to get a heart-shaped box of chocolates. Good news - recent research continues to show consumption of small amounts of dark chocolate may be heart healthy.
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Exercise can help lower blood pressure
Did you know that exercise produces approximately a 40-year age offset?
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Chronic low back pain on the rise, according to UNC study
The proportion of people suffering from long term, impairing low back pain has more than doubled in North Carolina since the early 1990s, according to a new study.
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Moms, babies play and work out at StrollerFit classes
Moms are strolling their way to better health with StrollerFit, a new exercise class offered at two area locations.
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Day of Dance planned for Feb. 28
Iredell Health System will unite Iredell County with 70 other communities across the U.S. through the national Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Heart Health on Saturday, Feb. 28.
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Model child care center to fight obesity
The KIWEE Institute hopes to bring a scientific approach to child day care and fighting childhood obesity.
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Iredell Memorial starts retina surgery program
Iredell Health System and Horizon Eye Care recently announced the development of Iredell County's first retina surgical program at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville.
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Bremnor Family Medicine opens in Mooresville
Iredell Health System announced today that they have opened Bremnor Family Medicine at 136 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 3H in Morrison Plantation across from Horizon Eye and the Lowe's YMCA in Mooresville.
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Medical clinic opens in Mooresville
Iredell Health System has opened Bremnor Family Medicine at 136 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 3H in Morrison Plantation, across from Horizon Eye and the Lowe's YMCA in Mooresville.
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Senior center uses video game to exercise muscles, mind
The Cabarrus Senior Center took on the feel of a bowling alley earlier this month, with the sounds of bowling pins colliding and the smell of freshly-cooked popcorn in the air.
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Peanut butter still a good option for families
Poor peanut butter. It gets a bad rap. Avoid it during pregnancy and lactation. Get it out of the schools. Don't let kids try it until they are at least 3 years old. And, now, much of it may be contaminated with salmonella. That does not sound too reassuring.
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Women's health forum focuses on hormones
Looking out into a crowd of women at Iredell Memorial's 'Embracing the New You" women's health forum last weekend, author Genie James asked a series of questions:
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Carolinas HealthCare to manage Stanly Regional
Carolinas HealthCare System will take over management of Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle effective March 1.
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Seniors raise canes at Charlotte safety class
Combat isn't the first thing you think about when you see someone walking with a cane. But older adults learned they make good weapons at recent Combat Cane classes at Charlotte's Atria MerryWood senior living center.
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Healthy lunch suggestions pack a nutritional punch
Many of us get in trouble when it comes to lunch. Busy schedules, business lunches and not-so-healthy fast food options all play a role in the decision of how we nourish ourselves at lunchtime.
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Iredell Health System and Horizon Eye Care form Retina Surgical Program
Iredell Health System and Horizon Eye Care develop County's first Retina Surgical Program.
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Three more North Carolinians test positive for Salmonella
Three more North Carolinians – one each from Brunswick, Caldwell and Catawba counties – have tested positive for the same strain of Salmonella typhimurium that has sickened more than 400 people nationwide, bringing North Carolina's total to four cases, public health officials reported today.
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Acro offers ways for the whole family to get moving
Fitness is family-friendly at Acro in Mooresville. Incorporating both children and adults at the facility, AcroFitness owner Marie Severance wants everyone to love to move.
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Each simple diet change can have big health benefits
For many, starting the New Year off right means revamping eating habits. The problem is, many people don't know where to start when it comes to eating right. The answer is, anywhere you want!
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Report calls for more help for NC substance abusers
Fewer than one out of 10 North Carolinians who use illegal drugs - and only one of 20 with alcohol problems - get state-funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out-of-date and inadequate.
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Attorney General wins reform, refunds from Peak Fitness
Peak Fitness will make major changes to benefit members of its health clubs thanks to a comprehensive agreement announced today by Attorney General Roy Cooper.
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Simple ways to improve health
Have you made your 2009 New Year's resolutions? Most of us should probably include some health resolutions in the list. With the majority of American adults being overweight or obese and even more than that struggling with weight concerns and disordered eating, you know weight management is a big issue.
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Local pediatrician offers advice for parents on ADHD symptoms to look for
Parents hear a lot about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, but it can be difficult to know when a child's behavior crosses the line between age-appropriate acting out and something more serious.
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Give the gift of food
Homemade gifts can be very meaningful. They show you care enough about someone to take the time to make them something, rather than simply buy something at a store. Additionally, homemade gifts can be economical, saving you money during a time of instability with our economy.
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Annual Polar Bear Ride planned for Jan. 10
January promises some chilly fun at Bailey Middle School in Cornelius, as the annual Polar Bear Ride takes off.
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