By Stephenie Craig, LCSW
A few months ago, I found my brain scattered, tired, and generally tense. When I slowed to reflect I realized I was carrying stress outside my awareness. Juggling work, home, parenting, relationships, life transitions, emails, texts, news, professional research, social media, etc. was overwhelming my brain....
By Heather Bennett Eye
You probably know someone who’s had a cancer diagnosis, or know someone who knows someone. It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t been touched by cancer in some way. Our community is no different. People are affected everyday.
Michele Bailey, founder of Bailey Brigade, and her family...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
Gout is a painful form of arthritis that occurs when high levels of uric acid in the blood form crystals and accumulate in and around the joint. However, gout can still occur without high UA levels. The onset of gout is sudden with...
New CT machine now installed at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast
The Ascension Sacred Heart Foundation announced today that the Emerald Ball raised approximately $172,000 benefiting Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast’s acquisition of a state-of-the-art CT scanner for children and adults.
The Foundation held the Emerald Ball at the Hilton Sandestin...
“Every year we try to create awareness of April being National
Child Abuse Prevention month and the services that ECCAC
can offer to child victims. It is imperative that everyone does
their part to help protect children. Prevention is the best
protection against child abuse.”
Julie Porterfield
ECCAC CEO
With National Child Abuse Prevention Month in...
By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D.
If you haven’t heard already there is a new weight loss medication available at a reasonable cost. semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist which means it activates the GLP-1 receptor. Still confused? It doesn’t matter. It has several important actions in the body.
Semaglutide ultimately helps...
By Stephenie Craig,
I was a high school senior deciding between college in my home town or five hours away.
I meticulously weighed the pros and cons and spun up scenarios of different directions my life might take if I didn’t choose the exact right university. The back and forth had...
Sip and Splash: An Aquatic Affair presented by Tim Smith Acura
The Emerald Coast Fitness Foundation (ECFF) is pleased to announce they will host their second annual fundraising event, Sip and Splash: An Aquatic Affair presented by Tim Smith Acura, on Saturday, May 20 at the Taj Renee Community Aquatic...
By Heather Bennett Eye
Many of us, at some point, find ourselves on a journey to better our lives. For local South Walton artist, writer, content creator and founder of evolfleS, Maurice Hunter, his brand of Self Love has been a journey of discovery and is a message of empowerment.
Maurice...
By Michelle Ruschman
In this ongoing series, What Teens Want Us to Know, we asked the question, “What “adulting” skills do you want to be taught before you leave home? (Consider what you might want to know in the areas of physical and emotional health, relationship building, professional success, lifestyle,...
