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Health Alert to Include Miramar Beach and Inlet Beach Areas The Florida Department of Health in Walton County (DOH-Walton) is notifying the public of a red tide bloom near Inlet Beach and Miramar Beach. Santa Rosa Beach area has tested with low levels of red tide. Some people may have...

The Gift of Imagination

By Ylene Forwood, Do you remember growing up as a child having many playful imaginations as a young boy or girl? Perhaps you dressed up as a policeman who keeps the bad guys away?  Or being Cinderella wearing your beautiful dress while you played with your teacups?  Or maybe you...
By Stephenie Craig, LCSW You wake up, the sun is shining, the water is beautiful, you’re feeling good about work, you love the people in your life, your favorite song is playing, things are going your way, you’re in the zone. Suddenly you’re blind-sided when someone lets you down, an...
The Women’s Health Initiative Study (WHI) was started with the goal to prove that synthetic hormones worked as well as bio-identical hormones.  Unfortunately the results of this study were announced in a way that scared most women and physicians into stopping hormones of any kind with the belief that...
Dr. Gardner to spearhead new restorative care services in second mobile dental bus. Children’s Volunteer Health Network (CVHN), welcomes Dr. Paula Gardner as the new restorative dental provider. Along with this new addition to the team, CVHN is expanding their oral health care reach with the addition of a second...
By Dr. Bart Precourt D.C. If you’re reading this article there is a good chance that you have experienced what you might describe as “brain fog”.  Symptoms usually include forgetting names, unable to find words, forgetfulness and occasional light headed or even dizzy spells. This symptom is often overlooked by many...
Health Alert to Include Miramar Beach and Inlet Beach Areas The Florida Department of Health in Walton County (DOH-Walton) is notifying the public of a red tide bloom near Inlet Beach and Miramar Beach. Santa Rosa Beach area has tested with low levels of red tide. Some people may have...
By Ylene Forwood, Have you been hypnotized before?  How was that experience for you?  I hope that it was a pleasant one. Contrary to so many myths and misconceptions, Hypnosis in a clinical setting is widely used and is evidenced based to help with many personal issues. Some of the...
Nearly 1 in 10 Americans age 12 or older struggle with substance abuse, involving alcohol or illicit drugs. When you look around our community, it’s unfortunately not difficult to wrap your mind around that statistic. Addiction is a bondage that destroys lives, families, and communities and there are many...

Healthy Hacks

By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife It’s not only back to school—it’s back to routines, after school activities and food on the go. Does your fast food budget increase after school is in full swing? (I’m not so sure ‘fast’ is part of the equation these days; it’s more ‘patience’...