By Greg Durette, Florida Health Connector
As many times as I have said the term “age-in” to folks when discussing Medicare, it has never failed to elicit a visceral response like, “What do you mean with this age-in thing?!” or “I don’t feel aged-in!.”
The fact of the matter is, aging-in,...
By Michelle Ruschman
Teenagers in this era are being called “snowflakes,” but to resort to name calling is dismissive of their very real modern-day challenges and overlooks the depth of their compassion. Policymakers, the entertainment industry, and social media influencers have also worked to downgrade parental authority, and this has...
By Teresa Halverson, Director of Business Development & Community Relations, The Manor at Blue Water Bay
We are all blessed to live on the beautiful Emerald Coast. With more families moving to the area every day, our aging population continues to grow as well. Navigating the senior living and health...
By Lisa Turpin, Health & Wellness Coach
According to the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual international survey of 4,500 health and fitness professionals, released Dec. 28, Wearable Technology will be the top global fitness trend in 2023. The fitness professionals were polled on 42 potential trends, and ACSM reported...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect
Welcome to 2023! Now that our holiday celebrations are over, we’re falling back into the routines of daily life. However, I’d like to challenge you to start something new.
Let’s digress.
The mind is amazing and it will give us exactly what we focus on. A speaker...
The White-Wilson Community Foundation works to build partnerships that improve access to health services and care for underserved individuals in the community. Through its community health grant program, it presented Fresh Start for Children and Families Inc. and Mental Health Association of Okaloosa Walton Inc. with grants on Nov....
The White-Wilson Community Foundation partnered with Special Olympics Florida to provide free sports physicals to local athletes throughout Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Counties recently at White-Wilson Medical Center’s main campus in Fort Walton Beach.
Volunteers from White-Wilson Medical Center conducted the routine physicals for nearly 30 athletes in need...
By Richard Chern, M.D.
Hormone therapy can be traced back over 2000 years when the Chinese isolated pituitary and sex hormones for medicinal purposes. The hormones had not been identified, but the benefits were already known. Of course, many discoveries have occurred since then and today we are not only...
By Matthew Eaton
In October, more than 350 gathered at Northwest Florida State College for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Participants raised more than $65,000 to fund care and support programs and critical research to, ultimately, find a cure. Melody Wood traveled from Alaska to walk in honor of her...
