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  • Notes from Dr. Sam

    Good Day, I hope this note finds you well. Around the holidays I think a good deal about my old friends. In our lives, we...

  • Watch Them Grow

    When you’re on a health and fitness journey, you may look back and wish you could have developed a love for fitness at an earlier...

  • Stroke Awareness Saves Lives

    It happened not too long after his 44th birthday. Dr. Michael Pafford, an internal medicine doctor working as a hospitalist at Saline Memorial Hospital, wasn’t...

  • Paint Your Picture

    I remember planning out my future in my mind when I was 15 years old. The visualization was so real that it was almost literal....

  • Focusing On Fathers

    Father’s Day is a special occasion that gives us the opportunity to express our love and gratitude to our dads and father figures. This year,...

  • I Can See Clearly Now

    Perhaps one of the most notable historical figures to overcome personal limitations was Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968). Keller was...

  • Notes from Dr. Sam

    Good Day, I hope this note finds you well. Since giving up my stethoscope for a laptop eight years ago, I have spent a good...

  • Growing Stronger

    When you hear the phrase “strength training,” you may think of bodybuilders or cross-fitters—in other words, people trying to gain muscle and lift really heavy...

  • Stay Stress-free This Spring 

    Spring is here. Along with warming weather, blooming flowers, and chirping birds, spring also signals National Stress Awareness Month, observed every April.  Why is Stress...

  • Plant A Seed, Watch It Grow

    I have been a little weepy lately. A few nights ago, a sad detail in a book made me burst into tears like I was...