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The stories below provide an inside look at our physicians, staff and include numerous resources for our patients and the community.
7 Holiday Scents Your Home and Health Can’t Be Without
There is a reason why one whiff of your grandmother’s homemade bread recipe can transport you across time and space. Since your olfactory response is directly linked to the hippocampus, the memory center in your brain, memories pulled forth by smells are usually emotional ones. While they lack visual specifics and tactile details, they are fairly acute in beckoning back how you were feeling when you experienced a particular scent.
Meet Dr. Bechtold!
Born and raised in Sioux City, Dr. Nicholas Bechtold completed his undergraduate education at Briar Cliff University, received his graduate degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and Graduated as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University.
Meet Dr. Corderman!
We’ve recently expanded our physician team at the Indian Hills clinic, and we’re happy to announce the addition of Dr. Alisa Corderman. Dr. Corderman is an Iowa native, graduating valedictorian from Glenwood Community High School (Go Rams!) and earning her subsequent degrees from Morningside College and Des Moines University.
5 Ways To Boost Fitness While Maintaining Your Home This Fall
If fitness takes a back burner to your to do lists in the fall, we have some great news for you. You don’t have to give up your workout while you tackle your honey-do list; you can do them both at the same time! This year, incorporate 30 minutes of daily activity in the form of calorie-torching chores. You and your home will look great—and just in time for holiday photos.
Go Beyond The Pink Ribbon This Month: Learn, Prevent, And Help
When a simple pink ribbon is enough to remind us of a loved one or to make an appointment for a mammogram, it’s safe to say that breast cancer awareness is at an all-time high. Unfortunately, however, so are the instances of breast cancer. This means that it takes more than awareness to cure a disease; it takes knowledge, prevention, and hope.
7 Myths About Diabetes and 1 Absolute Truth
Think you know all there is to know about diabetes? Think again.
Diabetes isn’t serious. That may depend on how you define “serious”. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS—combined. It also aggravates other conditions that are also life threatening; two out of three diabetics die from heart disease or stroke. Just because diabetes is becoming increasingly more manageable doesn’t mean it’s not a serious condition with serious consequences.