Healthy You Articles - North Country Hospital

Skin Cancer Is Cancer

posted by: chris johansen
June 29, 2022
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Time can stand still when you hear the diagnosis of “cancer.” For many, this is an overwhelming time, yet for some, even the diagnosis is not enough to change dangerous behaviors. Skin cancer is one of those cancers. Not only …

Freedom to be A Healthy You and Me

posted by: chris johansen
June 22, 2022
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What does it mean to have freedom? Do we really have the freedom to be as healthy as we can be? As Americans, we are “free” to pretty much do as we please – free from restraint with the …

Healthiest Summer Ever!

posted by: chris johansen
June 21, 2022
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Today at 5:14 am, it finally arrived….SUMMER! Here in the NEK summers just hit differently after long cold and dark winters and what seems like more than our fair share of rain. Summer is such a special and temporary …

Hack Healthy or Just Whacky?

posted by: chris johansen
June 10, 2022
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You can’t go online, read a magazine or probably even chat with a friend without hearing about all the latest health hacks. What’s a health hack? A hack is something that is a simple tip, short cut or trick …

Walk Your Way To Greater Wellness

posted by: chris johansen
June 3, 2022
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Friends who do this will always tell you, that you should too! Health professionals tell almost everyone they can be doing more of this. Physical therapists and fitness instructors think it’s one of the safest things most people can do! …

posted by: chris johansen
May 27, 2022
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “More than one billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents, and 39 million children. This number is still increasing. WHO estimates that by 2025, approximately 167 million …