Head colds, Influenza, and COVID… Oh My! How to Stay Well This Winter
Don’t let colds, flu, and COVID stop you from enjoying your fall and winter festivities! Ivira Health’s clinical pharmacists, Gabriella McGinley and Morgen Sitzler, are providing their best tips and tricks to help you this season. Vitamins or supplements can help improve your health and assist in receiving vital nutrients your body may need to […]
Stress Management and Self-Care
Written by: Chelsea Myer, BS, CHES, CPT (health coach), Natasha Bidadi, PharmD, BCGP, and Sheel Patel, PharmD Candidate 2023 (Pharmacy Intern) What do you think of when you think about “self-care”? How about “stress management”? These are two phrases that are thrown around quite a bit in the health and wellness industry. Below, read advice […]
Back To School Care Coordination Tips
Written by: Chelsea Myer, BS, CHES, CPT and Gabriella Pepe-McGinley PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP With the school year quickly approaching for college and university students, Ivira Health wants to offer advice on how to handle the transition back into the educational year. It is an exciting time for young adults to head off to college, but […]
Exercise and its Effect on Dementia
Written by Donna Sarkar and Chelsea Myer If you have ever witnessed a loved one gradually losing their memories due to dementia, you know just how heartbreaking and challenging this disease can be to navigate. Dementia is clinically defined as a decline in cognitive function. While there are many distinct stages of mental impairment, […]
Navigating the Nutrition Label
Have you ever felt confused reading a nutrition label? There are a ton of numbers, grams, and percentages. What does it all mean? One of the most important things you can do when grocery shopping is read the nutrition label to make informed decisions and ensure that you are getting all the right foods in […]
Make Your Workouts FUNctional
What is functional fitness and how can you add it to your routine? Written By: Chelsea Myer, BS, CHES, CPT What is functional exercise? Functional exercise training is described as a classification of exercise which involves training the body for the activities performed in daily life. Activities of daily living (ADLs) include any activities we […]
Building Healthy Habits: The Key to Reaching Your Goals
Written by Chelsea Myer, BS, CHES, CPT (Certified Health Coach) and Zainab Haque, MS, RDN, LDN (Registered Dietitian) You’ve heard the term “habit,” but do you actually know what it means or how habits are formed? In the context of behavior change, the term “habit” means a routine behavior that is repeated regularly without much conscious effor […]
A Spoonful of Insulin Helps the Sugar Go Down…. For a While. Understanding and Reversing Insulin Resistance.
Written by Chelsea Myer, CHES, CPT (Certified Health Coach) and Kimberly Sassenrath, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP (Clinical Pharmacist/Director of Clinical Services) Diabetes is a common disease state affecting 13% of all US adults and 26.8% of adults aged 65 and old A major component of the development of diabetes is something called insulin resistance. This occurs when […]
Providing Patient Care in Ramadan
Written by Zainab Haque, MS, RDN, LDN Each year, Muslims worldwide look forward to Ramadan, their most sacred time of year. Muslims consider Ramadan a holy month in which they fast from sunrise to sunset to strengthen their spiritual relationship and revitalize their faith. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam and is […]
Debunking Common Nutrition Myths
Written by By: Zainab Haque, Registered Dietitian Does nutrition ever feel confusing to you? What should I eat? When should I eat? Am I doing this right? I’m sure we’ve all asked ourselves similar questions. Nutrition is a popular topic, but with so much information out there it’s difficult to tell what is reliable. In […]
