Category Archives: Health News

Providing Excellence: Removing a Complex Hernia with Robotic Surgery

Two surgeries in one day. Thanks to Mission Health’s commitment to bring world-class technology to the people of western North Carolina, 74-year-old Alice McLaughlin, a retired blanket mill worker who lives in Swannanoa and is the caregiver to her 47-year-old son who was paralyzed in a car accident, only spent one night recovering in the… Read More »

Whole food plant based diet supplement

But because different life stages hello, adolescence, pregnancy and post-menopause have varying energy and nutrition requirements, there are certain instances when supplements are, in fact, vital. As a clinical nutritionist, I generally recommend that all my adult clients, no matter their dietary plan, age or sex, take a regular multivitamin-mineral supplement. A good quality supplement… Read More »

What the best diet for me quiz

I know, you’ve tried dozens of diets, and you still aren’t happy with the way you look. Let’s face it; you probably aren’t following the right kind of food for your eating habits. This quiz is specially designed for you to let you know which diet will work for you? I get to include foods… Read More »

Biomaterial vaccines ward off broad range of bacterial infections and septic shock

Current clinical interventions for infectious diseases are facing increasing challenges due to the ever-rising number of drug-resistant microbial infections, epidemic outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria, and the continued possibility of new biothreats that might emerge in the future. Effective vaccines could act as a bulwark to prevent many bacterial infections and some of their most severe… Read More »