Laura Isaacson, Registered Dietitian at Upland Hills Health, also manages our Nutrition Made Simple blog, which can be found here: uhhnutrition.blog Over 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates stated that “all disease begins in the gut.” The primary function of your GI tract is to break down food and to absorb nutrients, but it does so much…
Cold or Flu?
Maria Leary, R.N., is the Infection Prevention and Employee Health Coordinator at Upland Hills Health. Both are respiratory illnesses but are caused by different viruses. The common cold and the flu have similar symptoms associated with one another, which makes it difficult to diagnose. Symptoms of the flu tend to be more severe and intense…
Stay Safe. Stay Strong. Live Well.
Submitted by Jennifer Mobley, PT and Margie Barnes, PT. Both are Upland Hills Home Health Physical Therapists with over 50 years combined experience working with the older population. Did you know that 1 in 4 older adults fall every year? Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and most common source of trauma related…
On Your Way to 5K?
Lance Maerz is a clinical exercise physiologist and co-manager of the Cardiac Rehab department at Upland Hills Health. He is also an avid runner, certified cancer exercise trainer and Immediate-Past President of the Wisconsin Society of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health and Rehabilitation. Upland Hills Health wants to help you embrace change and step into a healthier…
What is Metabolic Syndrome?
Jackie Wilkinson is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at Upland Hills Health. She is the Coordinator of the Diabetes Self Management Program which helps individuals manage diabetes to live long, healthy lives. To find out more information, please contact wilkinsonj@uplandhillshealth.org Metabolic syndrome is a health condition that affects 23 percent of American adults…
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