Healthy Living

Live Healthier in 2017: Five New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep

January 1, 2017

Mountain Pacific

Did you know the top New Year’s resolutions include losing weight and staying fit and healthy? Did you also know that only 8% of people who set goals for the new year succeed in reaching them? Creating New Year’s resolutions are easier than sticking to them. So what is the best way to achieve your goals […]

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Pressure Injury Prevention Awareness

December 26, 2016

Mountain Pacific

Pressure injuries can be serious wounds, and preventive care is one of the best ways to avoid them. As a care giver, that means knowing the signs and stages of pressure injuries, because like many conditions, the earlier you identify symptoms and treat them, the better the outcome. Pressure injuries, also called pressure ulcers, bed sores, […]

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Five Ways to Become a More Engaged Patient

December 19, 2016

Mountain Pacific

I’ll be the first to admit that I ask a ton of questions when I see my health care provider: “Why is that? What is the cause? How should it look? Should I be concerned?” And as soon as I walk out of my provider’s office all of that medical speak went in one ear and […]

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