




I am a penny pincher to the core. Call me a frugal-ista or down right stingy, but I travel in style affordably. I never pay luggage fees, and always fly coach. I make my little heaven wherever I am. During my stint as a Girl Scout volunteer, I learned to always be prepared. So whether I am at the Park downtown or in Nice, France I am happy.
When entering the world of lung disease there is a lot of confusion on the difference between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis, and even confusion on if there is a difference at all. The quick answer is “yes,” there is a difference between COPD and pulmonary fibrosis.
You’ve heard the cliché “you have all the time to sleep when you’re dead;” in our society sleep can be seen as a necessary nuisance leaving many of us to ask “How many hours sleep do you need?”
If you or someone you love has suffered sudden cardiac arrest then you know how scary and life threatening it is. The American Heart Association says currently only 5% of cardiac arrest victims are saved in the U.S each year but more lives could be saved if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were more widely available. Any second a defibrillator could save your life – is there an aed near you?
As a society (especially when children) we’re taught that medical doctors know everything, which is a big burden to carry doctors and leaves many patients afraid to ask questions. Often times patients will come in with a prescription from their doctor for “TED hose” but after a couple of questions it is obvious they are needing compression stockings, not the prescribed TED hose. Does your doctor know the difference between compression stockings and anti-embolism stockings (also called “T.E.D. hose”)… more importantly, do you?
Whether you’re an elite athlete or simply enjoy a game of pickup on the weekends, treating injuries quickly for faster healing is essential to get you back in the game as quickly as possible. While sponsors spend billions having athletes endorse everything from cereals to tennis shoes, there hasn’t been a lot of innovation past the ACE bandage to help athletes heal more quickly and efficiently (at least available to those of us who aren’t Olympic athletes). Until now. The PolyGel ThermoActive Hot and Cold Compression Wraps are a line of accelerated recovery products that deliver targeted relief from new and chronic injuries by combining hot and cold therapy with a patented compression pump to provide circumferential compression.