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Healthy Community Healthy You – Opioids – Pain Relief That Might Do More Harm Than Good

By   /  September 24, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – Pain is a feeling that can be disruptive and agonizing to experience. Alleviating pain can improve quality of life, but the mechanism to do this has to be safe. Opioids are a group of pain-relieving drugs that attach to opioid receptors in the brain that signal the brain to reduce […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Age Spots – Time Will Tell

By   /  August 13, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – We do a full examination of our face in the mirror practically every day as if it is part of our morning and/or evening routine. We stare at every blemish and watch the effects of aging take place with a little disgruntle every time we spot something new. Age spots […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Vaping – The Smoker’s Switch To Electronic Cigarettes

By   /  August 5, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough –E-cigarettes, also called vaping, can now be found everywhere across the country. Some look like a real cigarette, but they’re battery operated. There are different brands and different looks for the tanks. No matter the look, they all work the same. The container (tank) is filled with nicotine containing liquid with […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Vodka – Zero In Everything But Calories

By   /  July 16, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – The alcohol industry has become more and more lucrative with many brands, tastes, and types widely available. One study found that in a 3-month period, 60% of Americans had a beverage with vodka in it. In 2019, an estimated 77.57 million 9-liter cases of vodka were consumed in the United […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Hip & Knee Surgeries

By   /  July 2, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – Common body parts that need TLCWhen it comes to surgeries, the hips and knees are the most common types hospitals see and the most common types for Medicare beneficiaries. This means that among people over the age of 65, for various reasons be it injury or part of ageing, the […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Eyesight – Near or Far

By   /  May 21, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough -Our eyes are what make life visible for us to see all that is put in front of us. The two eyes on our face place a pretty big role and many of us have come to experience how eyesight can be affected with age, color, brightness, darkness, or what is […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Medications – U.S. Doctors Prescribe For Many Reasons

By   /  May 13, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – Doctors in the United States prescribe medications to those patients in need to help treat and address medical conditions of many, many types. The most common prescriptions are those to treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes. The following are a list of medications, in no particular order, that […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Fingernails & Toenails -All 20 have a purpose

By   /  May 7, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough –We have twenty total on our body when it comes to fingernails and toenails, some of us keeping them short, tamed, long, clean, or dirty. Fingernails and toenails are part of our personal hygiene. There’s an entire nail industry full of colors, designs, and shapes. Besides being possible art projects, nails […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Simple vs Complex Carbs Nutrition 101

By   /  March 26, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough -One of the most controversial nutritional elements are carbohydrates. Diets for decades have either ruled them out, praised them, or come up with complicated ratios we should abide by each day. Carbohydrates are an essential component of our daily nutrition, but of course there are choices left up to us as […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Fevers – Feeling The Body Temperature Heat

By   /  March 18, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough –When your body temperature temporarily raises, a fever has struck. The immune system is communicating. Most likely an infection has made its way into your body. Fevers don’t make you feel very great, usually bring on discomfort and just wanting to be lethargic. Our average body temperature is 98.6 F (37 […]

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Healthy Community – Healthy You

By   /  February 26, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough -Ever feel strange and worried when you can’t feel your hand, arm, or foot because it has “fallen asleep”? Some people even use the phrase “dead arm” or “dead foot” because they literally go limp and feel like “dead weight”. The tingling in the hands and/or feet is common and luckily […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Wisdom Teeth

By   /  February 19, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

– Wisely making more space Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough -Our smile is fully dressed in a mouth with all our teeth. We start with the first set of 20 that grow in that we call “baby teeth”. Those fall out and the 32 permanent teeth make their way in. Molars are a type of teeth […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Coughing, Let The Germs Out

By   /  February 4, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough -In 2019 when the covid-19 pandemic hit, attention was heightened when anyone around us coughed. A cough can send up to 100,000 germs into the air at nearly 100 mph. This is for good reason because these germs are contagious. The germs have bacteria that can spread the common cold, influenza, […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Caffeine Good Or Bad For Us

By   /  January 1, 2023  /  Local  /  No Comments

…. According to today Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – Waking up to a cup of Joe is a morning routine for most of us. Billions of people rely on caffeine to get the day going, for a pick me up, and just because they enjoy it. One day we hear it is good for us […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Kidneys: Bean Shaped Trash Collectors

By   /  December 25, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr Megan Johnson McCullough – Just below the rib cage, towards the middle of the back, sit the kidneys. They’re bean shaped and about the size of the fist. Kidneys are processors. They collect “trash” which involves processing about 200 quarts of blood and disposing of about 2 quarts of waste products and extra water […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Lactose Intolerant

By   /  December 18, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – When milk doesn’t do the body good.When someone says, “I can’t have dairy”, we automatically assume they are lactose intolerant.For many, of use, we just think that means you are allergic to dairy and that is as far as our knowledge goes with this condition. “Lactose” actually means “sugar”. This […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Eye Boogers: Morning Surprise

By   /  November 27, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough – Waking up and looking in the mirror, we do the initial one over and notice crust or discharge in the corner of our eyes. Many call it “sleep” or “eye boogers”. This buildup of mucus in the eyes happens all through the day, but at night we don’t blink to […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Work life – Jobs That Cause Weight Gain

By   /  November 6, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough-A career life and the adulthood that goes along with making a living, can correlate with lots of time spent sitting. the hours of being sedentary increase with age and eventually, less time is spent being active and making healthy choices. Between office lunches, entertaining clients and customers, the spread in the […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Airplane Germs – Flying High With Bacteria

By   /  October 29, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough –The thought of sitting in a plane for many hours, just screams germs. Everyone is sitting in an enclosed spaced, breathing recycled air, and then there are people who cough and sneeze in this air. Traveling during the holidays also is the time of year for colds and the flu season. […]

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Healthy Community Healthy You – Concussion – Violent Shake To The Head

By   /  October 15, 2022  /  Local  /  No Comments

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough –A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is the most common type and is also considered the least serious. The term “concussion” comes from the Latin word “concurate” which means “to shake violently”. Most occur during sports or recreational activities. They can also result from a car […]

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