by SCFmedia | May 13, 2020 | Trucker Health
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. What exactly is blood pressure and what’s the big deal with it being high? I’m glad you ask. Blood pressure is the pressure of blood that pushes against the arteries in a body. Arteries carry blood to...
by SCFmedia | Apr 22, 2020 | Tips in the Truck, Trucker Health
How appropriate that April is Stress Awareness Month. With all that we are experiencing in our world at this time, how can a person not feel the effects of stress? This is the first time in our lifetime that we have had a global pandemic that has almost shut our...
by SCFmedia | Mar 18, 2020 | Trucker Health
During this time of stress and fear that our country is encountering, the last thing on many minds is preventative health maintenance. While this is understandable, our personal health is something to be cherished. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month....
by SCFmedia | Feb 12, 2020 | Trucker Health
February is widely known to be the month that we celebrate Valentine’s Day but, more importantly, it is also National Heart Disease Awareness Month. The Centers for Disease Control states that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with one...
by Julie Dillon | Dec 3, 2018 | Stories, Trucker Health
Dr. John McElligott and Dr. Donna Kennedy discuss the #1 cause of COPD and how you can avoid or stop their effects before start. Read all about it here.
by Julie Dillon | Nov 20, 2018 | Stories, Trucker Health
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is considered to be an epidemic in America. With no medications available to treat this disease, you can learn what is the best treatment option by reading the following article written by Dr. John McElligott and Dr. Donna Kennedy....
