by erlangerhealth | Nov 30, 2016 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Women's Health
If you feel like the quality of your sleep has changed as you’ve gotten older, you aren’t wrong. Sleep does indeed change as we age. We’re most familiar with age-related sleep changes in context with kids. How much sleep they need changes rapidly during childhood as...
by erlangerhealth | Nov 28, 2016 | Breakthrough, Cardiology, Erlanger News, Heart Health, Men's Cardiology, Women's Cardiology
Due to its ongoing investment in new technologies and specialties, the Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute is now among the very best heart centers in the country with new cardiac bypass surgery. Recently, the Institute announced the arrival of Dr. Larry Shears – one of...
by erlangerhealth | Nov 22, 2016 | Child & Family Health, Men's Health, Stay Well, Women's Health
Are you one of the millions of Americans traveling during the holidays? Holiday traveling is getting underway, but you don’t have to leave good health behind. One forecast predicts more than 103 million Americans — the most on record — will travel between Dec. 23 and...
by erlangerhealth | Nov 4, 2016 | Breakthrough, Heart Health
Eric Hixson is the poster boy for Erlanger hospital’s plot to steal your ailing heart away. On Oct. 20, Hixson, a 40-year-old pipefitter with the Tennessee Valley Authority, had bypass heart surgery at Erlanger. Normally that would mean his breastbone would be...
by erlangerhealth | Nov 4, 2016 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Weight Loss, Women's Health
Didn’t lose the weight you wanted to lose this summer? Maybe you tried a fad diet, and didn’t see the results you hoped for. While many of these diets can provide seemingly fast results, long term weight loss is more about consistency and making small changes...
