Need help finding a doctor or setting an appointment? Our Care Champions are here for you! Learn More
Our blog provides information designed to inspire you to be well and empower you with information that helps you achieve your health goals.
Our blog provides information designed to inspire you to be well and empower you with information that helps you achieve your health goals.
Yes, Comfort Foods Can Be Healthy
Many people turn to comfort food when it’s grey and gloomy outside, they’re feeling down, or they’ve had a tough day. While what’s comforting is in the eye of the beholder—for you, it might be a chocolate bar or mac and cheese; for someone else, it could be oatmeal or congee—the foods we put into that category […]
Health and the Holidays: 6 Interesting Facts to Get You Motivated
The holidays are here and it’s a time of celebration with friends, family, and lots of food. It’s easy to forget about eating healthy and the extra pounds that come along with it. Here are some interesting facts to get you motivated and back on track in the New Year! First, the “bad” news: 6, […]
How the News is Affecting Your Mental Health
Are you consuming the news—or is the news consuming you? Bad news is nothing new, but these days we seem to be dealing with more upsetting headlines, information overload, and social media rabbit holes than ever before. Here are some ways to care for your headspace during upsetting times. Bad News “Doomscrolling” and How to […]
Fabulous Family Fall Road Trips in the Bay Area
There’s just something about this time of year that makes you want to wash your car, roll down the windows, and hit the open road. Maybe it’s the fall foliage, or maybe the fact that “summer” is in the air in San Francisco. Whatever it is, few could argue against the Bay Area as one […]
8 Benefits of Yoga
If you’ve done your “downward dog” yoga pose today, you’re probably feeling more relaxed. Regardless of your level of yoga expertise, if you’re practicing regularly, you can feel better from head to toe. Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. And, if you’re going through an illness, recovering from surgery […]
Where to Find Some Peace and Quiet
Have you ever noticed that stress feels worse when it’s loud or chaotic in your environment? That’s because the outside reflects the inside. If you’re feeling a little stressed, and then you throw yourself in the midst of something loud and rowdy, your body can’t relax enough to let that stress go, and so you […]
Fighting Childhood Obesity
The latest stats from the CDC show that childhood obesity is something we should all be concerned about. It affects 14.7 million American children – that’s 19.7 percent of all kids. There is an increase in complications resulting from obesity, including diabetes, hypertension and breathing problems. It’s important to start tackling this from an early age to […]
Essential Eye Care for Diabetes
Most people who have diabetes suffer nothing more than minor eye disorders related to the disease. However, they do have a higher risk for blindness than other people, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). If you have diabetes, you can take steps to reduce your risk for vision loss or blindness. Diabetes can cause […]
