Five Medical Topics Every Gay Man Should KnowMark Olsen, MBAJanuary 21, 2022InstagramFacebookLinkedInFinding a gay-doctor can be tricky, but it does not have to feel impossible. Like everyone else looking for a healthcare professional, you want your needs taken seriously and respected by the doctor rendering treatment. It also can be challenging to know how or
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The Health Benefits of Yoga
The Health Benefits of YogaMark Olsen, MBAJanuary 7, 2022InstagramFacebookLinkedInInterested in improving your balance, pain relief, increasing your heart’s health, and reducing stress all at once, then give yoga a try. Yoga offers all of the mentioned these, and more, physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. The Ministry of External Affairs of India classifies
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What is a Medication-Assisted Treatment Program
What is a Medication-Assisted Treatment ProgramMark Olsen, MBADecember 13, 2021InstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reported that “in 2018, an estimated 2 million people had an opioid use disorder which includes prescription pain medication containing opiates and heroin.” Even though with that many individuals who suffer from a substance abuse, believe it
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How To Keep Your Skin Healthy
FacebookInstagramLinkedIn In the spirit of celebrating November as National Healthy Skin Month set by the American Academy of Dermatology Association, we will be providing some tips and tricks on how to keep your skin shining and healthy. Before we dive into those, we first have to identify what skin type you have. How do I
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Cross Valley Celebrates Nurse Practitioner Week 2021
Facebook Instagram LinkedIn The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) celebrates November 7, 2021 to November 13, 2021 as the National Nurse Practitioner Week. The AANP describes this week to “celebrate these exceptional health care providers and to remind lawmakers of the importance of removing outdated barriers to practice to nurse practitioners (NPs) will be
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Alzheimer’s Awareness Month 2021
FacebookInstagramLinkedIn Alzheimer’s is defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as “a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss possibly leading to loss of the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment”. Even with over 6.2 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, there are still quite a few people who do
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Healthcare Panel With Mount Saint Mary College
FacebookInstagramLinkedInCross Valley Health & Medicine’s Christian J. Plaza, MBA, MSN, FNP-C (Clinical & Business Director) and Kyle Russo, MBA (Practice Manager) attended a healthcare panel sponsored by Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC) School of Business on Wednesday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m. The healthcare panel was held both in-person and virtually through Zoom.The healthcare panel
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Quit Smoking 2021 | Cross Valley Health & Medicine
Facebook Instagram LinkedIn We all know that smoking is bad for your health. Did you know, according for the Center for Disease Control (CDC), that “in 2019, nearly 14 of every 100 U.S. adults aged 18 years or older (14.0%) currently smoked cigarettes. This means an estimated 34.1 million adults in the United States currently
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Healthy Lung Month 2021
FacebookInstagramLinkedInOur lungs give us life and sometimes we often take them for granted. We rarely think about breathing until we have trouble doing so. That’s why many organizations across America joined together to dedicate every October to raising awareness of just how important our lungs can be. Each day, we breathe in many different chemicals,
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National ADHD Awareness Month 2021
FacebookInstagramLinkedIn October is the annual celebration for how far people have come with understanding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Prior to 2004, ADHD awareness was only celebrated on one calendar day. Now, the whole month of October is dedicated to raising awareness for this condition. Raising awareness for this condition is critical because according to
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