The Healthy Lifestyles School Project originated in the summer of 2009 with the goal of promoting healthy lifestyle choices among students and families at Garfield Primary School, Trewyn Middle School and Manual High School in Peoria. 

Participation on the Quality Quest High Tech Diagnostic Imaging Team proved to be a valuable personal experience that has significantly influenced aspects of my professional practice behavior.  I have long appreciated the invaluable diagnostic benefits derived from high-tech imaging (HTI) studies and the skill of those who provide expert interpretation.  However, from my experience with this team, I discovered there was much for me to learn and revisit regarding several of the adverse considerations associated with HTI studies.  

A Harvard Medical School study finds out what patients really think about generic medications.

The individual healthcare experience is comprised of a series of procedures.  Each procedure begins with the first visit to a healthcare provider for a given condition, and ends with fulfillment of the condition's treatment.  An annual physical is relatively simple, and typically involves only one step.  More complicated conditions requiring surgery or other intensive treatments consist of multiple steps from beginning to end.  Whether the treatment requires just one step, or many, the entire process is considered one procedure.

Whether it’s for better health, control of cholesterol, diabetes or weight loss people commonly ask –What diet should I be on???  One only needs to browse the diet book aisles of their favorite book store or search this topic online to be inundated with thousands of books and articles touting the newest and BEST diet.  If you pause to think about it, if there really WAS a BEST diet, wouldn’t there be only ONE book that we all would follow? Unfortunately the latest fads tend to catch on because they promise fast results with little sacrifice.  As anyone who has tried these diets can tell you, the promise usually goes unfulfilled and the results are typically disappointing and short lived.