Southern Utah Health & Wellness Magazine :: January/February 2026
Plant-Fuled Wellness: How a Plant-Based Diet Supports Women’s Health
Have you ever wondered if women should be eating differently from men? To be honest, plants, healthy meats, and fats are beneficial for everyone. The difference may lie in how those plants and nutrients are utilized according to the unique needs of men and women. Many...
Winter Reset: Practical Steps for a Healthy Start to the New Year
As the new year unfolds and cooler air settles over Southern Utah, winter offers a natural reset. With slower days, quieter evenings, and the busy holiday season behind, it’s a good time to refocus on what keeps us steady: our health, routines, and sense of...
You Take the High Road…
A year ago last October, my wife and I visited our son and daughter-in-law in Rochester, New York. Of course, we went to Niagara Falls. While the three of them hiked up and down the cliffs and rode a boat through the falls’ majestic mist, I sat on a park bench with a...
Healing in Motion: Finding Your Pace
Years ago, I worked with young cross-country runners. Inevitably, one would trip and fall during the season. Feeling the sting of scraped knees and seeing the blood, these young athletes often believed the pain was too great to continue. From experience, having hit...
Your Dentist’s New Assistant: Artificial Intelligence
It happens every day in my practice. A patient has a dental issue, which I try to explain as we review their X-rays together. Digital radiographs are incredible. I remember taking X-rays in dental school. The patient would have to wait while I walked the film to the...
Prediabetes: Your Body’s Early Warning System
With cases of type 2 diabetes increasing at an alarming rate, even more attention is being paid to the diagnosis that comes before diabetes—a medical stage known as prediabetes. Determined by a ninety-day average of a person’s blood glucose, known as an A1C, between...