Post by Laurie Chavez For so many of our families, home is a variable concept. In other words, transience, insecurity, uncertainty and poverty often get in the way of the dream to have a physical grounding place to call their own. But, amazingly, each family I have served over the years has defined home in [...]
Easy Weight-Loss Math = Recipe for Success!
As a part of this month’s Give A Care About Home series, today’s blog focuses on some simple weight-loss calculations to help you and your family eat healthier and stay fit! Post by Rick Reifenberg, MD The generally accepted conversion is that one pound of stored fat is equal to about 3,500 calories. This could be thought of as [...]
Give a Care About Home
Post by Laura Jay-Ballinger To me, home as always meant a place of comfort. Whether that was my physical house that I grew up in or the people that represented this sense of security, home equaled safety. I remember being a scared college freshman and feeling so much relief and protection being able to visit [...]
Home and Homelessness
Post Written By Toscha Wilkins The word “home” has just as many meanings and is just as diverse as the people who live on this planet. For most of us home is where we feel safe, loved, nurtured and where we have a sense of belonging. “Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling” – Cecelia [...]
Our Office as a Second Home
Post by Varon Cantrell, M.D., and Team Cantrell When I think about how I can best make a contribution to society, I start by first looking in the mirror and then I immediately turn to the 5 most important people in my life; my wife and four children. The six of us together living in a house, [...]
Give a Care About Home!
Imagine having one team provide all your medical, dental and health education needs. Now imagine never being turned away because of inability to pay. Think about receiving the highest quality of service and care and what that will mean for your family. Operating as a community health center, HealthNet does exactly that, often surprising uninsured [...]
Hopes & Dreams for Indy Communities
Forty-four years ago, a group of Southwest side residents in Indianapolis had a GREAT idea. They would organize to bring about something that hadn’t been done before in their neighborhood: the availability of affordable, quality health care for people who needed it, but didn’t have access to it. To reach their dream, they tirelessly hosted endless fundraiser rummage [...]
Weight loss hopes & dreams: Is it better to be thin or fit?
Post written by Dr. Rick Reifenberg, MD When it comes to heart health, is it better to be thin or fit? The short answer, of course, is that it is best to be both at a healthy weight and fit. But if you could only be one, which would be better? The answer from this [...]
Hopes & dreams for weight loss – what’s the best medicine?
Post written by Dr. Rick Reifenberg, MD What if a medicine existed that helped you lose weight… AND lower your blood pressure, improve your cholesterol, increase your energy level and life expectancy, improve your mood, was free, and you didn’t even have to go to the drug store to get it. Would you want it? Of course [...]
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