Wellness

Blue Waters Family Medicine & Drip Room is Panama City Beach’s newest primary care office and IV hydration lounge! Rachael Smith, owner and nurse practitioner, is excited to provide medical care and hydration services to the community and its visitors. She is located in The Village of Grand Panama...

By Jamie C. Williamson, PhD Divorce should not be entered into lightly, especially if you are a parent. Marriages may dissolve. But co-parenting is truly a “to death do us part” commitment, including all of the family life events in between. Parents must choose (and it is a choice) whether...

By Jamie C. Williamson, PhD When people lie to one another, the trust between them can erode.  But, before you overreact and leave an otherwise good relationship, consider the reason the person lied to you.  And, before you lie to someone else, be sure to consider your own motives, as...

By Stacy Kehl, APRN, FNP-BC COVID-19 dominates the news these days: we haven’t lived a day since January 2020 without being inundated by it, but that doesn’t mean that other diseases no longer exist. In the world of medicine, there is another pandemic that we see every day, however the...

By Dr. Stacy Kehl Last month, we discussed the importance of getting in to see your healthcare provider for routine checkups and care. Taking the time for preventive care is a critical step in avoiding a serious event or condition that causes irreversible damage. From a healthcare perspective, it is...

By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D. Women often ask us to optimize their creams or sublingual hormones another physician put them on.  Men ask us to get their testosterone shots dosed correctly.  Unfortunately, it’s not possible to get consistent therapeutic levels of hormones using these methods.  Secondly, most research indicates these...

By Dr. Richard Chern, MD As we age, it seems like it’s more difficult to get a good night’s sleep. For some of us, it’s harder to fall asleep and others have difficulty staying asleep. Then there are those who have difficulty with both falling asleep and staying asleep. A...

By Dr. Richard Chern, MD I used to get stressed over small stuff. A lack of plans or a last-minute change would make my head spin. Events I had no control over could keep me from sleeping and I struggled to get active. I felt exhausted by the end of...

By Dr. Richard Chern, MD Last month we discussed our quick weight loss program. This month I will discuss how even mild thyroid dysfunction can cause weight gain over months and years. And this weight gain is nearly impossible to lose and keep off without getting the thyroid optimized. The thyroid...

By Jamie C. Williamson, PhD, Amity Mediation Workshop You may have heard the adage “cheating is a symptom of relationship problems, not the cause of it.” With notable exceptions for certain pathologies, this statement is generally accurate. So, the time to protect your relationship from an affair is long before your...