Debi Stafford
Obesity, Part 2 - Genes & Obesity
Last week I discussed my own struggles with obesity, what obesity is, the increase in obesity, and that understanding we need to make a...
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Debi Stafford
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Obesity, part 1
I've kept it no secret, I struggle with obesity. I began gaining weight around age 8-9. I struggled with being the thick girl in high...
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Debi Stafford
- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
How much water is enough?
Last week I talked about how important kidneys are and how they work. I said I believe the 3 best things we can do for kidney health is...
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Debi Stafford
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
People don’t drink water in East Tennessee
When I was a kid my Granny Stewart, an LPN, was constantly worried about me because I was always thirsty. I wanted water 24/7. When I...
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Debi Stafford
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Nicotine Addiction
Quitting smoking is perhaps one of the hardest things many of my patients have ever tried. I see the look on my patient's faces when I...
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Debi Stafford
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
STOP THE TYLENOL!!!!!
We are in the midst of this season's COVID outbreak, and just coming off the latest seasonal RSV. Yes, it's highly odd to have an RSV...
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Debi Stafford
- Aug 8, 2021
- 2 min
COVID explosion and a challenge
Over the last few weeks, we have seen a significant increase in COVID. Thankfully, early treatment with supplements, hydroxychloroquine,...
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Debi Stafford
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
Obesity, Bipolar, the Sun, and the CLOCK
I've recently been working on an obesity training from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Among many other...
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Debi Stafford
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Gardening is awesome!
Glen and I love to garden. Each year we expand our little garden a few more rows and dream big for the summer. And by July, we're usually...
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Debi Stafford
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Depression & Cardiovascular Disease, Chicken or the Egg
The world's reaction to COVID this past year has opened my eyes to a lot of our community's problems. Before COVID, exercise seemed to be...
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Debi Stafford
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Healthcare is failing people with diabetes
COVID, COVID, COVID. For the past year, we have been COVID crazy in this nation, and yet we cannot seem to stop the dying. One thing we...
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Debi Stafford
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
Have you had a facial filler? Read this!
As I was going through my morning email, I came across this alert. I want to pass it on to all of you as an FYI....
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Debi Stafford
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
Happy 2021!!!!
Hello friends! Many of you have been following our Facebook page. Due to things being what they are, we are going to try to move away...
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