Jessica Chrisman

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

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  • Nutrition 101

    Nutrition 101

    “Food is medicine” is more than just a catch phrase, how to eat your way to wellness. The phrases “food is medicine” and “you are what you eat” can be taken quite literally. On the most basic level, that which you eat becomes a part of you. The slice of bread on your plate gets […]

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  • Diabetes 101

    Diabetes 101

    One of the fastest growing medical conditions today, why diabetes is on the rise and why we should care. Diabetes is a collection of metabolic disorders that result in high amounts of sugar in the blood. Elevated blood sugar is known as hyperglycemia and is the key element in the diagnosis of Diabetes. The main […]

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  • Your Best Self & Best Life

    Your Best Self & Best Life

    How to be your most amazing self and enjoy life as you are meant to While our environments, genetic factors, diets, hormone levels, relationships, and jobs can greatly affect our mood and life, the main driving force that swings the pendulum from hopefulness to sadness to happiness and back again is your mind. Perspective and […]

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  • Cardiac Arrhythmia

    Cardiac Arrhythmia

    Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat in which the heart beats are too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or in an abnormal rhythm. There are a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmia’s and while some are harmless, others can be life-threatening. Arrhythmia’s are concerning because they can potentially reduce the amount of blood being pumped through […]

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  • Migraine

    Migraine

    A migraine is a moderate to severe headache lasting 1 to 3 days. Migraines affect approximately 12% of adults and children and occur primarily in women. These headaches are often incapacitating and associated with additional side effects such as nausea, autonomic dysfunction and aura (visual impairment). Migraines are some of the most taxing neurological disorders […]

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