Do you understand your own disease risk? Why do doctors ask you what your parent or grandparents illnesses/cancers or cause of death? There are ways to learn about your disease risk? Disease risk assessment is a scientific tool that uses quantitative data on health...
Stay away from pollen. Pop antihistamines. You know the drill. But if you’re one of the approximately 20 percent of people who suffer from hay fever (also known as allergic rhinitis) in all of its stuffy, sneezing infamy, fending off seasonal allergies might not...
Small changes can lead to big rewards. That’s the key learning from new research that looks at the relationship between continuity of care among Medicare patients with certain chronic diseases and four cost/quality indicators: health care costs, complications,...
Dear Dr. Roach: My father is an 84-year-old diabetic. He has had a wound on his foot (on the inner side of his right foot, near his big toe) for about five months. He has been treated by a podiatrist, who has debrided the wound every week. He prescribed antibiotics...
By Bonnie Davidson, The Courier Meth’s Hold: Trying To Escape It This is the sixth and final part of a series of articles focusing on educating the community about drug use in Valley County. “It’s the devil’s drug, I really believe that,”...
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