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Heart to Heart with our Cardiac Rehab Manager – Get to know Vernita Evans-Huckaby
Vernita Evans-Huckaby is the Director of the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Department at Freestone Medical Center in Fairfield, Tx. She works closely with each of the Cardiopulmonary patients to design the perfect program for their individual needs. She has been employed at Freestone Medical Center for two years full time and nine years as needed. …
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Gold Out: How Texas high school football and pediatric cancer research became teammates
Every fall, communities, parents and students are filled with exhilaration when their high school football team takes the field. We all believe, hope and dream that our team will be the state champion. As an employee of Rockdale ISD in Rockdale, Texas, Jeff Miller is part of this excitement and plays the role of athletic …
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September is National Suicide Awareness Month
NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH September is National Suicide Awareness Month. Also known as Suicide Prevention Month, the month brings awareness to a topic not often talked about. Everyone is affected by suicide, not just the victim. Suicide impacts family and friends long after the loss of a loved one. On average, one person commits suicide …
World Alzheimer’s Month
September marks World Alzheimer’s Month, and we are shining a light on this disease that affects 1 in 10 adults over the age of 65. In the United States alone, more than 5.8 million individuals are living with Alzheimer’s dementia. Learn more at https://www.alz.org/.
5 ways you’re making your allergies worse
For many of us, the sniffling, sneezing and itchy throats of seasonal allergies are an inevitable part of our lives. While there are several treatments and medications that make allergies better, there also are things many of us are doing that actually make them worse. Forgetting to change or clean air filters The reasons air filters …
School Related Anxiety?
HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD SHAKE SCHOOL-RELATED ANXIETY As a parent, it can be concerning when your child starts to show signs of school-related anxiety. School is the place where they go to learn, grow and socialize — it shouldn’t be something they dread or fear. School-related anxiety can take many forms. Some children may …
Herd Immunity: To get the Flu shot or not?
HERD IMMUNITY: WHY GETTING THE FLU SHOT ISN’T ALL ABOUT YOU Have you ever hesitated to get the flu shot? Maybe because you didn’t have the time, or thought you were invincible to catching the virus? As flu season is upon us once again, there’s something you need to know: Getting a flu shot isn’t all …
National Immunization Awareness Month
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH National Immunization Month is in August. It’s also the beginning of back-to-school preparations and a good time to make sure your children are properly vaccinated before they head back to school. There is no one preventive health measure more important than immunization. As the World Health Organization notes, the international medical …
What your nails say about your health
It’s just a toenail, right? An important accessory you can choose to paint pink or teal, right? Nope. As it turns out, fingernails and toenails can give you some good hints as to the internal events of your body. While none of these clues are diagnostic of a specific disease, your fingernails and toenails can say quite a few …