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BethAnn Nowak, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, APNP | September 7, 2023 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
Why primary care? Primary care can often be overlooked—after all, why visit a provider if you’re not sick? The answer is for many reasons. Regular visits help your primary care provider (PCP) stay abreast of any health changes you might be experiencing, monitor your baseline health, and make certain your vaccines and medications are up […]
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Alyssa Turcotte, BSN, RN | December 13, 2022 | 0 Comments | General Health |
Often when a person is diagnosed with diabetes and taking certain diabetes medication, their provider will ask them to monitor their blood sugar (or blood glucose) at home. The person with diabetes will be able to pick up their testing supplies (blood sugar meter, test strips, and lancets) at their pharmacy. Once they have their […]
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Latisha Smith-Chase, MD | November 23, 2022 | 0 Comments | General Health |
If you have diabetes, taking good care of your feet is crucial to prevent hospital stays and other serious injuries. 1 in 4 hospital stays for people with diabetes are due to a condition called diabetic foot. Diabetic foot occurs when high blood sugar damages blood vessels and nerves in your feet. Foot ulcers, foot […]
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Fort HealthCare | October 17, 2019 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
Mammograms are an important breast cancer screening tool for women. The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year. One in eight women either currently has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and eight out of nine women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family […]
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Julia Neppl PT, LAT | August 15, 2019 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
The school bells will be ringing soon and your children will be back in the classroom. As your kids return to the fields or courts for another sports season, it is important to remember how to protect your kids, especially from concussions. Symptoms Sometimes it can be hard to tell if someone is suffering from […]
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Fort HealthCare | June 14, 2019 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
Summer is finally here! So you lost track of time, forgot to reapply your sunscreen, fell asleep in a comfy deck chair at the Aquatic Center – that happens to the many of us every now and then. And a painful sunburn is the price we pay. Years ago, sunburns were treated by rubbing butter onto […]
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Fort HealthCare | May 22, 2019 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
Fort HealthCare offers more convenient ways for you to message your healthcare team and have more access to care when you need it through our online care options. Depending upon what you or a family member is experiencing, this information will hopefully help you choose which option is best for your needs. Patient Portal Fort […]
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Tammie Turley, RN | September 27, 2018 | 0 Comments | Family Medicine |
Mammograms are an important breast cancer screening tool for women. The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year. One in eight women either currently has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and eight out of nine women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family […]
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Fort HealthCare | November 16, 2017 | 0 Comments | General Health |
10 Signs To Know For Early Detection As we get older in life, our memory often changes. But memory loss that interrupts our lives is not a typical part of aging. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia, which is a slow decline in memory. Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal disorder that results in the loss […]
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Rea Fritz, BS, RN, CDE | November 9, 2017 | 0 Comments | General Health |
National Diabetes Month is observed every November so there is at least one time of year when individuals and health professionals can focus their attention on the seriousness and prevalence of diabetes as a chronic health condition among our entire population. For those individuals affected by diabetes, it is not something that is only managed […]
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