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Lung Cancer: Reducing Your Risk by Natasha L. Dixon, MSRS, RT(R)(CT) Paris Regional Health Imaging Director
November 17, 2023
Thanks to movies, TV shows, and extensive public awareness campaigns, lung cancer has long been a part of the public consciousness. Many Americans recognize that the disease is strongly linked to smoking, and that its symptoms include coughing, wheezing and persistent chest pain. This awareness is a good thing –...
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Prioritize Personal and Community Health By Safely Managing Medications
October 19, 2023
by Dr. Amanda Green, Chief Medical Officer Many of us have taken medicine to help heal from illness or injury at some point in our lives. In fact, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, nearly half of American adults used a prescription drug within the past 30 days....
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What is Food Insecurity & How Do We Overcome It?
September 13, 2022
By: Dr. Amanda Green, Hospitalist, Chief Medical Officer Food insecurity is having a lack of regular access to healthy and nutritious food that is necessary for normal growth and development. In 2020, an estimated one in eight Americans were food insecure, equating to over 38 million Americans, including almost 12 million...
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Count on Us, Men.
June 23, 2022
by Justin Brown, FNP-C | Clarksville Family Clinic It probably comes as no surprise that there are notable differences in the health of men compared to women. But when you take a closer look at the statistics outlining this health disparity, it can be quite alarming. For example, the average lifespan...
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Matter of the Mind: Why Your Mental Health Matters and How You Can Care for It
May 26, 2022
by Dr. Kaitlyn Werner, Internal Medicine When you think about your health, what first comes to mind? For many – if not most – of us, it’s probably our physical health. Are we eating healthy? Are we exercising regularly? Are we feeling tired? Or ill? Do our joints ache? Have we...
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From Must-See TV to Must-Screen for Me? Why It Might Be Time for a Colonoscopy
March 1, 2022
by Rosalia Treto, APRN, FNP-CDigestive Disease Center In the 1980s and 1990s, the NBC broadcast network began branding their primetime lineups to promote their sitcoms and dramas. One phrase quickly entered the pop culture lexicon after it debuted in 1993. The phrase you might ask. “Must See TV.” If you were...
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February 25, 2022
By Jennifer Eatherly, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PCCN Advanced Heart Care Your heart is one of the hardest working parts of your body. It’s also one of the most threatened. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men...
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A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver
November 17, 2021
By Dr. Mark Ferris, Critical Care Pulmonologist If you are a smoker or a former smoker, and between the ages of 50 and 80, you may qualify or be eligible for a lung cancer screening exam. It is an exam that could be a lifesaver. According to the American Lung Association, lung cancer is the number one...
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Get Your Mammo: It’s an hour that could save your life
October 4, 2021
By Dr. Alefia Tapia, Internal Medicine Physician According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S., behind only skin cancers. In fact, the ACS puts the average risk as a one in eight chance that a woman will develop breast cancer...
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Your Health Means Everything: Protect It with Immunizations
August 2, 2021
By Dr. Amanda Green, Chief Medical Officer If a researcher were to sit down at the end of 2021 and tabulate and record the number of times individual key words were mentioned over the course of the year, “vaccine” would surely be near the top. The advent of COVID-19 vaccines and...
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