Health Resources
Preventive care is key to helping you stay healthy and detecting health problems early on, before they cause other issues or become more difficult to treat. Learn more about screenings, health risk assessments and common health conditions below. Check back monthly for the most up to date health information.
Health Resource Articles
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Get Vaccinated To Protect Yourself and Our Community this Flu Season
September 27, 2024Get Vaccinated To Protect Yourself and Our Community this Flu Season By Jayne Thomas, Paris Regional Health Chief Nursing Officer At Paris Regional Health, one of the essential ways we’re making communities healthier is making sure that you are aware of the ways you can protect yourself, your family and our community from preventable diseases like the flu and even speed up your recovery, if you do become ill.
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Peripheral Artery Disease and Wound Healing
September 16, 2024September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Month.
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Healthy Back-to-School Habits: Preparing for a Successful School Year
August 07, 2024Healthy Back-to-School Habits: Preparing for a Successful School YearBy: Mandie Watson, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM | Director of Women’s and Children's Services As summer break comes to an end, there’s a lot to accomplish in preparation for the new school year. The two most important things to do may seem fairly routine, but that doesn’t make them any less of a priority: schedule annual physicals for you and your family and get up to date on immunizations. Routine wellness checks are essential to your family’s ongoing health and are an integral part of children’s healthcare. In fact, visiting a provider for regular preventive care is one of the best ways to help identify and treat health issues before they become serious.
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A is for April…and Allergies: What to Do When Allergens Attack
April 09, 2024A is for April…and Allergies: What to Do When Allergens Attack by Uyi Albert Asemota. MD Did you know that – according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America – more than 50 million Americans suffer from a type of allergy each year? That makes allergies the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S. And seasonal allergies account for a big percentage of that.
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Lung Cancer: Reducing Your Risk by Natasha L. Dixon, MSRS, RT(R)(CT) Paris Regional Health Imaging Director
November 17, 2023Thanks 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 – the first step in fighting lung cancer is learning its risk factors and early warning signs.
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Prioritize Personal and Community Health By Safely Managing Medications
October 19, 2023by 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. That's why it’s so important to establish and maintain safe medication habits.
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What is Food Insecurity & How Do We Overcome It?
September 13, 2022By: 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 children. Due to the widespread economic crisis…
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Count on Us, Men.
June 23, 2022by 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 for men is about five years less than women, and there’s been a…
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Matter of the Mind: Why Your Mental Health Matters and How You Can Care for It
May 26, 2022by 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 scheduled our annual check-up? All these questions are, of course, important…
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From Must-See TV to Must-Screen for Me? Why It Might Be Time for a Colonoscopy
March 01, 2022by Rosalia Treto, APRN, FNP-C Digestive 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 a teenager in the early ‘90s and remember…
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How Healthy is Your Heart?
February 25, 2022By 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 and women in the U.S. – about one in four deaths.…
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A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver
November 17, 2021By 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 cause of cancer death in…
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Get Your Mammo: It’s an hour that could save your life
October 04, 2021By 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 in her lifetime. And according to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is now…
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Your Health Means Everything: Protect It with Immunizations
August 02, 2021By 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 the key role they have played in slowing the spread of the virus and helping us…
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Give Your Child a SHOT at Staying Healthy with a COVID-19 Vaccine
July 27, 2021By: Dr. Janice Gibbons, Pediatrician Since one COVID-19 vaccine has received emergency use authorization for individuals ages 12 and up, I have received many questions from parents who want to do the best thing for their child’s health and wellness – now and in the future. In some cases, parents have just recently become comfortable with the idea of getting…
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The Heat is On: How to Stay Cool and Spurn the Burn
July 07, 2021by Rebecca Norment, PA-C, Internal Medicine When the sun comes out to play, many of us make plans to do the same. The summer months bring the promise of backyard barbecues, pick-up games in the park and wasting away lazy afternoons in the water. This year’s summer season feels extra special as COVID-19 vaccines have paved a way for us to once again gather together…
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Your Health Now: Four Simple Ways Men Can Take Control of Their Health Today
June 23, 2021There is a long-standing perception that women tend to focus on their health more than men do. Unfortunately, it’s a perception that rings all too true. A survey cited in a 2019 article from AARP found that only half of the men surveyed get regular check-ups and 72 percent preferred household chores over going to the doctor. While it’s true that women are more…
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Your Health Means Everything: Taking Care of Yourself in a Post-Pandemic World
March 31, 2021by Dr. Amanda Green, Chief Medical Officer, Paris Regional Medical Center Life has changed in ways both big and small over the last year. Plans were suspended and priorities shifted as we cautiously made our way through a situation that we had never experienced, much less imagined would happen. As we get closer than ever to putting the COVID-19 pandemic behind us –…
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Did You Brush? The Surprising Link Between Dental Health and Your Heart
February 28, 2021Thank you for joining us on this 28-day journey of heart health. We hope you’ve found it helpful and that you’ve learned something about your heart that you may not have known before. Remember, heart health isn’t about a crash diet. It’s not about getting up at 5 am to run 10 miles every day or vowing to never eat dessert again. And it’s not…
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Heart Disease: An Unwanted Heirloom
February 27, 2021You’ve got your father’s eyes, your grandmother’s laugh, but what about your uncle’s heart disease? While many inherited traits are good, others – like heart disease – aren’t. It’s important to know how your family’s history with heart disease can affect your own heart health. If you don’t know your…
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