Health News
Features
-
Pop Quiz!
Would You Recognize the Symptoms of PTSD?
-
Cultivating Hope
Initiative Hopes to Improve Access, Assistance for Farmers
-
A Heartbeat Away
Man’s Aortic Dissection Brings Clarity, New Way of Life
Columns
-
Family Health: Steps for a breast self-exam
ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. There are a few things that can be done for early detection, such as an at-home breast self-exam. This exam helps women know what is normal for them. They can then report any changes to their healthcare provider.…
-
Healthy Skin: Taking action against acne
IT’S TIME for back to school, and for teens with acne, this can be even more stressful. Acne is the papules and pustules that develop on the face, back, and chest usually at the onset of puberty. It is not uncommon to have acne as early as 10 years of age. Normal onset is between…
-
Hospice Help: The Big C word
THE BIG C WORD … unfortunately, in this day and age, we all know what this euphemism means, and we all know someone who has been touched by cancer. But how much more devastating is the diagnosis when the patient is a child?