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By Jeanene Dunn, OHM Staff As Americans gathered in large crowds to usher in the new year, half a world away, a deadly virus was sickening people by the thousands and overwhelming hospital emergency rooms. Even as Americans continued to work, play and gather, the virus was spreading rapidly from ... Read More »

The health benefits are winning the conversation. Think about it. Old eating habits are hard to break. For the better part of our lives we’ve eaten what our great-grandparents, grandparents and parents ate. Holidays and special occasions are always centered on food — healthy, or not. Times have changed and ... Read More »

Healthcare providers are adding another perspective to achieving better health outcomes. By Teresa Gerard, MBA CEO, Guardian Group, LLC Healthcare and community-based organizations (CBOs) are realizing they need to work together to address the whole person with patient-centered care and client-centered programs and services. A joint effort is emerging to ... Read More »

People struggling with chronic weight gain may want to explore this option. By Tenille L. Lawson, PharmD, BCPS If you struggle with obesity you’re not alone. Finding the right methods to manage your weight can be challenging. You have tried—harder than others realize—to improve your diet and physical activity, but ... Read More »

By LeAnn Kridelbaugh, MD, FAAP Chief Medical Officer, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center Health awareness and disease prevention focuses on keeping people healthy. Healthcare providers are trained to be one of the first lines of defense against preventing chronic diseases, by supplying us with knowledge to help us understand how ... Read More »

Start Living Healthier and Happier According to HealthyPeople.gov, “clinical preventive services, such as routine disease screening and scheduled immunizations, are key to reducing death and disability and improving the Nation’s health.” In addition to basic screenings, your healthcare provider will also provide additional age appropriate and gender-based screenings. To help ... Read More »

By Father Justin Mathews Executive Director, Reconciliation Services “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Cor. 4:8-9 Deborah could have been crushed by the weight of trauma that she experienced at ... Read More »

By Tenille L. Lawson, PharmD, BCPS Let’s face it. Managing type 2 diabetes is like driving on a long-distance journey: you analyze the foods you eat, you work out until you sweat, you check your blood glucose (sugar)—but still you wonder, are you there yet? If you are one of ... Read More »

By Lisa Cox, Chief, Office of Public Information Missouri DHSS of Health and Senior Services Getting a flu shot is likely not on your radar right now. A California public health system has already reported a flu-associated death of a 4-year-old who had underlying health issues. While seasonal flu viruses ... Read More »