Diabetes Risk
What causes Diabetes? What are some of the risk factors? Find out how you can take control of your health. That’s right, you can prevent or delay Type 2 Diabetes. Read more to find out how: https://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-risk
Category: Resources
Quit Smoking Today!
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. Tobacco use can lead to dependence and serious health problems. Quitting smoking greatly reduces your risk for developing smoking-related disease. It is a dependence that often requires repeated treatments, but it is possible to quit. ...
Lung Cancer
November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. Learn the signs and symptoms of lung cancer. https://www.healthline.com/health/lung-cancer
How to Properly Wear a Face Covering
The CDC recommends wearing a face covering to help prevent and slow the spread of Coronavirus. Click the link below to learn more about how to effectively wear a face covering: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-to-wear-cloth-face-coverings.html
Breast Cancer Awareness
Early detection is key against fighting breast cancer. Learn the early signs and symptoms, as well as important risk factors. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/resources/features/breastcancerawareness/index.htm
SLEEP HYGIENE: Helpful Hints to Help You Sleep
Sleep is very important factor in mental and physical health. During deep sleep which is restorative sleep, is when the body makes cells to grow, replaces dying cells, and replaces cortisol which is released during stressful situations. Consequences of improper sleep are: fatigue, trouble concent...
Stress Management
Stress is the mental and physical condition that occurs when we adjust or adapt to the environment. There are two kinds of stress: distress and eustress. Eustress is the kind that supports your life force and energy, helps you feel alive and productive. Activities that provoke the “good stress” a...
Wanting to plan a family…
The West Virginia Family Planning Program is here to help. The Women’s Health Clinic at Roane County Family Health Care can help you have control when pregnancy happens, which means having children when you are ready. Until you are ready, our Family Planning Program can help you make wise choices...
Diabetes Group Visits
Diabetes is a lifelong condition that can affect every aspect of a person’s life. Choices have to be made every day that should always include the thought “How will this affect my blood sugar?” People with diabetes face challenges everyday and are often bombarded with information that can be hard...
Superbugs
I would like to talk about “superbug” infections today. Superbugs are new strains of bacteria that we have no antibiotics to treat. There has been some recent media attention to report the troublesome growing number of superbugs from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has iden...