Blood Pressure Test an Important Health Screening
A blood pressure screening is important because high blood pressure usually has no symptoms and cannot be detected without being measured.
A blood pressure screening is important because high blood pressure usually has no symptoms and cannot be detected without being measured.
Shin splints are common to most runners and even some walkers. Shin splints is the pain along the tibia – or the large bone in the front of your lower leg. The muscles and tendons around the bone can become sensitive and painful when they are overworked. While anyone can get them, shin splints are most common when people change or intensify their exercise routines.
The 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health showed that 15 million US children and teens get inadequate sleep. I would have to think that in our current climate of constant electronic use & more demanding year round sports and activity schedules, that that number has risen. Encouraging sleep is one of the most important things that we as parents can do.
As part of ThedaCare, Community Health Network Inc. (CHN), and Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital now have access to Mayo Clinic resources through the Mayo Clinic Care Network. In 2014, CHN and Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital joined ThedaCare, which was the first health care system in Wisconsin to become a part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
Tattoos seem to be more and more popular especially among young people. Surveys indicate that currently over 20% of people have a tattoo. There are over 20,000 tattoo parlors in the US and the number is increasing. Tattoos and the process of getting a tattoo carry some health risk.
The Rural Health Initiative in Outagamie and Waupaca Counties are hosting the 4th Annual Wine & Cheese Tasting on Fri., April 24 to raise funds and awareness for the organization, which improves the health of area farmers by bringing healthcare directly to them.
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As business leaders we don’t often think of ourselves as teachers, but there are some similarities. This spring in particular, we each have the opportunity to invite our employees to engage in the same lesson that area school children will learn. In late April and early May, ThedaCare employees will shed their scrubs for classroom attire as they promote healthy habits to students at six elementary schools in Berlin, the Fox Cities, New London, Oshkosh, Shawano and Waupaca.
ThedaCare will help area residents celebrate Earth Day by collecting unwanted computers, electronics, and appliances at a recycling event on Mon., April 20.
Traveling down the Amazon River, reaching out to help people in jungle areas, was how Joe Lamb, MD, family physician at ThedaCare Physicians-New London spent his time in Peru on a recent mission trip with Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha.
The April meeting of the Waupaca pulmonary support group will include a nutrition question and answer session with Riverside Medical Center dietitian Anne Menzies. “Nutrition is important with our pulmonary patients because the macronutrients we eat can affect out breathing,” said Menzies. “I will emphasize a healthy heart diet as well as talk about the importance of less processed foods and more real foods.”
ThedaCare welcomes Sarah Newburg, PA-C, a certified physician assistant who will serve as a hospitalist at Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.
In the free ThedaCare community program, “Midwifery 101,” attendees will learn about the different roles a midwife can play – pregnancy support to primary care – in treating women throughout every stage in life.
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