Training for a marathon – or even a half-marathon – is a year-round activity. If you stop because the temperature drops or there’s snow on the ground, you’ll find it a lot harder to get going once spring rolls around.
Icy sidewalks are not the only obstacle that can cause slips and falls. Most happen in the home and when you least expect to fall.
A fever is not necessarily bad. It is a way the body fights infection. In fact, many fevers don’t need treatment. By activating your child’s immune system, a fever can actually shorten your child’s illness.
When Waupaca native Mike Bernhagen was producing the PBS film, “Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject,” his goal was simple – provide others with a tool that will help them talk with loved ones about their end-of-life wishes. Little did Bernhagen realize how much he would benefit in the process.
Elizabeth Menzel, MD, assistant professor, is now a faculty physician with the UW Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program with privileges at Appleton Medical Center.
ThedaCare has promoted Shana Herzfeldt and Patsy Engel to directors of operations for its Fox Cities hospitals and transitions of care divisions. The openings were created when Jamie Dunham and Jodi Braun were named operational vice presidents for ThedaCare’s hospital division last year.
Two Fox Valley health care providers, Affinity Health System and ThedaCare, are reminding the public to take sensible steps to help ward off illness. The Fox Valley is currently experiencing high levels of illness, including influenza, pneumonia and norovirus.
A traveling photograph exhibit that sheds new light on daily hospice life will be at the Fox River Mall food court in Grand Chute through Feb. 4.
Winter is in the air, bringing with it the dry and cold air that can wreak havoc on the skin. Itchy skin; dry, cracked skin; and flame ups of conditions like eczema and psoriasis can cause a winter of misery.
Pregnancy increases the requirement of all nutrients. Prenatal vitamins help to cover any nutritional gaps that are not met by the diet.
Pneumovax is the brand name for the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which doctors recommend seniors and other at-risk adults get to protect themselves from the pneumococcal disease.
While golf and tennis are great sports to play, both put pressure on the elbow, which can lead to repetitive motion injuries. If you have pain, you need to modify your activity and find the cause of the pain.
Cases of pertussis continue to climb in Wisconsin, but families can take measures to protect themselves and others. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection.
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