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Phelps Health Earns Recognition of the American Diabetes Association
September 11, 2019
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), the nation’s leading organization committed to fighting diabetes by driving discovery through research and innovation, intensifying the urgency around the diabetes epidemic and supporting people living with and affected by ...
Phelps Health Selects Epic for Unified Electronic Health Record System
September 13, 2019
Phelps Health has selected Epic, the most widely-used and comprehensive health records system, to provide a platform that will connect all of Phelps Health’s care areas together with one, unified electronic health record system. Earlier ...
3 Things You Can Do This Fall To Reduce Your Heart Disease Risk
September 18, 2019
Heart disease is not only a major cause of death, but it's also a major cause of disability. There are many factors in your everyday life that can raise your risk for heart disease and ...
Superhero 5K Raises Over $12,500 for Infusion Suite
November 12, 2019
The Phelps Health Sixth Annual Superhero 5K walk/fun run held October 19, 2019, at Veterans Memorial Park in Rolla, raised more than $12,500 for the Phelps Health Foundation’s Infusion Suite. Proceeds from this year’s Superhero ...
Six Tips for Winter Wellness
January 6, 2020
Your health is important during all stages of life and throughout the year. Phelps Health Family Nurse Practitioner Ariella Martin, who specializes in family medicine, offers six behaviors that can go a long way to ...
Thyroid Nodules: What to Do if You Find a Lump
December 21, 2022
Read Time: 2 Minutes Finding a new lump anywhere in your body, including the thyroid gland, can cause concern. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the lower front of your neck. The ...
An Ounce of Prevention
February 17, 2020
You may have heard the saying: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This advice is important to remember when it comes to heart disease. Recently, I received a call from the ...
Phelps Health Echo-Vascular Laboratory Earns Echocardiography Reaccreditation by IAC
February 27, 2020
Echocardiography is used to assess different areas of the heart and can detect heart disease or signs of serious conditions. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, followed closely by ...
Free Healthy Recipe Cards Available at Area Grocery Stores
October 10, 2022
Stop by Price Chopper in Rolla or Country Mart in Salem to pick up a free healthy recipe card. These cards also are available at Phelps Health clinics. Recipes are recommended by Phelps Health’s clinical ...
When Are Antibiotics Needed?
April 3, 2020
As you may have guessed, bacteria cause bacterial infections, and viruses cause viral infections. However, one important difference between infections caused by bacteria and viruses is that antibiotics can kill bacteria, but they cannot kill ...