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Common Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines and Kids
Read Time: Three Minutes Below are answers to common questions asked about COVID-19 vaccines and kids. Q: How important is it for kids to stay on track with routine and preventive care, even during a pandemic? A: Kids should still come in for routine care, such as wellness check-ups and especially for immunizations. We don't want to leave kids at ...
Phelps Health Leaders Share Lessons Learned on COVID-19 Anniversary
Read Time: Five Minutes On March 23, 2020, the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory notified Phelps Health of its first confirmed case of COVID-19. That case was one of 3,804 positive COVID-19 cases reported by Phelps Health between last March and March 1, 2021. As Missouri and local communities mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic this month, three ...
Keeping Rural Communities Healthy and Strong
Read Time: 20 Minutes Paige Heitman recently sat down on The Scope podcast with Phelps Health Pharmacist Jason Medows to discuss the unique physical and mental health needs of people living in rural communities. Jason had a lot to say about how we are all responsible to help our neighbors and friends to get healthy and stay healthy. Paige Heitman ...
What to Know About Mammograms and COVID-19 Vaccines
Read Time: Two Minutes Getting your COVID-19 vaccine is recommended to help you stay healthy. So are mammograms, which are X-rays that doctors use to look for signs of breast cancer. However, if you are scheduled to have a mammogram shortly after receiving the COVID-19 shot, you may want to consider rescheduling one of your appointments. Some patients have reported ...
OB/GYNs and Midwives Offer the Best of Both Worlds
Read Time: Two Minutes By Karen Ulrich, Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Those two blue lines show up on the home pregnancy test. Pregnant. Pregnant! Now what? Whether pregnancy was in your plans or an unexpected surprise, thinking about what is coming in the next few months can be overwhelming. One of the most important decisions you will have to make ...
Primary Care Providers Can Help When You Are Sick and Keep You Healthy
Read Time: Two Minutes Access to healthcare is not only important for when you are sick with a cold or an ear infection, but having a primary care provider close to home also can help you with chronic conditions, such as diabetes or high cholesterol. “In primary care, we can help people gain control over their blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid ...
When Should You See Your Doctor for Kidney Stones?
Read Time: Two Minutes Did you know? About one in 10 people will likely get a kidney stone in their lifetime. Kidney stones are hard deposits of minerals and salts that can form in your kidneys. They can travel through the ureter, the tube between your kidney and bladder. If a kidney stone reaches your bladder, you can usually pass ...
10 Questions About Prostate Cancer Answered
Read Time: Three Minutes Did you know that except for skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men? In 2017, the most recent year that data was available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 207,000 new cases of prostate cancer were reported among men. In Missouri, there were about 3,400 cases reported ...
Explaining the Link Between Smoking and Bladder Cancer
Read Time: Two Minutes Did you know that people who smoke cigarettes are at a higher risk to get bladder cancer? According to the American Cancer Society, smokers are nearly three times as likely to get bladder cancer as non-smokers. In fact, smoking causes about half of all cases of bladder cancer in men and women. The risk is greater ...
Don’t Delay Care: Why Men Should Pay Attention to Their Health
Read Time: One Minute Many times, men are hesitant to go to the doctor. In honor of Men’s Health Month in June, we can encourage all of the men in our lives to establish healthy habits. The first steps are making sure they see a doctor when they feel unwell and go in for a yearly checkup. Meet Jack. He ...