Managing diabetes or prediabetes and reducing the risk of complications like heart disease can help you live a longer, healthier life. Part of managing your diabetes is incorporating a healthy diet, and fiber has been shown to help. Since diabetes can affect just about every part of your body, managing your blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol is important.
Is this an annual physical or a wellness exam? That’s a question we hear a lot from our patients at Compassion Health Care, Inc.
On Friday, September 24th, 2021, the CDC announced their recommendation for a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations as well as a booster dose for those individuals in high-risk occupational and institutional settings.
During flu season, getting your flu shot is important, but with Fall around the corner in 2021 and the COVID pandemic to contend with, it’s as important as ever to make sure you are as protected as ever.
According to Safe Kids Worldwide, there are simple steps to safe medicine storage to put medicine out of sight and out of reach of children.
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in the United States. March is designated to raise much-needed awareness for colorectal cancer screening, beginning at the age of 50.
Compassion Health Care, Inc. (CHC) continues to use temperature screening as part of the CDC recommended guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients entering the building. We are taking it a step further by implementing new technology that will allow for non-contact temperature checks.
We recommend getting your flu vaccine every year and 2020 is no different, but we are stressing it even more because of the similarities between the flu and COVID-19. We answer some of your most frequently asked questions about getting a flu shot.
The booster meningococcal meningitis vaccine (MenACWY) is a requirement for teens who are either 17 years old or who are entering their senior year of high school (12th grade) effective as of August 1st, 2020. The booster requirement protects against four types of bacteria, which are A, C, W, and Y.
Disinfecting and sanitizing can be considered the same thing to some people, especially when knowing what to do during a time when a pandemic like the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is present.
