Flu season is right around the corner. Every year, the CDC makes an announcement when the flu season officially starts and ends, with the span of months being from October to May. It’s important to take measures that ensure you and your family take the right measures to fight the flu.
1. Get…
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Friday, July 28th marks World Hepatitis Day – to bring awareness to this terrible, yet curable, disease and to encourage those at-risk to get tested. According to the World Health Organization, “Viral hepatitis is one of the leading causes of death globally, accounting for 1.34 million deaths per year – that’s as many as HIV/AIDS,…
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Whitney Young Health serves over 19,000 patients per year – almost half of those being children under the age of 18. Providing quality healthcare to such a high volume of patients, especially younger ages where the health habits they learn now will affect them later on in life, is no easy feat. Our pediatrics team,…
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Swimming is a great recreational activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages as a great way to beat the heat. It’s important to know how to stay safe when you’re in or around any body of water. According to the Safe Kids Worldwide, here are some vital swimming safety tips you should…
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Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to experience.
Mindfulness strategies are short exercises one can…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this week we have Whitney Young Health’s Behavioral Health Clinician, Elizabeth Seguinot, LMHC, reminding everyone that taking care of your mental health is extremely important and by following these directions, here is how you do it.
To be able to care for the people you love, you must…
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According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on our lifelong health. As such, early life experiences are an important public health issue. Much of the foundation research in this area has been referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). According to the CDC,…
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Did you know 1 in 5 U.S. adults will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime?
May is Mental Health Awareness Month – a time to speak up about mental health being just as important as physical health and encouraging those who may suffer to speak out and share how they are feeling. Everyone is…
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This week is National Infant Immunization Week, a time to highlight the importance of immunizing infants and children so they are protected from from vaccine-preventable diseases throughout their entire life.
It’s important for children to be fully immunized. Diseases that can be prevented with vaccines can be very serious—even deadly—especially for infants and young children. Immunizations have…
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In this week’s edition of Alcohol Awareness Month, Jacalynn Romeyn explains what is really defined as “one drink” for all the various types of alcohol.
Many people are unaware of what counts as a drink. Different types of beer, wine, or malt liquor have varying types of alcohol levels and therefore have a different…
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