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National Heart Month: Four Easy Ways to Show Your Heart Some Love
February 1, 2024
The heart is an amazing muscle. Each day, your heart pumps over 2,000 gallons of blood, circulating oxygen through the 60,000 miles of blood vessels in your body. With so much riding on the muscle, it’s no surprise that heart diseases are the #1 cause of death in America –...
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Planning a Healthy New Year in 2024
January 3, 2024
New Year’s resolutions are very popular in the U.S., but some studies show that nearly half of participants give up on their resolutions within the month. If our plan is to have a healthy new year in 2024, how best to make our resolutions stick?
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Immunization Awareness Month: COVID-19 and Beyond
August 23, 2023
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Each year, we take this time to recognize that vaccines are essential to our health and the health of our community – a lesson that the past few years have made especially clear.
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National Heart Month: Four Easy Ways to Show Your Heart Some Love
February 1, 2023
We often associate the month of February with hearts because of Valentine’s Day. However, there is another reason we should think of hearts in February – it’s American Heart Month, a designated time to advocate for cardiovascular health and raise awareness about heart disease.
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‘Tis the Season to be Healthy: Maintaining Your Physical and Mental Well-Being During the Holidays
December 7, 2022
By Arjun Ohri, MD, Internal Medicine Physician, FryeCare Hickory Family Practice Associates The holiday season is finally here, ringing with the joy of visiting family and friends, attending festive parties, exchanging gifts, sharing delicious meals, and giving back to charitable causes. It’s “the most wonderful time of the year” as they...
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Healthy Back-to-School Habits: Preparing for a Successful School Year
August 9, 2022
Tips on how to set your child and family up for a healthy return to school
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Summertime Safety: How to Keep Cool and Healthy All Summer Long
July 6, 2022
School’s out and that means one thing: summer is officially here! As the days grow longer and brighter, many of us will be taking full advantage of summer, whether its enjoying backyard barbeques, lazy days by the pool or even the occasional fireworks display. No matter how you choose to...
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How Healthy is Your Heart?
February 8, 2022
How Healthy is Your Heart? By Srinivas Mikkilineni, MD, Cardiologist Your heart is one of the hardest working parts of your body. It’s also one of the most threatened. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men...
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A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver
November 1, 2021
A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver By Lakshmi Kallur, MD, Pulmonologist, FryeCare Lung Center If you are a smoker or a former smoker, and between the ages of 50 and 80, you may qualify or be eligible for a lung cancer screening exam. It’s an exam that could be a lifesaver. According...
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Get Your Mammogram: It’s an Hour That Could Save Your Life
October 14, 2021
Get Your Mammogram: It’s an Hour That Could Save Your Life By Jamie Fultz, DO, Obstetrician & Gynecologist, FryeCare Women’s Services According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S., behind only skin cancers. In fact, the ACS puts the average risk as...
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