When your doctor isn’t available, is it best to take your child to a hospital ER, a stand-alone ER, or urgent care center? Let’s say it’s a Sunday, and your 9-year old is limping across the living room complaining of severe ankle pain after soccer practice. What do you do when you can’t get to [...]
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disorder that disrupts the way the body uses glucose (sugar). Your body needs glucose to function, and insulin is the hormone that allows the cells to utilize glucose while making sure your blood sugar levels don’t get too high or too low. With type 2 diabetes, there is a [...]
It’s that time of year again—fever, sniffles, and aches abound. Even though it may still be 90+ degrees outside, flu season has officially begun. Make sure you take your family for their annual flu vaccination, especially if you have younger children or elderly family members. But get ready: you may be a little surprised at [...]
According to breastcancer.org: "About 1 out of 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2016, an estimated 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 61,000 new cases of the non-invasive (in situ) type." October [...]
If you’re searching for activities in Longview, TX for your family and friends to enjoy together, look no further. These activities will get you the daily exercise you and your family members need for your overall wellbeing. Instead of hiding indoors or spending $25.00 on Chuck E. Cheese tokens and pizza, here are some outdoor [...]
In December 2015, Longview Regional Hospital treated a victim who apparently had been shot during a road rage incident. An argument that started over the use of high beams escalated into two shots fired at the victim. Road rage statistics are quite alarming, with more than 37% of aggressive driving incidents involving a firearm. Roughly [...]
Hospitality Health ER wants you to get out and stay active this fall. Instead of being cooped up in your house with endless chores and TV, get your family out of the house and start taking advantage of the many outdoor activities Longview has to offer, including its many fall festivities and pumpkin patches. This [...]
As an Emergency Medicine Physician, the more information I have, the better the patient care I can give. It is very important to keep in mind that information you might not think is relevant could actually make a major difference in the emergency room. I highly encourage everyone to update their “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) [...]
“Dirt Don’t Hurt,” says the new age mom as she relaxingly eyes her 5-year old rolling like dough on the kitchen floor. Well, dirt don’t hurt, but guess what? Germs do! And even more so when you have more than one child to nurse back to health. Sick kids equal X days of missed school and X [...]
Our knees allow us to do some pretty great things. Without knees, how would we walk, propose to the love of their life, beg for forgiveness, sit ‘criss-cross applesauce’, shoot a three-pointer from 28 feet away, or kick a game-winning field goal? But, unfortunately, these miracle joints have their weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can make [...]
