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In honor of National Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 5, Memorial Hospital of Carthage will offer community health screenings in the Health and Wellness Conference Room located on the Memorial ...

In honor of National Heart Month, on Feb. 5, Memorial Hospital will offer community health screenings in the Health and Wellness Conference Room located on the Memorial Hospital campus in ...

Marshall Health Network is proud to offer the following community events and screenings for the beginning of January. Don’t ...

The Hemoglobin A1C test, also called the HbA1c ... According to Mount Sinai, a hospital system in New York, some older patients can benefit from getting a 25-hydroxy test to check their vitamin ...

Reducing stress safeguards your heart both emotionally and physically. When you put yourself in stressful situations, your ...

Doctor introduces patient signing on medical records before treat illness in hospital. Credit ... and have metabolic lab work done. These tests help detect changes in cholesterol, blood sugar, ...

Pepper Schwartz doesn’t have Type 2 diabetes, but says she began using Ozempic off-label in 2022 after her doctor and follow-up medical tests deemed it appropriate ... she says. The hospital worker in ...

Don't ignore these symptoms The human body can be truly incredible, yet totally bizarre. Your body even knows how to signal ...

Courtney Larkin is a nurse practitioner within Texas Health Fort Worth. In her role, she assesses the needs of patients with chronic diseases.