Blog Posts in May

Osteoporosis Awareness Month

May 30, 2017

Osteoporosis in Women Some bone loss may be experienced as part of the normal aging process. However, bone loss can become so severe it causes bones to become porous, brittle and likely to break. When this occurs many women learn, for the first time that they have osteoporosis. Even though osteoporosis can also affect men, women are four times more likely to develop the disease. Osteoporosis ...

National Women's Health Week

May 15, 2017

Mother’s Day, 2017 took on special meaning for Barbara (“Barb”) Maine this year. Barb and her husband, Larry, have been lifelong Othello residents. Barbara is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother who enjoys a busy, active lifestyle. She thought she was -reasonably healthy. All that changed on January 18 th of this year. She said she’d been having some distressing symptoms leading up to the ...

Develop Healthy Eating Habits For Your Children

May 10, 2017

Parent’s Feeding Jobs: 1. Choose and prepare the food 2. Provide regular meals and snacks (scheduled) 3. Make eating times pleasant 4. Educate about food and mealtime behavior 5. Trust children to decide how much and whether to eat Children’s Eating Jobs: 1. Children will eat 2. They will eat the amount they need 3. They will learn to eat the food their parents eat 4. Develop healthy growth ...

Welcome Meghan Endsley!

May 5, 2017

Meghan’s growing up years were spent in Ohio where she received her Master of Science degree with a major in Physician Assistant Studies in 2011. Prior to that she served a tour of duty with the US Marine Corp. She trained in South Carolina which was the only place where female recruits could go. Ratio of females to males in Marine Corps is 90 to 1. After that she trained for her job (fixing ...