Take Responsibility For Your Own Health! Implications For Us All.
This is the second in a three-part series entitled Take Responsibility for Your Own Health. Last week we defined the concept answering the question, “what does it mean to own…
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Hospital Assesses Community Health Needs
SMITH CENTER, Kan. – Staff at Smith County Memorial Hospital are preparing for the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment. This every-three-year assessment is done as a requirement for critical access…
Take Responsibility For Your Own Health!
I love it when emails that run across my inbox pertain directly to healthy eating tips I was planning on writing. I got an email this week that detailed the…
Lifestyle Modification Is Very Similar To Addiction Recovery; Treat It That Way!
Lifestyle Modification is Very Similar to Addiction Recovery; Treat it That Way! My recent experience with heart disease has rekindled an interest I have in the genetic aspects that cause…
Use A Multivitamin For Nutritional Support
Use a Multivitamin for Nutritional Support As everyone that reads this healthy eating tip knows I had a serious heart event on December 26. Nobody was more surprised by that…
New Open Enrollment Comes with Warnings
SMITH CENTER, Kan. – In response to the COVID-19 emergency, President Biden signed an executive order to allow an additional open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act plans purchased through…
Know What Foods to Avoid
Know What Foods to Avoid! The standard American diet is anything but healthy. All dietitians, medical practitioners and public health officials agree that Americans need to consume less salt, fat,…
McCall to Join Medical Team at SCFP
SMITH CENTER, Kan. – Hallie McCall will join the medical team at Smith County Family Practice as a physician assistant. She will begin practicing in the clinic in February while…
It’s time to talk about fiber; again!
This time of year always brings out the weight loss fanatic in all of us. There is indulgence during the holidays and then a purge after the new year. Those…
Windscheffel to Retire June 1
SMITH CENTER, Kan. – Tammy Windscheffel will retire from her position as a nurse practitioner at Smith County Family Practice this spring. She will continue working full-time through the end…