Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week The week of February 7-14 is annually commemorated as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. During this time we strive to educate people and help make more individuals aware of congenital heart defects. This is the…
Heart Health Awareness One of the leading causes of death in the United States for both men and women is Heart Disease. The sad fact is that 1 in 4 deaths are caused by heart disease, that is around 610,000…
Women's Heart Health Month February is women's heart health month, and we at Whitefish Family Doctor Medical Clinic would like to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of a woman's heart attack. Heart disease is the number one killer…
New Guidelines for Pain Management During 2017 the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has decided to cut the supply of opiates by 25% or more. This will make filling the prescriptions that many patients have had for the life of their injury much…
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month It was estimated that a little over 4,000 women would die from cervical cancer in 2016, and that nearly 40,000 women would die from Breast Cancer during that same time period. Both of…
How To Know When A Child Has A Fever A commonly asked question by many new parents is "How do I know if my child has a fever?" Getting a fever is a very common self-defense mechanism used by the…
Posture Exercises for Children Today in our society, it is the norm to be surrounded by technology, leaned over our desks or smart-phone surfing the web or researching for a paper, and as we sit, we tend to slump forward,…