Pediatrics
What is Family Medicine?
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While looking for a primary care physician you’ll encounter a few different types of medical practices to choose from, family medicine, Internal medicine, OB-GYN, or pediatric medicine. Primary care includes preventative medical services like cancer or diabetes screenings, diagnosis and treatment of injuries or illnesses, and management of chronic long-term conditions, like high blood pressure.…
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
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January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, a time dedicated to providing information on birth defects, prevention or risk reduction, and where to seek help if you have concerns about birth defects. The CDC estimates that 1 in 33 babies are born with a birth defect in the United States every year. Depending on the…
Do I Need a Primary Care Doctor?
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We all need medical care at some point, and expert help is essential to staying healthy. A primary care provider or PCP is specialized in preventing, diagnosing, and treating a wide variety of health conditions. A primary care physician may come from family practice or internal medicine, depending on your needs. ER, Urgent Care, or…
September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
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Maintaining good dietary choices and a healthy lifestyle is essential to your family’s health and preventing childhood obesity.
Teach Your Little One’s Proper Hand Washing
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Cleaning your hands is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Handwashing not only helps you from catching germs but spreading them, too – especially to others who may be more at risk for illness. Hand hygiene is an important lifelong habit to teach kids for staying healthy.…
Primary Care Doctors who are Moms
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Our “Mom Docs” are Accepting New Patients. Choosing a primary care doctor for yourself or your family is an important first step in managing your and your family’s healthcare. Your primary care physician is your medical home base. Your primary care doctor is who you visit for most of your medical needs, including routine screenings…
How to discuss diet and exercise among the kids
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More than 90% of girls – 15 to 17 years – want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight ranking the highest. Discussing diet becomes a very delicate conversation as evident by the rates of increasing body image problems in the United States, among both boys and girls. Yet,…
Concerns & Questions About Vaccines
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At River Bend Medical Associates, we believe in preventative medicine. Preventative medicine is the understanding that many serious diseases can be avoided entirely if their causes are addressed long in advance. Preventative medicine typically includes tools in order to attack problems from multiple angles: recommending lifestyle choices, encouraging annual physicals, scheduling screenings for certain diseases…
