Take Care

When I first became a mother, the most important ‘keep safe’ skills that I knew to talk with my child about were drugs and alcohol, and child abuse. Not once during my first two decades …

There are so many activities to do in the summer months in Alaska.  Why should anyone be thinking about an annual, physical exam? Great question! For men, in particular, it is easy to put off …

Being pregnant can be an exciting but stressful journey. A mother must not only be aware of her health choices and their lasting effects on her body, but she also has to consider the additional …

Hiking, camping, fishing, paddle boarding, kayaking – the list of outdoor activities could go on. And since the days are long enough, many of us do more than one of these a day sometimes. You …

We can all probably agree that hiccups are kind of weird. They usually come out of the blue and typically at the most inopportune moments. There are primarily three things known to modern science and …

Do you sit in silence for five minutes with your arm supported before getting your blood pressure reading? If you can’t remember this ever happening, you are not alone. Blood pressure readings are as routine …

Spring is here! As warmer weather comes to Southeast, so does the four-to-six-week springtime bloom that begins in May. During this period, a large cloud of tree pollen explodes across Alaska as birch, alder and …

May is Stroke Awareness Month and SEARHC is sharing information about what a stroke is and how to detect it, so it can be treated as quickly as possible. Like a heart attack, a stroke …