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GINA

Gina is a fan­tas­tic LVN who works mainly at our Wood­lake loca­tion. She’s smart, bub­bly and a great nurse. When her three teenage chil­dren are grown and gone, her ambi­tion is to become an RN and travel the world nurs­ing. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Happy November! It’s not just for Veterans and Turkeys

Nina Darnowsky In Novem­ber our thoughts nat­u­rally go to national hol­i­days hon­or­ing Vet­er­ans and bing­ing on turkeys, but there are many other hol­i­days and recog­ni­tions that take place now: Amer­i­can Dia­betes Month “The vision of the Amer­i­can Dia­betes Asso­ci­a­tion is a life … Con­tinue read­ing

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Breast Cancer is Not Just for Women

My grand­mother always bugged my dad for grand­chil­dren, telling him to get mar­ried soon so she could have babies around to spoil. But when he was a junior in col­lege she was diag­nosed with breast can­cer. “For­get about wait­ing until … Con­tinue read­ing

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Dashed Hopes: When Pregnancy Ends in Miscarriage

Linda Rat­ner RNCMPE I was healthy and rel­a­tively young by today’s stan­dards (30).  The first trimester of my preg­nancy went well and seemed very easy.  I adjusted to the minor aches and pains and life went on.  At my first … Con­tinue read­ing

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PAPERWORK!

  At Impact Urgent Care (IUC), we ask all of our patients to fill out a one ques­tion sur­vey called the Net Pro­moter Score.  It sim­ply asks, “on a scale of 1–10 how likely are you to rec­om­mend us to … Con­tinue read­ing

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WEST NILE VIRUS IN SAN ANTONIO

Evan Rat­ner MD A case of West Nile Virus has been con­firmed in the San Anto­nio region.  It sounds scary, but let’s get some of the facts about it straight.  Infec­tion occurs from the bite of an infected mos­quito.  It can­not … Con­tinue read­ing

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MICRO VAMPIRES

  There’s not much to be thank­ful for when it comes to drought.  Lack of rain affects every­one and every­thing.  Per­son­ally, I can only think of two pos­i­tive out­comes when it comes to arid con­di­tions.  A huge decrease in auto­mo­bile … Con­tinue read­ing

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CRANBERRIES ARE E-COLI WARRIORS!

It’s all over the news these days,  cran­ber­ries have been proven to reduce uri­nary tract infec­tions (UTIs).  We moms, and nurses hav­ing been telling peo­ple for years to drink cran­berry juice at the first twinges of a UTI.  I guess … Con­tinue read­ing

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AGE SPOTS!

  Also known as sunspots or lentig­ines (freck­els), are flat, brown dis­col­orations of the skin that usu­ally appear on the neck, face, and on the back of hands of peo­ple older than 40 years of age.  Age spots are caused … Con­tinue read­ing

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IT’S UV SAFETY MONTH!

Skin can­cer is the most com­mon type of can­cer in the United States. Ultra­vi­o­let (UV) rays from the sun are the main cause of skin can­cer. UV dam­age can also cause wrin­kles and blotchy skin. These are just some of … Con­tinue read­ing

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