Do Your Skin a Favor: Protect It In Summer

With the outdoor season in full swing across the northern hemisphere, everyone’s thoughts should turn to sun protection,.  That means you. Whether you have light or dark skin, have blue or brown-black eyes, always sit in the shade, or often play or bask in the...

What You Should Know About 3-D Mammography

Women age 40 years and older should begin annual mammograms to help detect breast cancer. And according to study data, newer, 3-dimensional mammograms may be better at picking up invasive tumors and avoiding false alarms than traditional breast cancer screening...

Ways to Simplify the Holidays for More Joy and Less Stress

For many of us, once Halloween is over the frenzy and stress of Thanksgiving and Christmas begins. Budgets, time and resources are stretched. We hyperventilate. We overspend. We overschedule. And much of this occurs because we want to give our families a “perfect”...

Postpartum Fever

What is postpartum fever, and why does it occur? It was a common occurrence in centuries past, but in recent times has become less frequent. Still, even 21st-century medicine cannot eliminate it completely. Fever in the postpartum period occurs after 5% to 7% of...

What you need to know about Zika

Zika virus has officially reached Oklahoma. Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, in known to cause significant birth defects when pregnant women become infected. Learn more to manage your risk and ease your mind. What is Zika Virus? How much do I need to worry?