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Laboratory testing for COVID-19 in Boundary County

I will try to teach this using questions and answers:
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Staying healthy during 'smoke season'

In recent years, the second half of summer in the Inland Northwest has become a fifth season - Smoke Season. When wildfires occur across the region, the smoke can result in dangerous air quality issues. Live Well asked Dr. Todd Hoopman, MD, who specializes in pulmonary and critical care with …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

E-Readers or Books: What is Best?

Reading is one of those great summer pastimes that now has been interrupted by screens. Kids read on e-readers of all types, including their phones, and internet-enabled tablets where they can access their apps and other distractions.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Skilled EMS crews continue to provide care

As your Bonner County EMS medical director, I want to assure you that skilled EMS personnel continue to provide high quality EMS services to our community, despite the temporary gap in leadership following the recent resignation of Robert Bussey, our prior EMS chief.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Work with your doctor when it comes to opioids

In today’s day and age it’s difficult to go through an entire day without hearing some mention of the opioid epidemic in the United States.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Treat pain with injection therapy

Pain can be debilitating both physically and emotionally for so many patients, yet so many don’t realize the options that are available.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Leaders should apply Christian principles

Dear Vice President Pence:
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AHLQUIST: Let's get things done

When we announced our run for Governor, the career politicians laughed, making it clear they didn’t think we had a chance. It was said my opponents have 27 years of combined political careers and that taking on their political machines could not be done — even by someone who’s been …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

September focuses on childhood injury prevention

Your 3-year-old child falls from the ladder as he mimics his dad changing a light bulb a few minutes ago … he’s unconscious and has a softball-size swelling on his forehead. Your 6-year-old daughter slips and slices into her tummy while “playing mommy” cutting a zucchini … there’s a lot …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Prevenir el cáncer no es solo parte de mi trabajo, ¡sino de mi salud también!

(NAPSM)—Como madre, esposa, doctora y directora de la División de Prevención y Control del Cáncer, de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), se pueden imaginar que me mantengo bastante ocupada. Por lo que hasta para mí sería fácil caer en la tentación de dejar mi …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Prevenir el cáncer no es solo parte de mi trabajo, ¡sino de mi salud también!

(NAPSM)—Como madre, esposa, doctora y directora de la División de Prevención y Control del Cáncer, de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), se pueden imaginar que me mantengo bastante ocupada. Por lo que hasta para mí sería fácil caer en la tentación de dejar mi …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Prevenir el cáncer no es solo parte de mi trabajo, ¡sino de mi salud también!

(NAPSM)—Como madre, esposa, doctora y directora de la División de Prevención y Control del Cáncer, de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), se pueden imaginar que me mantengo bastante ocupada. Por lo que hasta para mí sería fácil caer en la tentación de dejar mi …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Looking good in the skin you're in

One dermatologist’s perspective on aging skin
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Local physician to offer free vein screening

March is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) awareness month. DVT affects up to 600,000 people per year, and may lead to 60,000 to 100,000 deaths per year from complications. DVT is a partial or complete blockage of the deep veins, most commonly of the legs. The deep veins are defined as …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The human cost of Idaho's Medicaid gap

The time has come to shift the argument about Medicaid beyond the dollars that would be saved with expansion to the ongoing human tragedy occurring in our state.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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