Understanding Diabetes

Understanding Diabetes: What Patients Should Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Care   Diabetes is a common condition, but with early detection, consistent care, and the right treatment plan, it can be effectively managed. Routine monitoring and...

America Needs Rural Health

A Message from our CEO on National Rural Health Day Rural residents are more likely than urban residents to die from heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and morbid obesity. Deaths of mothers and babies from childbirth are more likely in rural America than in urban...

Understanding COPD

By Howard Bennett, RRT-SDSGravette Cardiopulmonary Manager  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, better known as COPD, is a long-term lung condition that makes it difficult for people to breathe. While it shares some similarities with asthma, the two conditions are...

A Focus on Women’s Health and Wellbeing: 10 Big Ideas

A Focus on Women’s Health and Wellbeing:    10 Big Ideas By Dr. Coral Couchenour, Family Medicine Physician  My name is Dr. Coral Couchenour, and I’m a family practice physician working in a rural health clinic in Anderson, Missouri. Over the years, through both my...