YourTown Health News
Healthy Recipes for April
Every month, you can find a few days nationally dedicated to specific foods. To help you celebrate these national food days, we’ve collected healthy recipes to accompany each honored item. We hope you enjoy! April 4th Cordon Bleu Day RECIPES>> Photo Credit:...
How to Handle Stress
The best way to celebrate Stress Awareness Month is to learn how to create less stress in our lives. Here is our list of tips to help keep your stress level in check: Clear the Clutter Is a mess causing your stress? How many times have you been late because you...
How Stress Affects Our Health
People talk about being stressed out all the time but what does it really mean? Since April is Stress Awareness Month, we thought it was a good time to define exactly what stress is and how it affects our health. First, you should know that stress is a personal...
Healthy Recipes for March
Every month, you can find a few days nationally dedicated to specific foods. To help you celebrate these national food days, we’ve collected healthy recipes to accompany each honored item. We hope you enjoy! March 1st Peanut Butter Lover’s Day RECIPES>>...
Spring Allergies: How To Deal
Spring is just around the corner and a great time to get outside for fun in the sun. But for people with seasonal allergies, spring also means sneezing, coughing and itchy, watery eyes. Seasonal allergies occur when your body’s immune system overreacts to something in...
Christmas Desserts for Allergy Sufferers
During the holidays it can be hard to watch everyone enjoy multiple treats, while avoiding certain delectables due to a food allergies. To ease the holiday cravings, here is a list of treats fit for certain allergy sufferers. Take a look and enjoy! Banana No-Nut Bread...
YourTown Health Dentist To Lead Georgia Oral Health Council
YourTown Health is both proud and a bit sad to announce that Adam Barefoot, DMD, MPH, is leaving us after six years to become the Oral Health Director for the state of Georgia. In his capacity as a dentist at YTH, Dr. Barefoot helped hundreds of people in our...
Healthy Thanksgiving Activities for Family & Friends
Thanksgiving is a day associated with tables full of delicious food, family members and laughter, but why not start a tradition that includes a healthy activity for everyone? From physical to charitable activities, these are sure to get your family and friends out of...
Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween can be a night of scary fun for kids. But for parents, it often turns into the worrying kind of scary. There’s good reason: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that Halloween is one of the top three days for pedestrian injuries. The CDC...
