YourTown Health News
Top Five Tips for Maintaining Lung Health During Flu Season
From body aches to fevers and chills, the flu can bring on many uncomfortable symptoms. One of the most concerning aspects of the virus is its potential for causing other health complications — including what it could do to your lungs. To stay ahead of the coming flu...
How to Reduce Your Prostate Cancer Risks
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and an estimated one in eight men will be diagnosed with the disease throughout their lifetime. While it can be serious, in many cases medical advancements have made recovery possible. Though outcomes are more...
YourTown Health COO, Tara Brown, DMD, Highlights The Importance of Community Health Center’s on WSB Radio’s “Lenz on Business”
National Health Center Week celebrates the innovative ways Community Health Centers, such as YourTown Health, provide high-quality care to all individuals, regardless of their financial status. On Sunday, August 18, 2024, Tara Brown, DMD, Chief Operating Officer of...
Juvenile Arthritis: Symptoms, Causes, and How to Treat It
Arthritis is common in older individuals, but most people are surprised to learn that it can also affect children and teens. Like arthritis that develops in adults, juvenile arthritis is an umbrella term for rheumatic and inflammatory conditions. There are several...
YourTown Health Announces Update to Sliding Fee Nominal
At YourTown Health, everyone matters. Our primary goal is to increase access to quality, affordable healthcare services for our patients regardless of health insurance or financial status. We do this with our Sliding Fee Scale, which calculates the...
Six Common Myths About Alzheimer’s Disease
The brain is complicated, and scientists are always learning more about how it works. Even after many years of studying Alzheimer’s disease, there’s still a lot about the aging brain that we don’t know. Here are the basics: Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects the...
Five Ways to Manage Your Asthma
Asthma is one of the most common diseases worldwide. While there’s currently no cure, medical advancements have made it possible for people with asthma to manage their symptoms and lead a normal life. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with this condition, here are...
Post-Holiday Health: Navigating COVID-19 Variants, Flu, and RSV
When it comes to post-holiday health, we tend to focus on resolutions like eating well or exercising more. But it’s hard to stay committed to resolutions when you’re sick, which is why illness prevention should be a priority. Contagious viruses like COVID-19,...
Symptoms of the Early Stages of HIV
When first cases were reported in the 1980s, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) had no cure, and was frequently fatal. Although it’s still a lifelong disease, HIV is no longer a death sentence. Advancements in medicine have made it possible for people with the disease...
