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Which Diet is Right for You?

Which Diet is Right for You?

Happy New Year! For many, the start of a new year is an opportunity to reset and begin anew.  Perhaps that means starting a good practice or phasing out a bad one.  Maybe it means both!  For many of us, this dynamic takes the form of a New Year’s resolution.  Health-centered resolutions tend to be

Eight Ways to Make Your Holidays Healthier, Safer & Happier

Eight Ways to Make Your Holidays Healthier, Safer & Happier

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  The holiday season is upon us and it is time to celebrate with family and friends.  Hopefully, the holidays will provide you the opportunity to slow down at the end of a long year and enjoy the season.  The health care providers of Privia Medical Group North

Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas

Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas

It’s time to make your list and check it twice! The holiday season is here and if you’re looking for gift ideas for family and friends, why not consider something that could be beneficial to their health and well-being?  Whether it’s the friend who enjoys time in the kitchen, the fitness buff who never misses

Lower Body Orthopedics

Lower Body Orthopedics

Our bodies move a lot in any given day.  We probably don’t even think much about it – that is, until something goes wrong and common maneuvers we took for granted suddenly become painful or difficult.  The field of orthopedic medicine involves the many facets of the human musculoskeletal system.  That includes bones, ligaments, joints,

Diabetes Awareness

Diabetes Awareness

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, a good time to turn attention to a chronic disease that affects more than one out of ten Americans. Diabetes is serious and can lead to several health complications. However, while there is not a cure, diabetes can be managed to improve someone’s quality of life and lessen the long-term

The Basics of Health Insurance

The Basics of Health Insurance

The approaching end of the year presents a window of opportunity for many Americans – the chance to evaluate your current health insurance benefits and determine if any modifications are in order.  That’s because for many employer-based insurance plans, the annual open enrollment period occurs at the end of the calendar year. That’s the time

COVID Updates

Fall 2021 COVID-19 Update

Nearly two years in to the COVID-19 pandemic, the circumstances surrounding this global health threat continue to evolve.  The good news is doctors, scientists and public health officials have made tremendous strides in a short amount of time in treating those who get sick and developing effective vaccines to prevent people from getting sick in

Ovarian Cancer Awareness

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.  Ovarian cancer is a type of gynecological cancer, the cancers that originate in a woman’s reproductive system.  Other types of gynecological cancer include cervical, uterine, vaginal and vulvar.  In 2018, the most recent year for which ovarian cancer statistics are available, 19,679 women were diagnosed with the disease and 13,748

Flu Season is Here: Be Prepared

Flu season is here.  We need to take the flu seriously every year, but especially now as the COVID-19 pandemic stubbornly persists.  With the COVID-19 Delta variant spreading in Texas and across the country, the combined impact of the pandemic and flu season poses a serious health risk.  Not only would it be dangerous to