by Emily Miller | Dec 15, 2020 | Prime Meridian
A Look at Acupuncture Along with the latest in modern western medicine, Prime Meridian Healthcare offers a comprehensive list of complementary therapies that you can integrate into your care plan as non-invasive ways to promote healing and holistic health. Even if you...
by Emily Miller | Nov 24, 2020 | Prime Meridian, The Body
What is Blood Pressure? Blood Pressure When your heart beats, it pushes oxygen-carrying blood to the various tissues and organs throughout your body. This is essential for survival as it transports oxygen to areas where it’s needed. As your heart pumps blood, it...
by Emily Miller | Nov 24, 2020 | Prime Meridian
A Look at Hand Washing A Brief History… Unless you are a medical professional, you’ve probably never heard of Ignaz Semmelweis. Yet, his discovery may have saved more lives than any health discovery ever. In the mid-19th century, approximately 10% of childbirths...
by Emily Miller | Nov 24, 2020 | Prime Meridian
GET PREPARED FOR COLD AND FLU SEASON Impact of the Cold and Flu It’s that time of year: cold and flu season. According to the National Institutes of Health, each year Americans will get over a billion colds and 5%–20% (depending on the strain) will get the flu (1). As...
by Emily Miller | Nov 24, 2020 | Prime Meridian
KNOWING YOUR FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY Importance of Knowing Your Family Health History Modern medicine has made such advanced leaps in the past century that our greatest health concerns are lifestyle-related; we can, to a degree, manage risk by practicing specific...
by Emily Miller | Nov 17, 2020 | Prime Meridian
Acid Reflux and GERD Thanksgiving is marked by giving thanks for what we have and by eating, lots and lots of eating. You know the drill, after copious amounts of turkey and mashed potatoes, followed by a few servings of pumpkin pie, that inevitable burning sensation...
