April 2019 - Elite Care Family Medicine

It’s springtime in Mississipi and though we may still experience another cold snap before summer, it’s safe to say that summertime insects are already planning their comeback. Though many insects are more annoying than harmful others like mosquitoes and ticks can be downright deadly. Luckily, with a few pre-emptive measures, you can help reduce the number of insects in and around your home. Check out our tips to learn how. Spring clean your home. Freeing your...

April 22-29, 2019 is Every Kid Healthy Week. The event was created to encourage schools to promote healthy eating, activities, and learning among students. During this time, schools across America will host field days and learning opportunities to teach children about the benefits of eating healthy and staying active and how those factors affect their learning abilities. We think this is a great event and hope to see every school in our area participate. Though this...

Today you can hardly walk into a pharmacy, big box store or even a gas station without noticing some type of CBD product displayed in attention-grabbing areas of the store. Likewise, it’s hardpressed to find a news program or publication that doesn’t discuss the CBD craze spreading across the nation at least once a week. But what exactly is CBD oil and is it safe? Read on to learn why you should talk with your medical provider before jumping aboard the CBD train....

STD stands for sexually transmitted disease and as the name indicates, an STD is an infection passed from one person to another during sexual contact. If you completed a health class during your high school years, you probably remember a fact or two about STDs and can list commonly known STDs such as gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV/AIDS. A common misconception surrounding STDs today is that they are not as common as they once were a decade or two ago, and...

In 1998, a British physician by the name of Andrew Wakefield publicly suggested a link between the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine and the onset of autism in children. He wrote papers arguing his claims that would be published in the Lancet journal and thus sparked an anti-vaccination movement that soon led to a new resurgence of measles outbreaks in the U.S. and around the modern world.  Eventually, those claims were investigated and debunked by other medical...