April 2020 - Elite Care Family Medicine

COVID-19 is the biggest pandemic to hit our country and our world in our lifetime. It has sickened thousands of Americans and over a million worldwide and lead to the shutdown of schools, government offices and facilities, and all nonessential businesses in much of the US. To date, it has taken around 60,000 lives around the globe.  For most people, the coronavirus will consist of mild symptoms that last around 7 days. But others, especially the elderly and...

We are experiencing a pandemic the likes of which none of us have ever been through and it’s causing us to take pause before carrying on with events we once never thought twice about. Among those events? Visiting your medical provider for concerns or sickness not related to coronavirus. Many of us are afraid to darken a medical clinic’s doors during the pandemic, especially clinics that also serve as testing facilities. Others simply don’t know if their condition or...

Our governor gave the official order beginning April 3rd to “shelter in place” but most Mississippians and the rest of the country have been practicing some degree of sheltering in place and social distancing for weeks now, as more and more businesses temporarily close their doors or transition to working remotely in an effort to help “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic.  These mandates are in place to keep us safe, healthy, and...

Telehealth was first developed in part by NASA over half a century ago to help monitor the health status of astronauts. Since its inaugural roots first broke out 50 years ago, telehealth has slowly gained momentum until the last decade or so, when its momentum practically exploded thanks to groundbreaking developments in telecommunications. In today’s COVID-19 era, telehealth has become the secret weapon for medical providers everywhere to keep providing healthcare to...

April is Global Child Nutrition Month. This month is designated to bring awareness of childhood malnutrition. Malnutrition in children leads to stunted growth, wasting, and a much higher risk of developing serious noncommunicable diseases including heart attack, stroke, and cancer. It's the cause of 45% of deaths in children under the age of five.  Malnutrition is often thought of as only a second or third world problem and while it is more prevalent and leads...