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A collection of articles that our own doctors have written about various health-related health topics. Let us know if you have any questions or would like to suggest a future article topic.

General Holiday Safety Tips for a Healthy, Jolly Christmas

COVID-19 may be health and safety concern number one in 2020, but it isn’t the only hazard you need to look out for this holiday season. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2019, 17,500 people landed in the emergency room due to holiday decorating accidents, with an average of about 200 injuries per day. A … [Read more...] about General Holiday Safety Tips for a Healthy, Jolly Christmas

Planning a COVID-Safe Holiday Season

With the coronavirus still a concern, there are a few hazards to keep your eye on and questions to ask yourself so you enjoy your holidays.  2020 presents unique challenges to the traditional holiday gathering, with COVID-19 continuing to loom as an omnipresent threat. Many families are having to make adjustments to ensure they … [Read more...] about Planning a COVID-Safe Holiday Season

A Guide to Managing Your Autumn Allergies

Keep your hay fever, sneezing, and wheezing to a minimum so you can enjoy the beautiful cool weather with your family. In the Baytown and Greater Houston areas, fall allergies are as much of an inevitability as humidity and mosquitoes are in the summer. The air may begin to chill, but that doesn’t stop the local flora from releasing … [Read more...] about A Guide to Managing Your Autumn Allergies

Back to School: Prevent the Spread Germs and Viruses

As classrooms open for in-person lessons, parents, teachers, staff, and students should know all the precautions to take to keep schools healthy and safe. With the start of a new school year, Goose Creek ISD, Dayton ISD, Barbers Hill ISD, and Crosby ISD are taking numerous steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including mask … [Read more...] about Back to School: Prevent the Spread Germs and Viruses

How to Maintain Your Mental Health During COVID-19

Keeping Your Mind Healthy and Your Spirits High During the Pandemic With good reason, our country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic has been focused on ensuring everyone’s physical health. Stay-at-home orders, non-essential business closures, regular hand washing, and wearing face masks and other protective equipment in … [Read more...] about How to Maintain Your Mental Health During COVID-19

How Families Can Adjust During the COVID-19 Outbreak

In addition to the COVID-19 outbreak’s effect on public health, people are very quickly realizing that it will also impact how we live our day to day lives. We spend so much time with others at work, school, church, classes, and entertainment activities–such as concerts or sporting events–that life is certain to change due to the need for … [Read more...] about How Families Can Adjust During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Why it’s Important to Self Quarantine During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic

Many people in our community are returning from spring break; COVID-19 has latent symptoms, so it’s tough to get an accurate read on who might be carrying it. Testing is also limited in the United States, so the actual number of carriers is likely higher than reported; COVID-19 spreads through respiratory droplets, tiny particles that we … [Read more...] about Why it’s Important to Self Quarantine During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic

Coronavirus: Keep Your Family Safe

Sometime in late December 2019, a novel disease strain in the coronavirus family appeared in the city of Wuhan in mainland China. Dubbed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 for short), it has quickly spread across the globe, triggering an international public health emergency. More than 90,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide as of … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Keep Your Family Safe

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