The Great Health Benefits of the Great Outdoors

The Great Health Benefits of the Great Outdoors

by Susannah Wollman The freezing days of winter are gone and for South Texas, spring is in the air! Recent research has shown what we all instinctively know— time outdoors is healthy!  Here’s how to get healthy in the Great Outdoors in your area. Take a deep breath!...
Achoo! What Is Causing Your Child’s Symptoms?

Achoo! What Is Causing Your Child’s Symptoms?

by Susannah Wollman Now that the winter is coming to an end, suddenly your child is sneezing, coughing, has a stuffy head, fever, body aches… what is causing all those symptoms? Don’t let the symptoms fool you The list of respiratory symptoms in children is long and...
Face Mask Do’s and Dont’s

Face Mask Do’s and Dont’s

by Susannah Wollman Why wear a mask? Everybody agrees: masks are uncomfortable and hard to breathe and talk through. So why are we being told to wear them? Do they really help? According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is thought that...
Is it a cold or the flu? Know when to see the doctor.

Is it a cold or the flu? Know when to see the doctor.

By Susannah Wollman “I hurt all over. My stomach’s upset and I have a headache. I must have the flu.” But do you really? Every year the flu takes on new characteristics, but those new traits are actually more about the variant rather than symptoms. The influenza virus...