How to keep kids safe and healthy during sports season As Spring begins, more sports teams will be starting practice. Athletics can have an incredibly positive impact on kids and young adults, not just physically, but emotionally and socially, as well. Joining a sports team also means learning about safety and how to participate without … Continue reading Kids Health for Sports Season
With the day-to-day stresses of life, it’s easy for many of us to forget our own health. Without realizing it, women often neglect themselves as they care for others. In honor of Women’s Health Week, we encourage you to take a moment to check-in with yourself. Here are a few tips and tricks to help … Continue reading Women’s Health Week: Put Yourself First
Planet Fitness is holding the “Teen Summer Challenge” that will allow 15- to 18-year-olds to work out for free from May 15 through September 1. The company will also offer classes all summer long specifically geared toward teens so they’ll be able to safely get into great shape. Signing up is easy. At their first … Continue reading Teen Summer Challenge
It is time for lawmakers to remove nonmedical exemptions from public school immunization requirements. We need to protect those among us who cannot be vaccinated: babies too young to be vaccinated, cancer survivors and those of us with compromised immune systems. This measles outbreak is striking fear into everyone. Pediatricians have been hearing it on … Continue reading My View: Time to remove immunization exemptions
Parents and caregivers of infants and children, who are concerned about potential exposure to the measles virus or symptoms of the measles virus, should contact Multnomah County directly at 503-988-3406. Clark County, Washington and Multnomah County has confirmed a number of measles cases since the beginning of the year; most are affecting children younger than … Continue reading Measles Outbreak UPDATE