by Maggie Akridge, MS, CCLS | Apr 1, 2020 | Child & Family Health
Are you a parent or caregiver wondering if you should talk to your children about COVID-19? Well, the answer is an emphatic “yes!” With school and business closures happening on a large scale, as well as some reopenings, it’s not hard for children to notice that...
by erlangerhealth | Mar 24, 2020 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Women's Health
When you hear the word “self-care,” do massages and manicures come to mind? You aren’t alone. Self-care is often in the news these days, but there are a lot of misconceptions about what it is. So, what is it? Basically, self-care is anything you do to take care of...
by erlangerhealth | Mar 17, 2020 | Stay Well
Because COVID-19 is a newly identified illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still learning how it spreads, the severity of the illness it causes, and to what extent it may spread in the United States. In communities where cases of the virus...
by erlangerhealth | Mar 6, 2020 | Child & Family Health, Stay Well
You know the importance of washing your hands, but how can you get the message across to your kids? Handwashing is vitally important. Each day, we come in contact with thousands of germs. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than...
by erlangerhealth | Feb 25, 2020 | Child & Family Health, Stay Well
If you have kids, you’ve probably dealt with bedwetting at least a time or two over the years. It’s extremely common for young kids in particular to wet the bed at least occasionally. So, when does it become a problem? Wetting the bed is often seen as a part of...