General Health

by Dr. Janet Matuszek

Well, a new virus is among us. This one is called the Zika Virus and it is transmitted by a certain type of mosquito. If you are infected, the most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes). Headaches and muscle pain are also symptoms you could have. A rarer disorder is Guillain-Barre’ (which is a rare neurological condition where your body attacks your nervous system. You start feeling weakness and tingling in your ...

by Dr. Kelly Ott

Researchers estimate that nearly one-third of cases of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, are diagnosed in women during their childbearing years. Since many women now are delaying pregnancy until their 30s or 40s, coupled with the fact that melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25-29 years old, more women could be faced with developing melanoma before or during pregnancy.

Per the Mayo Clinic, the definition of melanoma, the ...

by Angie Warner WHNP

While we at WCS are happy to support women involved in an active lifestyle and encourage daily exercise, we are no fools to believe that every female we see at school, walking in the stores and at hanging out at the bus stops in their yoga pants are on their way to or from the gym.  In fact yoga pants and leggings have become such a staple in women’s fashion that they have coined a new category ...

As children it seemed as if every time you went to the doctor you were getting a shot.  It’s no wonder that as adults we tend to slack off on preventative care.  Unfortunately our “slacking- off” is affecting the health of our newborn babies.  The Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine (T-dap) is one of the vaccines that adults haven’t been keeping up-to-date on.  We all know that if we step on a rusty nail or get a deep ...