It’s hard to believe that we’re over half way through September and the dreaded cold and flu season is around the corner. Piedmont Family Practice wants you to know the facts as presented by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the 2019-2020 flu season. According to the CDC, “There are many different …
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CDC Announces Shortage that Affects TB Testing
Patients of Piedmont Family Practice. We wanted to make you aware that there is a PPD Shortage as presented by the CDC (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00420.asp) What is PPD? APLISOL® is one of two purified-protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin antigens that are licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in performing tuberculin skin tests …
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Talking about Nation’s Top Health Issues
What is Good Health? Health can be defined as physical, mental and social well-being; the absence of disease and the ability to recover from illness. Good health also includes genetics, your environment, relationships and education. Other factors that can enhance a person’s health are; healthful diet, exercise, and wellness visits and screening. If you’re not …
Summer Safety & Physicals
All of the providers at Piedmont Family Practice want to make sure you’re reminded of Summer Fun Safety. Also, a reminder to schedule Child Wellness Visits and Sports Physicals as soon as possible to beat the back to school rush. Summer Safety Tips: If you’ve been bitten by a tick and develops symptoms (bulls eye …