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Top 10 Reasons To Be Vaccinated

Each year, thousands of children and adults experience medical conditions that are preventable thanks to modern vaccinations. At Summit Healthcare, we value your family’s health and well-being. Our outpatient clinics offer immunizations for patients of all ages, and here are the top ten reasons why your family should be vaccinated. #10: Immunizations Keep Your Children Healthy […]

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Is Your Vision at Risk?

Roughly 3 million Americans have glaucoma—and as many as half of them don’t realize their vision is at risk. THE TERM “GLAUCOMA” refers to a group of diseases that damage your eye’s optic nerve over time. A bundle of more than 1 million nerve fibers, the optic nerve is housed at the back of the eye and

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What a Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Can Do for You

What does it mean when “seeing the doctor” doesn’t involve seeing an actual doctor? THE LAST TIME you visited your primary care provider’s office, you may have seen someone with the credentials N.P. or P.A., rather than M.D. Chances are good, though, that you didn’t notice any difference in the level of care you received.

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Achoo! Hello, Spring!

Isn’t spring just the best time of year? Everyone is out starting their gardens, and nature awakens almost overnight. You can smell the vibrancy of new life in the air — that is, if you can stop sneezing. Allergies are a part of life. Luckily, you can take steps to alleviate the effects of pollen,

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Taking Early Action to Prevent Diabetes

Millions of American adults don’t know they’re at a higher risk for developing diabetes. YOU CAN’T FIGHT an enemy if you don’t know it exists. That’s often the case when it comes to prediabetes. The condition affects more than 84 million Americans but most don’t know it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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