Prevention
Get your flu shot today!
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“The worst in nearly a decade.” “The worst in over a decade” is how the 2017-2018 flu season was described by The New York Times. The CDC classified the 2017-2018 flu season as “high severity,” accounting for drastic levels of hospitalizations due to multiple factors. The flu impacted all age groups as severely as one…
Take care of yourself this fall and winter.
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The leaves are turning, the days are becoming shorter, and the weather is getting crisper. There are many things to love and enjoy with the changing seasons, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, but getting sick is not one of them. Many factors play a heavy role in the increased susceptibility and spread of viruses during…
Eat this, Not that
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So easy for all of us to get started with our New Years’ goals and begin to lose steam about a month in, but there’s no time for that! I wanted to create an easy to follow “Eat this not that” guide that you can use to develop some new meal/snack ideas or to use…
Vitamin D — Supplement of The Week
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Supplement of The Week Vitamin D Essential for proper bone strength and healing, immune function, and improved arterial function. Our Vitamin D supplement contains 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 as Cholecalciferol and 200 mcg of vitamin K as Phytonadione (included to prevent calcification of the arteries). Are you getting enough Vitamin D? Most likely…
Concerns & Questions About Vaccines
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At River Bend Medical Associates, we believe in preventative medicine. Preventative medicine is the understanding that many serious diseases can be avoided entirely if their causes are addressed long in advance. Preventative medicine typically includes tools in order to attack problems from multiple angles: recommending lifestyle choices, encouraging annual physicals, scheduling screenings for certain diseases…
Healthy Life
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Our Healthy Life program is designed for people: with weight maintenance or small weight loss goals highly recommended for clients who achieved their weight loss goals as part of our Healthy Weight program with nutritional concerns vitamin and mineral deficiencies constipation diarrhea GERD or heart burn food allergies/intolerances gastric bypass planning or management wanting to improve and…
Senate Bill 277 Frequently Asked Questions
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See these questions and answers in Spanish These FAQs were last updated on 5/25/2016 (this included edits to question 19). This content is considered current until any future update is made. Immunization Requirements for 2015 1. In 2015 and future years, which vaccines are required to enter child care or school in California? For child…
Why should I use the River Bend Patient Portal?
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Our Patient Portal is one of the best services we offer our patients, and we would really like to motivate more of our patients to use this program. Here are a few reasons why you should consider using the Patient Portal: No need to use the phone! One of our most common patient complaints is…
