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COVID-19 vaccine booster shots available through Allen County Public Health

Posted by Paula Scott on October 24, 2021 - 5:47pm

Allen County Public Health now has all vaccine boosters available at their vaccine clinics. The FDA and CDC have authorized a single booster dose for the three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States–Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson–to strengthen protection against serious outcomes from COVID-19. Individuals are now able to get a booster of either vaccine regardless of which brand was used for their primary series of shots. Eligibility is as follows:

If you received a Pfizer or Moderna series you can get a booster 6 months after your primary series if you are:

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Weekend Doctor: Gross Motor Skills in Children

By Lisa Stewart, Physical Therapist, Julie A. Cole Rehab and Sports Medicine Clinic
Posted by Paula Scott on October 23, 2021 - 6:18am

Does your child lack typical skills for their age? Are they not keeping up with their peers? Gross motor delay is a broad term that describes a child who performs developmental skills later than usual. This could be crawling, standing, walking or even jumping. It could also be poor ball skills, poor running form or clumsy gait.

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BVHS Names Renee Smith, MD as New Chief Medical Officer

Posted by Paula Scott on October 19, 2021 - 7:36pm

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has announced that Renee Smith, MD will become its new chief medical officer (CMO).

Dr. Smith comes to BVHS from Aspirus Network, Inc. (ANI), a clinically integrated provider network in Wausau, Wisconsin with more than 1,100 physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other providers with 110 practices. Most recently, she served ANI in the capacity of executive director (since 2016) and as medical branch director–emergency operations center (since 2020).

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Weekend Doctor: Infant torticollis

By Lisa Stewart, Physical Therapist, Julie A. Cole Rehab and Sports Medicine Clinic
Posted by Paula Scott on October 16, 2021 - 6:00am

Is your infant only looking to one side? Do they constantly tilt their head to one direction? Torticollis is a condition where the muscles on the side of your child's neck are tight, which prevents them from turning their head to both sides equally, or they tilt their head to one side more than the other. There are two types of torticollis. The first being congenital torticollis, which means present at birth. The second is called acquired torticollis, which means it occurred later in infancy or even childhood. 

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Have Fun Storming the Castle!

Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Paula Scott on October 15, 2021 - 7:23am

You may remember one of the lines from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride. The movie debuted on October 9 of that year. The 98-minute movie won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, as well as being named in the top 100 greatest love stories by the American Film Institute.

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Weekend Doctor: Physical and mental costs of war

By James H. Legge III, MSN, APRN-CNP, PMHNP
Posted by Paula Scott on October 9, 2021 - 6:00am

The sands of time include many pivotal dates: On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the formal surrender of Imperial Japan; in late July of 1953, the Korean War comes to an end, with the 38th parallel becoming the dividing line between North and South Korea; nearly 20 years later, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks roll through the gates of the Presidential palace in Saigon. More recently, August 15, 2021, is now remembered as the day Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

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