Archive for January 2017

This week (January 15-22, 2017) is designated as Healthy Weight Week.  This health campaign is designed to draw attention away from unhealthy crash diets and crazy weight loss fads which are ever so popular around the first of the year and shift the focus towards the goal of being healthy and maintaining a healthy weight and a…

Lincoln Health System is pleased to welcome obstetrician/gynecologist Christy Pettes, M.D. to Generations Ob/Gyn, an affiliate of Lincoln Health System, where she joins Board Certified Ob/Gyn Emily Evitt, M.D. and Certified Nurse Midwives Katrina Dial, Sherri Franklin, and Alysha Walker. Raised in the small community of Delina just outside of Fayetteville, Dr. Pettes has roots…

As we age, parts of life may become more difficult and one spouse may lean on the other for day to day care and assistance.  Being able to care for your spouse at home is wonderful, but what happens if the primary caregiver becomes sick, needs surgery, or requires a short stay in the hospital?…