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Florence Nightingale, the pioneer who laid the foundation of professional nursing, was born on May 12th, 1820 and since 1965, annually on May 12th, the world celebrates the contributions nurses make to society.

PCAA celebrates National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week!

The theme for the 26th annual Alcohol Awareness month, founded by NCADD, is Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking. Read this month's blog to learn more about alcohol use and how it affects individuals, families and communities.

March is National Brain Injury Awareness month.

March is national nutrition month. It is a month to focus on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. After the hustle and bustle of the holidays is long gone, it is time to start looking at our eating patterns and begin to make simple improvements that over time, can significantly impact out health.

February 26th through March 3rd is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.

The word is out. Most people are familiar with the fact that heart disease is the number one killer in America today. This is true for both men and women. We are talking about 950,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. Every year 150,000 of these deaths are in people under the age of 65. Have your attention? Good! Let's talk about what we can do to prevent YOU from becoming a statistic.

Sleep may come naturally for most of us, but it may not be as easy as it sounds.

Along with ringing in the new year comes the seasonal outbreaks of coughs and colds. Although many of these illnesses are viral nuisances treatable with home remedies, it is a good idea to increase your awareness of the pertussis (whooping cough) problem which hasn't gone away.