World Cancer Day
According to the World Cancer Day, maintaining a healthy weight, staying physically active and eating a healthy diet all play a vital role in cancer prevention. There are several other risk factors we can avoid in our day to day, one being smoking. Tobacco use is the...
Do You Have a Sedentary Lifestyle?
Has sitting become the new smoking? With a quarter of Americans sitting for over eight hours a day, the negative health effects associated with a sedentary lifestyle have become a concern. A study published by JAMA concluded that 40% of Americans get no exercise...
Quit Smoking
Want to Quit Smoking? According to the 2018 County Health Rankings, Madison County has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 16%, the seventh highest value of any county in Idaho. Come join us for our FREE Smoking Cessation Classes with Tate Swensen. Tate is a contracted...
New Year Baby
New Year Baby 2019 New Year Baby Video Madison Memorial Hospital delivers over 1500 babies each year. At the beginning of each year, the hospital gears up for that one special baby that will issue in the New Year. Madison Memorial Hospital welcomed their first...
Maintaining Mental Health during the Holidays
Feeling saddened by all the good cheer? According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this happens to approximately one in four individuals. Dreading the holidays doesn’t make you a Scrooge; it makes you human. For those already challenged with physical or mental...
Live Great and Prevent Diabetes
Prediabetes is a serious medical condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Approximately 1 out of 3 American adults have prediabetes. Of those with prediabetes, 90% don’t know they...