Your Health

Health Awareness

January

Thyroid Awareness Month

February

Heart Failure Awareness Month

March

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

April

Oral Cancer Awareness Month

May

Mental Health Awareness Month
Dermatology Awareness Month

June

Migraine and Headache Awareness Month

July

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

August

Immunization Awareness Month

September

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

October

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

November

Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Diabetes Awareness Month

December

HIV Aids Awareness Month

Health Awareness Months, Your Health

This October, White Hall Family Medicine Associates is proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer in women after skin cancer. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point.

The good news is that most women can survive breast cancer if it’s found and treated early.

If you are a woman age 40 to 49, talk with your doctor about when to start getting mammograms and how often to get them.
If you are a woman age 50 to 74, be sure to get a mammogram every 2 years. You may also choose to get them more often.

Talk to a doctor about your risk for breast cancer, especially if a close family member of yours had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.

More Resources

American Cancer Society

Department of Health and Human Services

Susan G. Komen

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Your Health Breast Cancer, cancer, resources

Healthy Resources for Diabetes

American Diabetes Association – We’re glad you’re here to learn about how you can improve your health. You can lower your risk for type 2 diabetes with some simple steps.

The resources on this page can help you learn how.

Your Health Diabetes

Decision Aid for Lung Cancer Screening

Deciding whether or not to go through lung cancer screening is not easy. Here is up-to-date information provided by doctors from the American Thoracic Society to help you make an informed choice. Pamplet

Your Guide to Medicare's Preventive Services

Now's the time to get the most out of your Medicare. The best way to stay healthy is to live a healthy lifestyle. You can live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease by exercising, eating well, keeping a healthy weight, and not smoking.

Medicare can help. Medicare pays for many preventive services to keep you healthy.

Learn more

Exercising Resources

Do you want to exercise, but don't know where to go, what it costs, and what is offered. Here are some options to check out.

White Hall Community Center

Free!!! Get your walking shoes on and go to the track anytime it is not being used for school functions.

White Hall Community Center

Membership is $20 per year and is open to residents who live within the White Hall School District. Their facilities feature walking track, two elliptical machines, teeter machine, air hockey, ping-pong, and foosball. Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday. Contact number is 870-247-6964.

White Hall Fitness Center

Free with certain insurance plans. Center is open 24 hours each day. Contact number is 870-247-4949.

JRMC Wellness Center

Fitness classes, free weights, Les Mills group fitness classes, as well as my other offerings. Membership fees range from $48 to $73 ($25 for JRMC employees) and no joining fee. They have two locations: 1301 W. 40th, Pine Bluff, and 1600 W. Holland, White Hall. Visit their website for more information.