Healthy Mama

If you hear the distinctive sound of helicopter blades overhead, look up because you might catch a glimpse of Mercy Hospital’s new helicopter which made its debut last month. The helicopter is named “Spirit of […]

Spring is in the air and that means swimsuit weather isn’t far behind. And that means we can’t help but think about slimming down or toning up. The mamas who read Motherlode offered some great […]

Have you ever received a Body Mass Index Test Report from your kid’s school? These BMI reports are supposed to let parents know if their kids are a healthy weight, overweight, underweight or even obese. […]

We’re nearly at the end of Heart Month, so we’re wrapping things up with a topic that may sound like it’s heart-related but it’s actually more of a common stomach problem — heartburn. So many […]

Sometimes It’s heart month, so we’re focused on heart health in today’s Doc Talk. We’ve all heard about heart attacks and know at least one person who has had one. But do you know exactly […]

Sometimes we mamas worry about the wrong things. We worry about crazy accidents or abductions or natural disasters. But we forget that, statistically speaking, it’s the subtle, quiet things that threaten us most — like […]

It’s winter, and that means more kids are bundling up in hats and scarves and it also means that it’s more likely that one of your kids might come home with a dreaded case of… […]

By Haley Vo, Mercy physician and mama of 3 Just like most everyone else, I was thrilled to learn that Prince William and Kate Middleton were expecting their first child. Thrilled!  When People Magazine arrived […]