Healthy Mama

By Shannon Magsam As soon as I got in the room with the boob-squashing machine, the delay tactics began. Along with that cute little gown that was really the size of a dickie (so I […]

Guest post by Vikki Spencer I have to confess that I love the New Year and everything that goes along with it – the new daytimer(s), family calendar, and the urge to change something! The […]

We had so many questions for Dr. Fomin, we had to stretch them out over two days. Here are his answers to our most pressing sleep questions: There are several different reasons that might prompt […]

Dr. Dimitry Fomin specializes in neurology and sleep medicine at Mercy Health System’s Sleep Disorders Center. We narrowed down the most frequently-asked-questions about sleep issues and Dr. Fomin agreed to answer them here for us. […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Families Fighting Flu organization have designated today as Children’s Flu Vaccination Day. The designation helps emphasize the need to vaccinate children ages 6 months to 18 years of age […]

Friday Willa Lyon’s story began with just another run-of-the-mill ear infection. Her daughter Brittany, 15-months-old at the time, was home on a Friday with a sitter while she was at the hospital, working as a […]

By Shannon Magsam Editor’s note: So many women were rooting for Fayetteville mom Gail Halleck during a recent nwaMotherlode giveaway that we couldn’t help but wonder about the back story on this obviously remarkable woman. […]

By Shannon Magsam Since this is the last week of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to share life-saving information with you from Donna Johnson, a surgeon with Mercy Health System’s Surgical Center and […]