Prediabetes: Fear of Finding Out
Don’t Let FOFO (Fear of Finding Out) Keep You From Better Health! “There’s a phrase that I use when I talk about why people don’t want to find out if they have prediabetes,” says [...]
Are you ready for a breath of fresh air?
Montana Quit Line is celebrating 17 years! In that time, over 100,000 people have called the Montana Quit Line to get help with their dependence on tobacco products. This essential resource for Montanans helps [...]
Caring For Your Mental Health During a Pandemic
How do I stay healthy, when stress and anxiety are overwhelming? I’m tired of the pandemic, how do I take a mental break? How can I stay informed, but take care of myself? This [...]
Celebrating and Supporting Veterans in Gallatin County
What resources are available to me as a Gallatin County veteran? As a service member, how can I make sure my family is healthy and well? Can I safely honor our vets during the [...]
7 tips on asking for help with your new baby
I’ve always believed the old mantra — it takes a village to raise a child. I spent all of my foundational years in the same house, in the same town, surrounded by familiar faces. [...]
Health in the LGBTQ Community
“And that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.” Audre Lorde […]
Awareness matters! Vaccinating for HPV can prevent cervical cancer.
There’s good news on the healthcare front—over the past 40 years rates of cervical cancer have dropped dramatically due to widespread access to regular cervical screenings (pap tests). The other good news comes in [...]
Celebrate National Reading AND Women’s History Month With These Great Reads
It's National Reading Month and Women's History Month! If you are interested in public health, consider checking out some of these books - all written by awesome ladies. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson Silent Spring [...]
Cancer and Me
By Pauline Sager How did it start? It was in the late 1990’s. I had always been good at going for my annual PAP test with my doctor, an internist. But this time, she [...]
Help “Someone You Love” Prevent Cancer
Each year, about 17,000 women and 9,000 men are affected by Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In fact, 80% of people under the age of 50 will contract the virus at some point in their life. Though [...]