It’s that time of year again to start thinking about your vaccines going into the winter season. According to the CDC, peak “flu” season in the United States is from December – February, but it begins as early as October, and can extend as late as May. Now is a great time to get that annual flu…
Mille Lacs Health System is pleased to introduce Dr. Rebecca Muwanse who recently joined us as a family medicine provider. Dr. Muwanse is from East Africa. She’s Ugandan, but grew up in Kenya. Living in Kenya she witnessed many struggles in the community due to the lack of preventative medicine…
It’s important to encourage a healthy lifestyle with our youth through physical activity either in team sports or activities at home. However, with being more active, accidents can happen, and one of the more common “sports” related injuries is concussion. A concussion is a mild form of…
Mille Lacs Health System is happy to announce Sara Schewe, MS, CCC-SLP has recently joined our team as a Speech & Language Pathologist. Sara has a background as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). Through that role, she discovered her interest in Speech Therapy, particularly for the older…
September is Atrial Fibrillation Month. Atrial fibrillation, often called AFib, is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm. During…
