November 20, 2024, Press Release from Mercer Health: Mercer Health will be offering Preventative Healthcare 101, a free community education series developed to empower the community to live a healthier life. The first session will be held on Tuesday, December 10, at 6:00pm at Mercer County Community Hospital, 800 W. Main St., Coldwater, and will feature Dr. Wilfred Ellis and Michelle Ashman, CNP, with Mercer Health’s Disease Management Center. They will provide tips on how to prevent infectious diseases and lower extremity complications from conditions such as diabetes and chronic wounds.

LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The Lima Rotary Club heard an update on the fight against polio. 

Doctors urging parents to get their children the recommended vaccination to prevent the possible spread of preventable diseases.  

A poll from the University of Michigan finds that more than half of older adults have cut back on everyday expenses in the last year, and nearly 1/5 said they have had trouble in the past year paying for health-related costs. Older adults who said they’re in fair or poor physical or mental health were around twice as likely to say they have slashed their health-related spending. The physician who leads the national poll on healthy aging team says the findings are concerning for the wellbeing of older adults.

COLUMBUS, OH (WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER) - As STIs become an increasingly serious public health threat, a new survey reveals many people are misinformed about their risks. Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are on the rise in the U.S., and unfortunately, a new survey finds an alarming number of Americans have dangerous misconceptions about how STIs are spread and who is at risk. Barb Consiglio has more on what you need to know to take charge of your sexual health.