Promoting Good Behavior
Find out why we are helping Billings and Eastern Montana teachers learn a game that promotes good classroom behavior and helps young children grow into more resilient adults.
Take Steps to Avoid Flu
Last flu season was severe among all age groups according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are some things you can do to protect yourself and others.
Tips on Choosing a Daycare Provider
This column suggests doing your homework if you’re searching for a daycare provider and suggests questions to ask a prospective provider.
Sexual Health Critical to Overall Health
Since many people don’t show symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection, screening is an important part of preventative healthcare.
Prepare Your Finances to Weather Disaster
Gathering together financial, insurance, and medical records before a disaster can ease the stress during recovery efforts after a natural or man-made disaster. Collecting and securing those critical records may preserve the necessary documentation to start the recovery process without delay.
Mayor’s Challenge Seeks To Prevent Suicide Among Veterans
Claire Oakley, Director of Health Promotion at RiverStone Health, is the Billings team lead for the Mayor’s Challenge, a broad community effort to prevent suicide among veterans, service members and their families.
Effective Treatment for Hepatitis C
In the early 1990s, the first treatments for hepatitis C, a liver infection, were only 6 percent effective and often had harsh side effects. Today’s treatments are up to 95 percent effective and cause few side effects, as one of physicians in the Montana Family Medicine Residency points out.
Education + Healthcare = Success
Research indicates school-based clinics can improve achievement. RiverStone Health operates clinics at Orchard Elementary and Medicine Crow Middle School that are open to all Billings Public School students & their families.
Add Proper Hand Washing to your Fair Visit
Whether you’re riding the rides, visiting the animals or eating unique treats at the fair, adding proper hand washing to your plans can keep you healthy.
Health Centers Save Lives & Serve Communities
Health centers, like RiverStone Health Clinic, are on the front lines dealing with complex health conditions like the opioid crisis and obesity in low-income neighborhoods. By managing chronic conditions in a way that improves health and reduces unnecessary hospital visits, health center across the country save the nation’s health care system an estimated 24 billion dollars a year.
