The start of a new year is the ideal time to take control of your health. In a Billings Gazette Health Matters column, Dr. Landon Stevenson, a family physician at RiverStone Health Clinic, outlines recommended wellness
RiverStone Health Hospice bereavement specialist and chaplain Terri Steinbrink talks about the way grief affects us and ways to cope with it.
The holiday season can be stressful with unrealistic expectations, lack of time, financial pressure, gift giving and family gatherings. Karla Maslowski, a licensed addiction counselor at RiverStone Health Clinic and Healthcare for the Homeless, recommends reducing
By creating an advance healthcare directive, you gain control over decisions about your care, even if you later are unable to speak for yourself. In this Billings Gazette column, Mary Abrahams, community outreach coordinator for RiverStone
Using small plates, instead of large ones, or keeping food off the table to limit grazing before mealtime, can help you stay in track with healthy eating, says Lisa Linday, registered dietitian with RiverStone Health Live
If you or family members need health insurance for 2024, check out the affordable private plans offered through HealthCare.gov. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1. At HealthCare.gov, you also can find out if you or your family
Family Nurse Practitioner Katie Keith and Vicki Sulser, RN, offer tips the help parents determine when an ill student should stay home from school. If you suspect your child won’t be able to comfortably make it
Syphilis cases have quadrupled in Montana since 2021. So far this year, 153 Yellowstone County residents have been diagnosed with this serious infection, which can cause psychiatric disorders as well as loss of vision and hearing.
Halloween can be fun and healthy with holiday snacks that fuel young bodies without giving them a sugar buzz. Callie Miller, registered dietitian with RiverStone Health WIC offers super-easy recipes for Halloween treats featuring fruits and
A panel of six recounted the support they offer as hospice volunteers during a training for new volunteers. Ian Pickering recalled the first day he went to his volunteer assignment. He worried that he wasn’t ready
Montana has about twice the suicide rate as the national average, with 25 suicides for every 100,000 people. A team from Billings was chosen among the first eight teams to participate in the Mayor’s Challenge to
Rule #7, adopted by the RiverStone Board of Health, prohibits indoor use of e-cigarettes or other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in public spaces and limits smoking and vaping within 20 feet of the entryways, windows
Evidence shows that targeted case management is effective in helping high-risk infants and children get off to a better start in life, but those programs are threatened by cuts to state funding, which will trigger even
This Billings Gazette editorial lauds our new RiverStone Health Clinic and the public-private partnership that made it possible.
Check out the Community Open House for our new RiverStone Health Clinic on Wednesday, January 17, from 4-6 p.m. The new Clinic opens for patient care on the afternoon of Monday, January 22. Its design
Addiction, poor health, poverty, trauma, and unemployment can sometimes converge and lead to homelessness, as this Billings Gazette Opinion page points out.
Congress must act before the end of September to avoid a drastic lapse in funding for Community Health Centers like RiverStone Health and the 16 other CHCs in Montana and those in other states. The federal
