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
It’s time for fall vaccines to protect us against expected winter viruses, says Brenda Koch, manager of the RiverStone Health Immunization Clinic. Our Clinic, 123 S. 27th St., offers all routinely recommended vaccines for adults and
Understanding the nuances of hep C, its transmission, and the potential consequences is vital to reducing the burden of this potentially fatal disease, says Debbie Brown, SWLC, ACLC, RiverStone Health manager for Health Provision. Free, walk-in
If you are about to begin your pregnancy journey and aren’t already taking a daily prenatal vitamin with extra folate, start taking one, says Dr. Marina Hansen, a family doctor at RiverStone Health Clinic. Schedule an
“What we need as humans is to spend our last days…living in as high a quality as possible, to spend our last days in dignity, in comfort and in peace,” said Richard Opper, director of the
In a ceremony that started with short speeches and ended with gold-colored shovels and an inter-tribal honor song, RiverStone Health broke ground on a new $11 million clinic.
Dr. Joy Welty, a third-year resident in our Montana Family Medicine Residency, talks about striking a work/life balance and what she’s learned from her patients.
John Felton, President and CEO of RiverStone Health, discusses the move toward comprehensive primary and preventive care to improve health.
Money was tight when Dr. Megan Littlefield, RiverStone Health’s Medical Director, was growing up in a single-parent family, but she learned to give back. Today she pays it forward by teaching doctors in the Montana Family
Claire Oakley, Director of Population Health Services at RiverStone Health, helped girls design an experiment on the effects of exercise as part of Girls-n-Science STEM Stars at Montana State University Billings. STEM Stars helps introduce youngsters
Gazette Opinion: “For all of us who call Yellowstone County home, this patient-centered public health clinic is an excellent investment in our community.” RiverStone Health is reaching out to private donors to complete the $11 million
Magic Magazine describes how family financial struggles and serving as a Big Sister at a Hispanic Community Center propelled Dr. Megan Littlefield, RiverStone Health’s Medical Director, into a career in healthcare and an advocate for providing
In lieu of a holiday office party, RiverStone Health employees shop and buy gifts for homeless youth, and patients and clients served by RiverStone Health. Employees come together for a massive wrapping party, filling a conference
