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As our children head back to school ... do you know?????
What Is an Energy Drink?
• A beverage that typically contains large amounts of caffeine, added sugars, other additives, and legal stimulants such as guarana, taurine, and L-carnitine. These legal stimulants can increase alertness, attention, energy, as well as increase blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.
• These drinks are often used by students to provide an extra boost in energy. However, the stimulants in these drinks can have a harmful effect on the nervous system

As many as 11.6% of secondary schools in some districts sell energy drinks in vending machines, school stores, and snack bars.
Nationwide, 75% of school districts do not have a policy in place regarding these types of beverages that contain high levels of caffeine for sale in high school vending machines, schools stores, or a la carte in the cafeteria.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents do not consume energy drinks, yet between 30–50% reported consuming energy drinks.

The National Federation of State High School Associations recommends that young athletes should not use energy drinks for hydration, and information about the potential risk should be widely distributed to young athletes.

What Can You Do?
• Parents can be aware of the dangers and educate their children; in 2011, 1,499 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years went to the emergency room for an energy drink related emergency.
• Teachers and other school staff can educate students about the danger of consuming too much caffeine, including energy drinks.
• Coaches can educate athletes about the difference between energy drinks and sports drinks and potential dangers of consuming highly caffeinated beverages.
• School nutrition staff can provide only healthy beverages such as fat-free/low-fat milk, water, and 100% juice if extra items (i.e., a la carte items) are sold in the cafeteria.

Source: Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), typically, flu season begins in the fall. Flu activity usually peaks between December and February and significant activity can continue into May. It’s important to get your annual flu vaccination in early fall (July and August are too early for our area) because it’s best to be vaccinated before the flu begins spreading in your community.
Of course, flu vaccine is not the only precaution to avoid the flu;
1. always wash hands frequently, preferably with soap and water or an approved hand sanitizer
2. cough and sneezes into your elbow or cover with a tissue that you then discard
3. AND, If you are sick with flu, stay home from work or school until you have been fever free for at least 24 hours
Patient Centered Care will be having flu clinics beginning October 1st. Stay tune for more information or call the office with questions. 910-799-6262

Please consider helping with items for the kids! order from AMAZON and have delivered to our address or we can come pick up or come by with a gift card and Foster Pantry will shop for you! Thank you so much!!!
Patient Centered Care
5917 Oleander Dr Suite 202 Tuesday, Thursday & Fridays
3875 US17 Business E Bolivia 28422 Monday & Wednesdays

Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in May in the United States since 1949. Mental health awareness is an effort to reduce the stigma around mental illness and mental health conditions by sharing. Because of misconceptions about mental health and mental fitness, people often suffer in silence and their conditions go untreated. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.
Tips for improving your mental wellbeing
(1) Try to relax and reduce stress.
(2) Find ways to learn and be creative.
(3) Spend time in nature.
(4) Connect with others.
(5) Look after your physical health.
(6) Try to improve your sleep.
If you need help, call your Provider. In life-threatening situations, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. If you are suicidal or in emotional distress, consider using the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988 or chat online to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

Sometimes you can’t help but question in life why do we even bother… then a patient leaves a review and reminds us why!

Colore**al cancer is the SECOND DEADLIEST cancer in the United States. Yet it's one of the few cancers that's preventable thanks to screening.

Here are two reasons why getting checked matters:
(1) Screening can find the warning signs of colon and re**al cancer, allowing action to prevent the disease.
(2) Screening can find colore**al cancer early, when treatment is most effective.

If you are 45 years old or older - have you been screened?
Call your provider today to schedule a Cologuard or Colonoscopy.

Cervical Health Awareness Month
More than 11,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. The good news: vaccination (Gardasil) and regular screening can prevent the disease. The HPV test and the Pap test can help prevent cervical cancer or find it early.
The HPV test looks for the virus (human papillomavirus) that can cause cell changes on the cervix.
The Pap test (or Pap smear) looks for precancers, cell changes on the cervix that might become cervical cancer if they are not treated appropriately.
You should start getting Pap tests at age 21. I you are age 65 or older, you may not need to be screened anymore if— (1) you have had at least three Pap tests or two HPV tests in the past 10 years, and the test results were normal or negative, and (2) you have not had a cervical precancer in the past, or (3) you have had your cervix removed as part of a total hysterectomy for non-cancerous conditions, like fibroids.

What is the origin of the New Year celebration?
New Year festival | Definition, History, Traditions, & Facts ...
The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 bc in Mesopotamia (now modern-day Iraq), the new year (Akitu) began with the new moon after the spring equinox (mid-March) and in Assyria with the new moon nearest the autumn equinox (mid-September). and failures.
In modern society, New Year's Day is when people remember their past years, achievements and failures. People often also look forward to the new year to come, setting resolutions to work towardPeople often also look forward to the new year to come, setting resolutions to work towards personal development. A new year is seen as the start of a new beginning.

Hope all had a happy holiday & have a safe new year! From the PCC staff 🎄

The staff of Patient Centered Care want to take a moment to thank you for choosing our practice. Your trust in our care means a great deal, and we're appreciative. Wishing joy to your world and peace to your heart this Christmas and in the upcoming year. See you in 2024🎄

She was late send a picture put … yay to Juliana.

Way to go Hannah!!!!

Way to go Taylor!!!!

UNCW CLASS OF 2023! RN’s

Little holiday fun at Airlie Lights with the staff.

Group shot!!

It’s like Christmas morning for Juliana it’s the first and last day of December she’s worked so the PCC Elf left all her gifts at once 🎄😍

Did you know....
Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah or Chanukkah) is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights and usually occurs in December. It is also known as the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah celebrates a military victory of the Jews over foreign rulers.
- Hanukkah lasts for eight nights to commemorate how long the holy light burned. .
- A menorah is lit each night of the holiday.
- The word 'Hanukkah' means 'dedication'
- The dreidel is based on a German gambling game.
- Dreidel, latkes, menorahs are symbols of Hanukkah
Dreidel: It's a gambling game where, after you ante up, the letter that comes up when you spin the top tells you what to do: take the whole pot, take half the pot, do nothing, or ante up again.
Latkes: Are a type of potato pancake or fritter in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah.
Menorah: The seven lamps represent the branches of human knowledge, symbolically guided by, the light of God represented by the central lamp. The menorah also symbolizes the creation in seven days, with the center light representing the Sabbath.

Hannah & Juliana’s last official day with PCC Taylor’s hanging out an extra week. Come December 15th they are college graduates and ready to fly the coup as RN’s.

If you don’t know about the Foster Pantry look it up, they do amazing things for the kids and families in this community! Love getting to do our part in bring joy to people’s holiday season! That’s what it’s about—- giving not receiving 🎄💚

It’s the season for Santa’s Elf to visit the staff 🎄

Fun facts about Thanksgiving -
1. Female turkeys do NOT gobble. Only male turkeys do that Thanks for that one, NBC News.
2. Campbell’s Soup created the green bean casserole. According to their website, Campbell Soup Company employee, Dorcas Reilly was the one who created the fan favorite and did so using their mushroom soup in the Camden, New Jersey headquarters in 1955. “She was one of the first full-time members of Campbell’s Home Economics department—now known as the Campbell Test Kitchen.” Today, over $20 million worth of cream of mushroom soup is sold.
3. Thanksgiving was almost a fast, not a feast! Early settlers gave thanks by praying and abstaining from food. It was the Wampanoag Indians who helped turn the fast into the feast.
4. Turkey was not on the first Thanksgiving menu! Deer or venison, ducks, lobster and fish were.
5. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863
6. The first Turkey Trot dates back to the 1890s.
7. Cranberry sauce is canned upside down

It seems Thanksgiving is the most important of American holidays, more than even Christmas or the Fourth of July. Thanksgiving is a time when American families come together, express their gratitude for one another, and feel close to one another more than at any other time.

Thanksgiving blessings to all. We are thankful at Thanksgiving and everyday for the community support of Patient Centered Care!