WELCOME TO OUR BLOG
The stories below provide an inside look at our physicians, staff and include numerous resources for our patients and the community.
Meet Dr. Austreim!
If you’ve been following us on Facebook (and you should be!), you know we’ve expanded our physician team at the South Sioux City clinic. Dr. Melissa Austreim, joined the practice in August and we couldn’t be happier!
5 Ways A Diabetes Lifestyle Is Good For Everyone — Even If You’re Not Diabetic
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a patient has a high blood sugar due to the body’s inability to regulate, produce, or respond to insulin—or all of the above. Diabetes is a serious disease that causes more deaths each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined, and it also increases the risk of several other diseases, like heart attacks and blindness.
5 Diagnostic Services Your Body Could Use
The Family Healthcare Imaging Center may be recently remodeled, but we have served Sioux City and its surrounding areas with state-of-the-art screening technology for years. When you need answers, we have the equipment, the expertise, and the compassion to make sure you are taken care of.
Why I’m Grateful for Family Health Care of Siouxland Imaging Center
Dear Reader,
I know Family Health Care of Siouxland’s blogs are typically full of important links and information to help you live your best, healthiest life. I want this blog to be just as informative, but in a different way. While I hope you never find yourself in my position, when sickness drives you to further testing, I do hope that if you ever do, you’ll find yourself at Family Health Care of Siouxland and the Family Health Care of Siouxland Imaging Center.
Preventing Osteoporosis: 5 Things Your Bones Really Want From You
Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that effects up to 54 million Americans. New evidence suggests that not only is osteoporosis largely preventable, it’s also not a normal part of aging. It’s time to let your body grow and age as it was meant to by giving your bones what they ask for. And the best news is, they don’t ask for much. Just these five things.
5 Things Successful Parents Do Before Breakfast
Family Healthcare of Siouxland wants to honor all parents and the difficult jobs they do for the next generation and the generations to come. We’ve compiled a list of five things we’ve found help give moms and dads the best ways to enjoy (and survive) every step of the rewarding journey of parenthood.