How Overworking Hurts Your Heart

How Overworking Hurts Your Heart Consistently logging long hours at work can leave you stressed and fatigued, but there’s a potential consequence that may not be readily apparent — a higher risk of heart-related complications. Your heart is no stranger to hard work —...

Encouraging Flu Shots this Season

Encouraging Flu Shots this Season Flu is poised to make a resurgence this fall and winter after an unusually calm 2020 due to COVID prevention measures. The CDC encourages individuals six months or older to get a flu shot. Flu shots are safe to receive alongside COVID...

Diabetes and the Flu can be a Dangerous Combination

Diabetes and the Flu can be a Dangerous Combination November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and Fannin Regional Hospital and Blue Ridge Medical Group wants people to stay on track with their care during the COVID-19 pandemic and start of the flu season. “We’ve seen how...

Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk

Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk Sepsis affects 1.7 million people in the U.S. annually, but Americans still know less about this potentially life-threatening illness than they do about rare diseases, such as Ebola and malaria. Sepsis occurs when an overwhelming response...