Ann Cochran
Was your house or apartment building built before 1978? Do children under age 6 live with you or stay with you sometimes? Protect them by reading the following.
Lead poisoning causes children to have learning and behavior problems. With very...
When it feels like there are no choices left, hospice care can offer many options. One of the great advantages to hospice care lies in offering individuals and their families a great range of choices.
Hospice is not a place....
Ever wonder about those signs in restrooms ordering employees to wash their hands before returning to work? Here’s why this is important.
Salmonella is a bacterial disease that affects our digestive system. Typically, we become infected by contact with feces...
Sugar can sneak up on you.
Energy drinks, juice, alcohol, flavored coffee and tea are all loaded with sugar. The American Heart Association advises us that sweetened drinks lower “good” cholesterol and increase fat in the blood.
Try to figure out...
Contact lenses are like underwear: don’t over-wear them, avoid that sketchy pair and carry a spare.
Don’t over-wear: Replace contacts as often as your eye doctor tells you, and don’t sleep in them unless your eye doctor okays this. Sleeping...
Ever since the evidence-based 5-2-1-0 initiative was endorsed in 2017, the Iowa Department of Public Health has recommended no more than two hours of recreational screen time daily.
Screen time includes watching TV, using a computer, phone or other electronic...
A baby is determined to have died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) if no cause of death can be identified following a death-scene investigation, an autopsy and a review of the clinical history.
SIDS as a cause of death...
Wednesday, Oct. 6 is National Walk or Bike to School Day.
As communities in Dallas County increase the number of safe sidewalks and recreation trails, more students and school staff are taking advantage of the opportunity to sneak in a...
Here at the Dallas County Health Department, we’re getting calls about bed bugs. This seems to happen every now and then. Here are some tips on preventing and exterminating bed bugs.
Bed bugs look like small, flat apple seeds. They...
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, other diseases continue to threaten our health.
More than 360 residents of Dallas County were diagnosed with cancer in 2020, according to the University of Iowa College of Public Health. The good...