Flu shots are recommended for most adults and children, but what about a pneumonia shot?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adult patients and parents of small children discuss the pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) with their providers. Different types of the vaccine are recommended for groups that include children younger than 2; people ages 2 and up with certain health conditions; older adults; and adults who smoke cigarettes.

Be a healthier you in 2020 by focusing on good nutrition, physical activity and maintaining a healthy body weight, experts say. They’re key to your well-being and are routes to avoiding or better managing high blood pressure and cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

“The key to a successful dietary or fitness change is creating a goal that is specific, measurable, achievable/realistic, and time-oriented,” said Dr. Josie Bidwell, associate professor in the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Preventive Medicine. “Once you have a good goal, then an action plan and back-up plan give the road map to achieving it.”

Through the C Spire Health app, you can get quick, convenient, minor medical care from a University of Mississippi Medical Center provider anywhere in Mississippi.

In this video, UMMC nurse practitioner Kristi Goodson discusses how to prepare for your first telehealth visit using C Spire Health and what to expect during your video chat appointment.

You’re sniffling, your head hurts and you’ve got a cough. Is it just a cold, or is it the flu?

There are clues that can help you figure it out, experts at the University of Mississippi Medical Center advise.

You don’t have to adhere to a list of New Year’s resolutions to be healthy in 2020.

Healthy habits that can add years to your life can be adopted at any time, said Dr. Tom Skelton, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. “It’s really about trying to get back to the basics of what’s best for our bodies,” he said.

C Spire Health is here! The new mobile app provides access to quick, reliable health care for people in Mississippi, especially those in urban and rural areas, with minor medical conditions.

The telehealth app, C Spire Health, has launched after over two years of development by C Spire and the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Anyone physically located in the state can download the app from the Google Play and Apple App stores to any smartphone that runs either the Android or iOS operating systems – no matter their mobile phone carrier.