Health & Safety Tips

Holidays may be the most joyous time of the year, but it is also the most injury-prone season. Make time to prepare for a happy and safe time with your family and friends, and make it through the holidays unscathed by preventing common holiday injuries. At Physicians Premier, your ...

It’s true – holidays can be a hard time to eat healthy. An average person consumes about 3,000 calories on Thanksgiving. During the four-week holiday, the average weight gain is about one to four pounds. This may not seem like much, until you consider that many people do not ...

Thanksgiving dinner can be far from healthy, but you can employ certain tricks to make it healthier. Whether you are at the mercy of Aunt Jane passing out plates piled high with big portions of everything on the table or you are getting your own portions, knowing which you ...

With the fall comes the flu season, and it is nothing to sneeze at. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 42 million flu cases were reported last year, which turned out to be the longest flu season in a decade. At Physicians Premier, your ER ...

The cold months are upon us, and along with it comes the cold and flu season. Physicians Premier, your ER in Cibolo, often see a lot of patients at this time of the year. During this time, you do your best to keep your family healthy, but despite your ...

Halloween treats got you spooked? Don’t let your health get tricked this Halloween! Here are some tips from Physicians Premier, your emergency room in Potranco, TX, so that your family will stay healthy this season. Don’t spend your Halloween loading up on sweets and junk food. With a bit ...

The elevator button you just touched? It probably has flu germs on it. Germs can survive on any surface for at least two hours. If someone in the school or office has the flu, those germs can reside in anything – yes, anything they have touched: phones, desks, cafeteria ...

Typically, adults don’t worry about fevers, unless their child is sick. However, kids aren’t the only ones who get fever. Similar to childhood fevers, most adult fevers are harmless and short-lived. It can be draining when your body temperature spikes and it is followed by waves of chills. This ...

There’s nothing scarier for a parent than watching their child in pain or suffering from an illness. Should you make a doctor’s appointment to put your mind at ease, or do you need to rush to your Cibolo ER? There are times when the answer is clear. For instance, ...

The National Kidney Institute reports that 1 out of 10 people will have a kidney stone at one point in their lives. Each year, about 500,000 people go to the emergency room due to kidney stone problems. Those who’ve had them know all too well the excruciating pain that ...