Health & Safety Tips

If you’ve been sick with anything more than the common cold, chances are you’ve been prescribed or told to take an antibiotic. From staphylococcus to bronchitis, if it’s an infection, antibiotics can likely be used to treat it. Are antibiotics always necessary? When are they helpful, harmful and non-effective? ...

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Because colds and flu share many symptoms, it can be difficult (or even impossible) to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu may affect between 5 to as high as 20 percent of the U.S. ...

Fever: To Treat or Not to Treat? A fever isn’t always a problem. Defined as a temporary increase in body temperature, a fever is just a symptom, not an illness. In fact, sometimes a fever can be a good thing: It’s often a sign that your body is fighting ...

If you are a parent, there’s nothing worse than seeing your child suffering. How do you know that it’s time to take your child to your local emergency room in Potranco? One call to your pediatrician or conducting a quick search online may put your mind at ease, but ...

At Physicians Premier, your emergency room in Cibolo, TX, we are big fans of safety and health. Spring break is over, and as your little ones go back to school, we would like to share some pointers on how to prevent injuries in school. Safety is always a team ...

National Poison Prevention Week is observed in the 3rd week of March. Did you know that everyday items found in the house can poison you? They are mostly present in insecticides, cleaning solutions, carbon monoxide, and weed killers. Did you know that there are certain medications that can poison ...

Are you aware of the signs and symptoms of kidney stones? More than 500,000 people go to the emergency room due to kidney stone problems every year. In addition, approximately 1 in 10 people are going to have a kidney stone problem at one point in their lives. Having ...

Imagine there’s a place where you could get seen by a board-certified physician minutes upon walking in the emergency room… just when you need it most. Yes, there is such a place. Physicians Premier, your Bryan emergency room, does what most hospital emergency rooms dream possible – provide quick ...

All of us have been in a situation where we ask ourselves if we need to go to the emergency room for medical treatment. Whether we are evaluating a burn on our child, experiencing a strange chest pain, or one of our family members has a possible concussion, it ...