Speak up and take charge of your health for you and your family. The truth is out. A recent report from the Center of Disease Control confirms that as men we are much less likely than women to seek medical care and preventive medicine.

Immunizations – this is a topic that causes a great deal of concern for many parents – both new, as well as experienced. There are a few questions parents commonly ask regarding immunizations.

Trimark Physicians Group in Fort Dodge has seen many changes and upgrades over the past year. Included was the facelift that the Trimark OB/GYN Clinic recently received. To go along with a brand new suite, the OB/GYN Clinic has new services, new equipment, a new doctor, and a new manager.

Trimark Physician's Group and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield are committed to work with patients to improve and maintain their health status by providing them with the best care possible.

Trimark Physicians Group began seeing patients for MRI testing at its Webster City location on February 8, 2010. The MRI is located at 1610 Collins Street in Webster City, Iowa.

13 new providers who joined Trimark in 2009. This month’s feature will focus on several of these new providers, the transition to their new locations and how the communities received them.

H1N1 is a new flu virus that first caused illness in Mexico and the United States in March and April 2009. Seasonal influenza is the type of flu people in Iowa are the most familiar with. There can be a wide range of flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Sometimes people have nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.

“Mommy, Daddy, I don’t feel good!” How many times has a parent heard this - especially after school, or on a Friday night headed into the weekend?