Second Lexington Location Opening this Month 

Family Practice Associates will be opening a 2nd location on Harrodsburg Road this month. The office is in the Baptist Health building next to Raising Cane’s.

We'll be staffed here with two FPA providers, including Todd Martin APRN. Todd will relocate his practice to this location full time this month. 

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• $25 gives 50 people educational materials on how to reduce risks for heart disease and stroke.
• $50 delivers healthy nutrition messages to elementary school students through lesson plans and activity guides.
• $100 allows one hospital to effectively teach its patients, caregivers, and health professionals about the risks of stroke.

Spring 2016 Allergy Report - From the Web 

Another downside to having an overall warmer winter is that without a weed-killing freeze, high-allergen plants such as ragweed will continue sending pollen into the air. Similarly, mold spores, which typically go dormant in colder temperatures, will further contribute to worsening allergies.

Additionally, because El Niño has caused a wet winter, rather than a snowy one, trees and plants have maintained healthy root systems. This means that as spring approaches, these roots are also ready to release pollen earlier than normal.

"Certain trees are blooming that shouldn't be, and instead of tree A in April and tree B in May, they are all blooming at once possibly in March," warned Murray Grossan, MD, an ear, nose, and throat specialist with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. "If you kept a careful Pollen Calendar last year, it is of little use today. Even  PollenCalendar.com is not keeping up."

Continue Reading. Take time and read the Full Article about this Spring's Complex weather.