Welcome Tara Parks, CFNP

We are happy to announce Tara Parks, CFNP will be joining ourteam at Forest Family Care in 2023! Tara and her family have lived in Illinois for the past two years, but previously lived in Wythe County for 8 years. Tara completed her BSN at Illinois State University in 2012 & graduated in 2014 from […]

Opioid Addiction Crisis Declared a Public Health Emergency in Virginia

The nation’s top federal health agency urged doctors to avoid prescribing opiate painkillers for patients with chronic pain and benzodiazepines, saying the risks from such drugs far outweigh the benefits for most people. In the Food and Drug Administration’s latest move to help stem the tide of drug overdoses, it is now requiring “black-box warnings” […]

Being Successful in your Healthcare

There are several things you can do that will affect you healthcare. Stop making excuses. Excuses come in many shapes and sizes. There are always some factors that we can’t control. Try not to shift the blame onto these factors and vocalize them as excuses. Stop blaming others for your problems. Life isn’t always fair […]

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among American men. Cancer is a disease characterized by the out-of-control growth of abnormal cells, which may invade healthy cells in the body. As its name suggests, prostate cancer is one that starts in the prostate, a walnut-sized gland in men that’s located below the bladder and […]