December, 2025
The MyChart Patient Support number has changed. The new dedicated patient support line is 863-680-7072. If you need guidance while registering or accessing your Patient Portal account, you can reach a representative at this number and receive assistance every Monday – Friday from 8 am – 5:30 pm. If you call and leave a voicemail on the weekend, your call will be returned the following Monday. If you haven’t yet registered for a free MyChart Patient Portal account of your own, y...
Read More
12/24/2025 10:21:00 AM
Comments(0)
No matter what age you are, it's a good time to think about how to protect your brain health and lower your chances of developing dementia. One major way to accomplish that: getting good-quality sleep every night. While you're getting your ZZZs, your brain cycles through rapid eye movement REM and non-REM NREM sleep. Each cycle turns different brain chemicals on and off, which helps your brain rest, recover and repair throughout the night. After a good night's sleep, you feel refreshed, alert an...
Read More
12/24/2025 9:57:00 AM
Comments(0)
Hives can be itchy and intrusive, but they’re usually temporary. But sometimes, you might not be that lucky. The good news is that treatment can help. Hives are typically characterized as a rash of itchy skin. They may appear as a pink or reddish rash on lighter skin or may blend in with darker skin tones. While they usually fade within a day and never return, chronic hives can pop up almost daily for weeks at a time. The best way to control chronic hives is by working with your Watson Cli...
Read More
12/24/2025 9:57:00 AM
Comments(0)
If you want to boost positive feelings and potentially your well-being , here's a simple idea you can try: Make a habit of honoring the small joys in your life. Gratitude is a practice you can develop to counter negative thinking. It involves acknowledging and expressing grateful feelings, sometimes privately and sometimes to others. When you practice gratitude, it pumps up your body's feel-good chemicals, like dopamine, which are natural antidotes to stress. Gratitude can lift your mood if you'...
Read More
12/24/2025 9:54:00 AM
Comments(0)
As a registered nurse in the Chemotherapy department of our Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center for over 5 years, Sara Hudson provides potentially life-saving treatments to patients every day. But her expert training and compassion for others extend beyond her working hours. Recently, after her shift had ended, she stopped by a local store to do some holiday shopping. Seeking out gifts for her daughter, she began to hear a coughing infant several aisles over. Soon, the coughs became more ...
Read More
12/24/2025 9:44:00 AM
Comments(0)
Earlier this year, the Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program opened a community gallery called Threads of Hope. Currently on display at the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center , the gallery weaves together several meaningful initiatives, including The Art of Melody, an immersive experience in which local artists pair their visual work with music via the use of QR codes. One of the featured pieces in The Art of Melody is a work by Rita McIntyre , a mixed media artist wh...
Read More
12/24/2025 9:32:00 AM
Comments(0)
A bunion occurs when the first metatarsal in your big toe rotates out of alignment. This causes your big toe to turn inward against your other toes, and the metatarsal at the base of your big toe to jut outward. This deformity can cause stabbing pain, redness, swelling and difficulty walking and wearing shoes. Some studies show that as many as one-third of adults in the US have some degree of bunion deformity. It’s unlikely that many bunions will reverse on their own without surgical inter...
Read More
12/22/2025 9:04:00 AM
Comments(0)
Watson Clinic believes that community outreach builds a healthier future for us all. That’s why our physicians, providers and other team members have been proud to participate in a number of special events and event sponsorships in recent weeks that have provided crucial health information, supported institutions that are meaningful to our community, and helped to raise funds and awareness for important health-related causes. Breast Cancer Awareness Month – October The team at our Wa...
Read More
12/2/2025 11:15:00 AM
Comments(0)
If a routine screening mammogram or DEXA scan has been ordered by your physician or provider, you can now select the appointment time of your choosing in minutes through your MyChart Patient Portal account . Here’s how it works: 1. After your care team submits an order for a screening mammogram or DEXA scan, a scheduling ticket will automatically be generated on your MyChart Patient Portal. If you have the MyChart app on your phone, you will receive a notification that the ticket is availa...
Read More
12/2/2025 10:59:00 AM
Comments(0)
A significant part of the Watson Clinic Foundation ’s mission involves the distribution of scholarship funds to worthy candidates throughout our community who wish to continue their medical education. Thanks to a recent $32,000 gift from a generous donor, the Foundation recently awarded the first round of these scholarships. After careful consideration of each potential candidate, the Watson Clinic Foundation’s Board of Directors selected the following recipients: Alex Richards, an L...
Read More
12/2/2025 10:27:00 AM
Comments(0)