Overview

Taking part in preventive care will help prevent future illness or injury. Women are often caregivers – caring for family and friends. In the rush of your busy life, don’t forget to make your health a priority. Have a yearly physical, maintain a healthy weight and take time for you.

Treatments

Sanford Women’s strives to provide you with the best information and tools to take control of your health and lower your risk for disease.

Examples of preventive care:

• Stay up to date with your immunizations
• Have an annual examination
• Get recommended screening tests
• Keep your emotional health in check
• Be tobacco free
• Be physically active
• Keep at a healthy weight
• Eat a healthy diet
• Drink alcohol only in moderation
•  Wash your hands frequently

Screening tests can find diseases early when they are easier to treat. Health experts from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have made recommendations, based on scientific evidence, about testing for the conditions below. Talk to your physician about which ones apply to you and when and how often you should be tested. Screening recommendations may be different if you have a family history of cancer.

• Mass body index
• Screening mammogram
• Clinic breast exam
• Bone density scan (DEXA)
• Pap test
• Colonoscopy
• Skin evaluations
• High Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Sexually Transmitted Infection’s (STI’s)
• HIV

Physicians

	Ashley B. Briggs, MD
	Shelley J. Cole, MD
	Jeanne Hassebroek-Johnson, MD
	Kristin Hermanson, MD
	Laurie B. Landeen, MD
	Thomas L. Looby, MD
	Dean L. Madison, MD
	Miranda Pray-Dede, MD
	Allison Wierda Suttle, MD
	Maria C. Bell, MD, MPH
	Zane Craig, DO
	Pamela M. Ephgrave, MD, FACOG
	Keith A. Hansen, MD
	Meredith Kemper, MD
	Anthony Sierra, MD
	Heather Spies, MD
	Teresa P. Buell, CNM
	Terry M. Engelmann, FNP, CNM
	Janet K. Esterly, WHNP
	Mary Beth Johnson, CNP, WHNP
	Dianna L. Puttmann, CNP
	Tammi K. Stangohr, PA-C
	Jenny L. Torgerson, PA-C
	Mary J. Warner, CNM

Patient Stories

Amanda Fodness - Sanford Clinic Women’s Health Internal Medicine Patient

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