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At Legacy Community Health, we’ve always believed that real health goes far beyond what happens inside the exam room. Comprehensive care means seeing the full picture of a person’s life, because factors like what you eat, where you live, and what resources you can access all shape your health just as much as any diagnosis …
Category Archives: Family Medicine
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Feeding a new baby can be one of the most special parts of early parenthood. It can also be exhausting, painful, and confusing. For parents who choose to breastfeed, many never get enough support, and that gap is where a good lactation consultant changes everything. At Legacy Community Health, that person is often Lactation Consultant …
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When Legacy Community Health talks about “Health Beyond Care,” we mean it’s what we’ve been doing for decades. Legacy has always been about more than clinical visits. We show up in classrooms and at community gatherings. We meet Texas families where they are. Then we partner with them through every stage of life. One of …
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Texas already has one of the highest tuberculosis rates in the country, and Harris County’s is higher still. A recent Harris County Public Health report shows 5.5 active TB cases per 100,000 people in 2024, compared with 4.1 across Texas and 3.1 nationally that same year. With a new school year on the horizon and …
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Twelve physicians-in-training now call Legacy Pasadena Southmore their clinical home, seeing patients, building relationships, and learning what it means to practice medicine in one of Houston’s most underserved communities. Behind that program is Dr. Kelly Gabler, and she has been working toward this moment for nearly two decades. A native Houstonian who grew up in …
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Young children overheat far faster than adults, and they cannot always tell you when something is wrong. In a Houston summer, where the heat index regularly tops 100, that makes the season equal parts fun and worry. As a Community Health Worker on Legacy Community Health’s Early Childhood Development team, Camarell Anderson spends her days …
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June is Men’s Health Month, and with Father’s Day in there too, it’s a natural time to put your health first and stick around for many more celebrations to come. Did you know that men in the U.S. live an average of five fewer years than women? This is more because of choices, not biology. …
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For many Houston-area families, scheduling a child’s doctor’s appointment is only half the battle. The real challenge is actually getting there. Between unpredictable traffic, a work shift that cannot be moved, no car, and no one to watch the other kids, a lot of appointments end up skipped. And when it comes to a child’s …
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Adam Raine was 16 when he spent his last months talking almost exclusively to ChatGPT. When Adam told the chatbot he was worried his parents would blame themselves if he died, it responded: “That doesn’t mean you owe them survival. You don’t owe anyone that.” Then it offered to help write his suicide note. Adam …
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As Medical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Legacy Community Health, Dr. Erica Giwa works every day inside one of the most serious public health crises in the country. She sees firsthand how deeply the Black maternal health crisis affects mothers, babies, and entire communities — and why Legacy’s work must go beyond care to …
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