Dr. Edmund LaCour, MD - Rheumatologist

12/05/2017

It’s National Handwashing Awareness week, and also flu/sickness season! Help yourself and your neighbor by consistently washing your hands to prevent the spread of germs! 🖐🏻🖐🏼🖐🏽🖐🏾🖐🏿

This week (December 4th through 10th) is National Handwashing Awareness Week! It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been celebrating for days or just learned about this important holiday—there’s still time to spread the word and promote healthy habits in your practice and your community. To help ...

06/27/2017

Dr. LaCour is one of the leading Rheumatologists in the Wiregrass area. He is currently accepting new Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis patients.
Check with your Primary Care Provider to see how you can get referred today!

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system - which normally protects its health by attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses - mistakenly attacks the joints. This creates inflammation that causes the tissue that lines the inside of the joint to…

06/27/2017

Dr. LaCour is accepting new Gout patients, no referral necessary! (Unless required by insurance.)
Call 334-671-9753 to schedule a consultation today!

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in some people who have high levels of uric acid in the blood. THe acid can form needle-like crystals in a joint and cause sudden, severe

06/27/2017

Bone Density studies are an important component of bone health, and pertinent in diagnosing Osteoporosis!
When was your last bone density study?
See if you are eligible, and call 334-671-9753 to schedule your bone density study today!

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. As a result, bones become weak and may break from a fall or, in serious cases, from sneezing or minor bumps. Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” Viewed under a microscope, healthy bon...

06/14/2017