Enjoying a holiday meal doesn’t have to wreck your health plan. With some advance planning, you can find a balance and enjoy the holiday festivities while maintaining your health goals.
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The following articles were originally published in the Brattleboro Reformer on the dates indicated.
Guarding Your Health: Fall Immunization Trio – RSV, COVID-19, and Flu
Health experts are concerned about a possible “tripledemic,” of viruses this winter – flu, RSV, and COVID-19, posing a significant health risk and straining healthcare systems and access to care. Immunizations are your best defense.
Read More...Some Tips for a Safe and Fun Halloween
Halloween can be a very fun and festive occasion. Unfortunately, Halloween can also come with injuries and illness that can ruin the fun. While we can’t offer useful tips for an encounter with the Headless Horseman, a few useful “tricks” can lessen the chance of you or a loved one suffering one of these common mishaps!
Read More...How is Mold Affecting Your Health?
This has been a difficult summer for people with allergies. Between the heavy rains, heat, and wildfire smoke, it seems like some folks can’t catch a break. Now that the days carry a crispness of autumn, some of this will subside. The rains and flooding may have left you a legacy though – household mold.
Read More...Three Things About Sunscreen
You might think that Vermont is so far north that skin cancer isn’t much of a problem here. Not true. Let me share three simple things you can do to protect yourself from the sun.
Read More...PTSD Can Affect Anyone, and There’s Help
Most people think of combat veterans when they hear the term “PTSD,” but the more we learn about this, the more we realize that it affects people from all walks of life.
Read More...Hypertension
What is blood pressure and why do we care so much about it? We care about blood pressure because it is a quick way to see how someone’s heart is functioning.
Read More...Prehabilitation?
Prehabilitation is a proactive, therapeutic approach to help get you in better physical condition before an operation.
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Resources for Your Health
Most uninsured Vermonters say they have no coverage because they can’t afford it. Now, thanks to expanded federal assistance through the American Rescue Plan, qualified health plans are more affordable than ever before.
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