As a fellow COVID survivor, I want others experiencing Long COVID to know: We’re in the early stages of learning about this. You are not imagining this. Your experience is legitimate. You are not alone.
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The following articles were originally published in the Brattleboro Reformer on the dates indicated.
Advanced Directives: Honoring Your Wishes
I would like to discuss a topic that is always important but especially now, in these sobering times when we are more aware of mortality. If you have not already done so, I urge you to complete an Advanced Directives for Healthcare, sometimes called a Living Will.
Read More...Staying Active for Your Health
It’s easy to go into hibernation mode during the dark, cold days of winter. We all do it on occasion. But staying active can help us to chase away the winter blues and enjoy what the winter season has to offer! During this holiday season, I’d like to encourage you to make a gift to yourself, by staying active this winter for your health.
Read More...Successful Diabetes Management
More than 34 million Americans have diabetes, and 88 million more are sliding that direction with prediabetes. The bad news is that these people are at rising risk of hardening of the arteries, heart attacks, stroke, kidney disease and failure, progressive retina (vision) damage, painful nerve deterioration, increased susceptibility to many infections including Covid, and shortened life expectancy. It can become a complicated, expensive, exhausting condition. The good news is that it can be radically controlled, even reversed and sometimes normalized with good attention to self-care such as dietary change and exercise.
Read More...Winter – Are You Ready?
Are you brand new to Vermont? Been here a long time? Whether you’re a new or seasoned Vermonter, now is the time to make a plan: what do you need […]
Read More...Yes, Get Your Flu Shot!
With all of the well-founded attention on COVID-19 over the past 6 months, it is important that as a community we not forget about seasonal influenza. Influenza is an acute […]
Read More...Why is It Important to Immunize My Child?
Measles. Mumps. Polio. Diphtheria. Chicken Pox. If you can’t remember what problems these diseases cause, you can thank immunizations. Writing for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Stanley Plotkin wrote that, “One of the brightest chapters in the history of science is the impact of vaccines on human longevity and health.” Dr. Plotkin is an expert who helped to develop vaccines for polio and rubella (also known as German measles).
Read More...Primary Care in the Pandemic
By Dr. Moss Linder, Grace Cottage Family Health As everyone knows, things have changed considerably for all of us due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though there have been related illnesses […]
Read More...Hike for Brain Health
Graceful Health for Brattleboro Reformer, 6/19/2020 During these COVID times, many of us are experiencing increased anxiety and even depression. This is understandable given the fear, uncertainty, isolation, lack of […]
Read More...How Does Telehealth Work?
By Summer Burch, Grace Cottage Family Health FNP Telehealth, sometimes called telemedicine, has been in the news a lot lately, as medical providers increasingly are using digital tools to “see” […]
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