By John Kim, PharmD
If you or a family member has been recently diagnosed with irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) or a blood clot, your doctor may prescribe a medication called warfarin and refer you to a warfarin clinic.
What is warfarin, you might ask? It is a medication classified as an oral anticoagulant (often called a blood thinner) used to treat and prevent blood clots.
Read More...Behavioral Health Specialist Caroline Chase is now working full-time at Grace Cottage Family Health in Townshend, VT. A member of the Grace Cottage Community Health Team (CHT), her short-term counseling services are offered to the community free of charge, as are those of the other CHT members, which include two RN Care Coordinators, two Health Coaches, and a Diabetes Educator.
Chase is a licensed Mental Health Counselor. A practicing psychotherapist for the past 34 years, she works with adults, children, couples, and families.
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By Danny Ballentine, Grace Cottage Emergency Department Physician Assistant
If you grew up in this country, you’ve probably somewhat familiar with our three most common poisonous plants: poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. We don’t have to worry about poison oak in the Northeast, as it generally grows only in the Southeast and along the West Coast. But poison sumac and poison ivy are both native here, so they are definitely plants to look for and to avoid.
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Grace Cottage is hosting a Living Alone Support Group, meeting the third Wednesday of every month. Support group meetings will include an informal group discussion on the challenges of living alone. Topics […]
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Come to the Grace Cottage Community Wellness Center in Townshend, VT, on Wednesday, July 20, to learn more about preventing Lyme disease and anaplasmosis. Disease-carrying ticks are tiny but mighty […]
Read More...By Bill Monahan, Grace Cottage Community Health Team RN Outreach Coordinator as originally appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer’s Graceful Health series, July 1, 2016 When applied properly, any well-proven equation […]
Read More...By Bill Monahan, Grace Cottage Community Health Team RN Outreach Coordinator as originally appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer’s Graceful Health series, June 17, 2016 The author Ken Nerburn once said, […]
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Thanks to very generous sponsors, golfers, and volunteers, Grace Cottage Hospital’s seventh annual Tee It Up for Health raised over $32,000, after expenses, for Grace Cottage’s Patient Care Fund.
Read More...By Angie Clark, Grace Cottage Hospital Director of Diagnostic Imaging
as originally appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer’s Graceful Health series, June 3, 2016
The latest news to come out regarding osteoporosis is that testing for men tends to fall through the cracks.
While women’s bone health is often followed closely by their primary care and ob-gyn providers, men aren’t as likely to get regular check-ups or to be referred for bone density testing when it is needed.
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By Natalie Harding, Grace Cottage Hospital PA-C
as originally appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer’s Graceful Health series, May 20, 2016
Summertime in Vermont. It’s a great time of year for getting together outdoors with family and friends, fixing up the house, catching up on yard work.
Unfortunately, it’s also a great time of year for bugs that bite and sting, and they love to join the picnic.
Read More...Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital
185 Grafton Road (Route 35)
PO Box 216
Townshend, Vermont 05353
Email: info@gracecottage.org
(Non-medical inquiries only.)
To get a message to a medical provider, use the confidential patient portal or call the number below.
Main Phone Number: 802-365-7357
Family Health Clinic Number: 802-365-4331
View a complete list of departmental numbers.
Grace Cottage complies with applicable State and Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, place of birth, age, or physical or mental condition. (Read More)
