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.
Read More...
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 may include cooking and shopping for one, finding people to help with chores around the house or yard, how to meet others with similar interests, […]
Read More...
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 when it comes to wreaking havoc with one’s health. During this presentation Megan Lynde, Public Health Nurse with the VT Department of Health, will share […]
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 produces good results. The formula for avoiding colon cancer is relatively easy: Colon Health = Preparation + Screening + Prevention. Colorectal cancer, often referred to […]
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, “It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” Beyond the obvious humor, there is a health-related idea here. Being a father […]
Read More...
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.
Read More...
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...“CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL, OPIOIDS AND OTHER DRUGS” On Friday, June 24, practitioners and students in the fields of education, health care, and social work are invited to learn together about key topics and approaches to the problem of alcohol, opioids, and other drugs. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tod Miller, MD Medical Director, Spring eld Medical Care Systems, […]
Read More...
Grace Cottage Hospital’s 11th annual Tour de Grace Bicycle Rally will be held on Saturday, July 9. It’s a scenic, mostly-downhill ride for family and friends that helps to raise money for patient care at Grace Cottage Hospital. Riders start at Stratton Mountain anytime between 8 and 10 a.m., and ride at their own pace […]
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)
