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May Your Holidays be Merry, Healthy and Safe!

Happy holidays! It’s the time of year when we reconnect with family and friends, experience holiday magic through the eyes of children and slow down and relax a bit.  Whether you are celebrating at home or traveling, whether you’re having a big gathering or a small one, you want your holiday season to be joyful

Mother clean sick child nose with tissue.

Respiratory Illnesses: Be Ready this Winter

As the days grow shorter and cooler weather moves in, it’s a reminder to put your guard up against some of the unwelcome aspects of fall and winter: respiratory illnesses.  “The common cold, the flu, COVID, RSV, bronchitis and sinusitis – they’re all more prevalent at this time of year,” says Dr. Vasanth Namireddy, a

Doctor applying a continuous glucose monitor sensor on patient's arm.

Diabetes Awareness:  Treatment & Prevention

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, a time to focus on a serious health condition that affects millions of people.  This is an important time in the fight against diabetes, as significant new advances in treatment are yielding encouraging results.  In addition, greater awareness of the factors that increase risk for diabetes gives people more power

woman sleeping.

How Do You Sleep at Night?

How do you sleep at night? Don’t worry, no one is passing judgement on you!  This is actually a very important question when it comes to your health.  And if your answer to that question is anything less than “great,” you should talk to your primary care provider (PCP) about it.  “Sleep isn’t a luxury

Stay Healthy! Your Preventative Health Care Guide

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  It’s an old cliché, but when it comes to your health, it’s very true!  Who wouldn’t prefer to not get sick in the first place, or at the very least, catch it early on?  There are a lot of things we can do to stay

Rehab & Physical Therapy

When someone is injured or suffers a serious illness, it may take some time, attention and extra help to regain their independence.  They may need help learning to move around again.  It may be the ability to speak that’s been damaged.  Or they may need to relearn motor skills used to perform basic daily tasks.

Senior man putting a hearing aid on his ear.

Hearing Aids Help You Hear Better – and May Prevent Dementia

Hearing aids have been in the news a lot the last couple of years.  In late 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a class of hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss for sale over the counter.  Then last year, a new groundbreaking study demonstrated a link between the