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May 24, 2019
How to Make Your Memorial Day Barbecue Healthy, Seasonal & Delicious
For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of barbecue season. For Richard Jarmusz, executive chef at the UVM Medical Center, it’s the perfect time to change up your menu with local meats, seasonal vegetables, and your own homemade BBQ sauce.
May 14, 2019
4 Ways Patients Designed the New Miller Inpatient Building at the UVM Medical Center
The UVM Medical Center is creating a better space for our patients, enhancing quality, privacy and healing and providing more room for families. We are doing so through the development of the Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building, set to open in June 2019. Read on to find out how patients and families guided
May 7, 2019
5 Reasons Why the Built Environment Matters in Healthcare
The UVM Medical Center is creating a better space for our patients, enhancing quality, privacy and healing and providing more room for families. We are doing so through the development of the Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building, set to open in June 2019. Read on to find out how this new building leverages
May 1, 2019
All About Sunscreen
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. The first lines of defense are avoidance of UV radiation, finding shade, and using sun protective clothing. Whatever skin is exposed after these measures should get sunscreen. Why do I need sunscreen? Did you know that Vermont has the 2nd highest incidence of melanoma in the country?1 About 90% of
April 26, 2019
Have You Read "Resilient"? Here's Why You Should
“Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems or workplace and financial stressors. It means ‘bouncing back’ from difficult experiences.” (Source: American Psychological Association). Rick Hanson is the bestselling author of “Hardwiring Happiness”
April 16, 2019
Serve Up Some Honey Roasted Carrots!
Known for their satisfying crunch, we often refer to carrots as the “ultimate” health food. These root vegetables were first cultivated thousands of years ago in Europe and southwestern Asia. They looked and tasted quite different than the carrots we enjoy today. Dutch growers in the 16th and 17th centuries developed the orange variety we
April 15, 2019
Eat for Your Age: Nutritional Tips for all Decades of Life
As we grow older, our interests, priorities and eating habits change, so it’s no surprise that our nutritional needs do, too. The core principles of a healthy diet remain the same at 25 or 65. We need a balance of different nourishing foods to enable us to look and feel our best; however, our bodies
April 11, 2019
Unleash a Smile: Dog Therapy Appreciation Day
April 11th is Dog Therapy Appreciation Day Hi there! My name is Maisey and I am a seven-year-old golden retriever. I am also a therapy dog. Many people have questions about what therapy dogs do. It’s a very good question. We are dogs with special training to interact with many different groups of people and
April 2, 2019
Winter’s Over! Let’s Avoid Injury This Spring
After a tough Vermont winter, where the sun was a stranger far too often, many of us are exited for spring and a chance to enjoy the outdoors. Tempted by the blue skies and warmer temperatures, we’re ready to get in our first run, bike ride, or hike. However, this enthusiasm may cause us to end up with
March 28, 2019
Escaping Winter with a Warm Getaway?
Have fun in the sun while protecting your skin from aging and skin cancer. Discover how to protect your skin from aging, wrinkles, DNA damage, and skin cancer while enjoying your tropical escape. Have you every had a sunburn that caused your skin to peel? A peeling sunburn occurs when UV radiation has damaged DNA in
March 26, 2019
6 Ways to Add More Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
We’ve all been told countless times to eat more fruits and vegetables. We know it’s healthy to include more of them in our diet – they provide vital nutrients and fiber, antioxidants and phytochemicals. But, despite our best intentions we sometimes come up short. We are always hearing things about how “easy” it is to
March 20, 2019
Intermittent Fasting: Effective or Dangerous?
There’s a new diet craze taking hold. It’s called intermittent fasting and it refers to an eating style where you eat within a specific time period and fast the rest of the time. Some say intermittent fasting is an effective way to lose weight. Other’s say it’s not safe. Here to give us some straight
March 19, 2019
5 Ways to Prevent Falls at Home
Spring is here! If you plan on cleaning and organizing your home as part of spring cleaning, now is the perfect time to make sure your clean home is also a falls free home. Falls aren’t an inevitable part of aging, but they are common. In Vermont, unintentional falls are the leading cause of injury-related
March 12, 2019
Want to Improve Your Exercise Performance? Sleep More.
This blog is written to support those training for the Vermont City Marathon. With all the daily demands we encounter, finding time to exercise is challenging. Many people stay up late, or get up early to exercise. As you enter your last block of training for the Vermont City Marathon, maybe you fit this profile.
March 5, 2019
Six Tips for Better Sleep
Poor sleep can lead to poor work performance including difficulty concentrating, decreased productivity, more mistakes and increased chance of accidents, injuries and even death. We will show you how to take steps to alleviate the impact that poor quality sleep can have on you. Watch the video below or read the transcript that follows. Watch