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October 4, 2021
Flu Vaccine: The Top 5 Myths Busted
Every flu season, people decide to skip the flu shot, but it’s an important piece of your preventive health care. Here we clear up some of the most common flu falsehoods. Myth #1: The flu is like the common cold – it’s not a big deal. Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness that is
September 24, 2021
Breast Cancer: What We Know Today
Screening Technology has allowed physicians to capture much clearer images of women’s breast tissue, particularly those who have what is referred to as “dense” breasts. Breast density refers to the amount of fibrous or glandular tissue vs. fatty tissue in a woman’s breast. About half of women over
September 24, 2021
Snacking Can Be Good For You
Snacks get a bad rap. They’re often prepackaged and loaded with salt and sugar. But where they lose points for nutrition, they win for convenience. So how does one make snacking both easy and healthy? According to Bridget Shea, MS, RD, CD, a clinical dietitian at the University of Vermont Medical
September 24, 2021
Surprising Signs of Depression: 4 Early Clues to Watch For
Summer’s over, but COVID isn’t. And here we all still are, navigating uncharted, yet familiar, pandemic life and its added stress and worry. Sometimes it’s hard to remember a time when things were ‘normal’ and that can be downright depressing. So much has changed in the world around us, that the
September 17, 2021
10 Minutes is Better Than No Minutes
Exercise… The word itself can spark anxiety for many. It’s easy to come up with excuses to avoid exercise, and even easier to fall into sedentary habits. Dylan Daniels, EP, CCEP, understands. As a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at UVM Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital Daniels’s job
September 16, 2021
COVID-19 Confusion? 11 Questions Answered
UPDATED 11/22/21 This is an exhausting and confusing time, with endless information – and misinformation – everywhere. Infectious disease expert Cindy Noyes, MD, of the University of Vermont Medical Center sat down with us to help make sense of it all. Should I be concerned about breakthrough
August 19, 2021
Top Tips for Treating Migraines
Painful, throbbing, debilitating…that’s how the pain is described by those who suffer from migraines. Yet in 56 percent of the population, migraines go undiagnosed. Adam Sprouse Blum, MD, a headache specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Headache Clinic, explains how to combat this
August 17, 2021
Portraits in Time
Steve Farrar loved to paint portraits as an illustration major at Syracuse University in the early 1980s. But after graduating and launching a career in graphic design, Farrar drifted away from his passion for painting people and faces. He’d just as soon not have had the experience that brought it
August 13, 2021
Kids and Delta: Everything You Need to Know
Rebecca Bell, MD, is a pediatric intensivist at UVM Children’s Hospital caring for critically ill infants, children and adolescents in Vermont’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). She is also President of the Vermont Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP-VT) and the mother of
July 30, 2021
Little Kids, Big Backpacks
Finding a backpack that makes the grade when it comes to their child’s comfort and safety is an important first assignment for parents. Lewis First, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine
July 30, 2021
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
With back-to-school season right around the corner, some parents of five-year-olds wonder whether their child is ready to enter kindergarten. The decision is best made based upon a child’s developmental readiness. Lewis First, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital
July 30, 2021
Stress Tested: How to Cope After a Very Long Year
For well over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our ability to handle our stress and anxiety. We have all carried the mental load of pandemic life and loss and are now struggling to process and heal. In this Q+A, Aron Steward, Ph.D., Chief of Psychology at the UVM Health Network –
July 23, 2021
If You Haven’t Been Vaccinated Yet, Now’s the Time
Q: What is the delta variant? The delta variant is a new version of COVID-19 that transmits much more easily from person to person, about twice as much as the original virus. Q: Am I at risk if I haven’t been vaccinated? Yes. We know that the delta variant can spread like wildfire, particularly
July 8, 2021
Simple Steps to Prevent Dementia
Many of those with family members suffering with dementia live in quiet fear of one day developing the disease themselves. But Steele Taylor, MD, neurologist and co-director of the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Memory Program, tells his patients to stop worrying and instead take action; he