By Dennis Carman — President and CEO of United Way of Greater Plymouth County Warning: What follows is my own humble opinion. Your mileage may vary with your own individual experiences. Let’s take a few moments out of our chaotic and crazy world to consider something, I think, is truly remarkable, something wholly good. Tragically, our … More Our Healthcare Heroes!
By Eoin Moriarity, PA — Internal Medicine Primary Care Provider Signature Medical Group Emergency departments around the country regularly see people with problems that could have been prevented with routine medical care. From high blood pressure or high blood sugar to dizziness, fainting, and even cancer, many medical conditions can be prevented or caught early … More Have You Got a Primary Care Provider?
By Kylie Spiro — Communications Coordinator for BAMSI National Breastfeeding Month (NBM), observed annually in August in the United States, traces its history to the early 1990s. The celebration was initially established as National Breastfeeding Week until the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) expanded it to a month-long observance in 2011. This expansion raised awareness … More Breastfeeding Support for All
By Tayla Carter, MS, RD, LDN — Registered Dietitian (RD) at the Signature Healthcare Outpatient Nutrition Clinic Preventing dehydration is an important part of summer safety! Dehydration occurs when you lose more fluids than you take in and your body does not have enough water to function. Water makes up about 60% of body weight … More Tips to Help You Stay Hydrated This Summer
By Kylie Spiro, Communications Coordinator, BAMSI The first Earth Day was observed on April 22, 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to raise awareness about environmental issues. By 1990, Earth Day was being celebrated in more than 140 countries worldwide. With the climate crisis worsening each year, … More Seven Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
By Kevin Robinson, guest blogger, in honor of Black History Month Several years ago, while visiting Washington, D.C., my traveling companion and I took an African-American Heritage bus tour of the city, including Frederick Douglass’ home, Ben’s Chili Bowl, the Lincoln Memorial, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Only two other … More Confronting Healthcare’s Legacy of Racism
By Eoin Moriarty, Internal Medicine Physician Assistant at Signature Healthcare A very common complaint we see in Primary Care is pain with urination or “dysuria.” Although there are many types of dysuria, the most common cause is a urinary tract infection or UTI. A UTI is an infection of the bladder or any part of … More Understanding Urinary Tract Infections
By: Tayla Carter, MS, RD, LDN, Registered Dietitian II, Signature Healthcare Snacks can be a great way to hold you over if you get hungry between meals. With so many snack options available, you may find yourself wondering which snacks are healthy choices. Many foods marketed as snacks, such as chips, cookies, candies, and other … More Fuel Up with Healthy Snacks
By: Dr. Tanvi Maharaja PT, DPT at Signature Healthcare. We don’t appreciate the small things in life until we don’t have them anymore. Such as bowel movements. While some of us are blessed in this department, others are miserable: some more periodically so than others. We don’t really think much of it unless it becomes … More The Poop Talk: Awkward but Important Stuff: Part 1
By Natalie Laubach RD, LDN, CDCES, Diabetes Care and Education Specialist at Signature Healthcare With the transition to work-from-home culture post-pandemic, only getting up from the desk for a snack during the workday has become the new normal. Even for those of us who don’t work from home, most jobs require work on the computer … More The Dangers of Sitting All Day and How to Reverse Them
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