With the arrival of Fall, we look forward to beautiful fall foliage, breaking out that favorite cozy sweater and everything pumpkin! The kids are back in school, and as the temperature cools and daylight hours shorten, we transition to more indoor gatherings, leading to increased respiratory virus exposure and spread. The best way to keep yourself, your family and your community healthy is to stay up to date with your Fall vaccines - Flu, Covid-19 booster and for certain gr

In honor of Pet Pain Awareness Month we want to give some information to help keep our beloved companion pets healthy and pain free. Pets can be masters at hiding pain from us as they do this in nature and still have some of those basic instincts. Sometimes perceived pain can be obvious to see and other times more subtle. These are some ways to look for pain in our pets: Look for signs of difficulty rising after sleeping or napping, changes in walking patterns or obviously

This timely article in USA Today offers some sound advice for snow shovelers with cardiac risk factors (age being prominent among them). In addition to their sound advice: be aware of symptoms (chest pain, palpitations), layer up to stay warm, avoid strenuous exertion if one has or suspects coronary artery disease, push rather than lift snow as able, one can also pace oneself: go slow and take breaks. The combination of cold and wind plus heavy exertion creates a setting f