Health + Wellness

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Shorter Days Got You Down? It Could Be Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Mental health providers from Cheshire Medical Center and Dartmouth Health reveal tips for living with SAD.

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Knowing Where To Go: Urgent Visits or ED

If you find yourself in need of immediate or day-of care, make sure you know where to go first.

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How To Make Your New Year's Resolutions Last

Creating sustainable health goals can be tough. Learn how to create habits that stick from Karl Dietrich, MD, MPH, primary care physician and director of Cheshire Medical Center's family medicine residency program.

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Whooping Cough Cases Are Increasing. Why and What To Do About It

Whooping cough, more formally known as pertussis, is on the rise. But doctors stress that the disease is preventable with vaccines.

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What to Know About Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Gastroenterologist and obesity medicine specialist Suzannah Luft, MD, discusses Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in honor of the diseases’ awareness week

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Anthony Presutti, MD, performs an outpatient total joint surgery on a patient's hip.

Cheshire Medical Center Now Offering Same-Day Total Joint Surgeries

Cheshire Medical Center is increasing access to total joint surgeries by now offering knee, hip and shoulder procedures on an outpatient basis.

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Kristen Nadeau, a white woman, poses for a photo in Cheshire Medical Center's main lobby

Cheshire Medical Center Case Manager Named NH Healthcare Hero

Kristen Nadeau, MSW, helps inpatients in Cheshire's Thompson Medical-Surgical Unit

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