Health and Wellness

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Awareness and Precautions are Key for Air Quality During the Winter Months

If you are sensitive to air quality changes, a free email alert system can help you manage that.

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Are You Getting the Cancer Screenings You Need?

Getting the screenings you need can help prevent cancers from spreading.

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Apple, Beet and Carrot Slaw

This sweet, nutty, citrusy slaw is full of flavor, micronutrients, fiber, a bit of heart-healthy fat, and general fall goodness.

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9 Tips for Maintaining Healthy Eyes

Tips for keeping your eyes healthy throughout your life.

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9 Tips for Living Healthy With Diabetes

Use these tips to manage your health and make changes to help you live well with diabetes.

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7 Ways to Practice Gratitude

Here are 7 things you can do to live gratefully, learn, grow, and extend ourselves with care and compassion towards others.

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Three common mistakes for people diagnosed with diabetes

3 Common Diabetes Mistakes

When you’re first diagnosed with diabetes, there’s lots to learn, and a few mistakes are bound to happen. Here are 3 common ones, along with tips to help you avoid them from the Centers for Disease Control.

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10 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Stroke

Use these 10 tips to reduce your risk of stroke by 90%.

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Beating the Breakroom Bulge: 10 Tips for Healthy Eating at Work

A recent study of 5,200 US workers found that a quarter of them got food from work once a week, with an average calorie total of 1,300. That could add up to two pounds of extra body fat.

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Activity is Good Medicine: A New Program to Support Patients on Their Journey to Better Health

Activity Is Good Medicine is a program available to patients of Cheshire Medical Center whose healthcare provider has prescribed increased physical activity as a component of their health care plan.

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