Category Archives: Patient Files

Happy Women’s Health Week

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Hope Brigham

I found a quote by the poet, Maya Angelou, that I thought suited the beginning of this post. “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes” As we hit the halfway mark of celebrating … Continue reading →

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Autism Awareness: An Easy Target

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Hope Brigham

I was a little hesitant towards writing a blog post reflecting on Autism Awareness month seeing that April only has a few days left, but I was given a little motivation from Aldon Hynes, the social media master here at … Continue reading →

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Stop Tuberculosis in your Lifetime

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Hope Brigham

Every year, on March 24, people across the world generate awareness about the bacterial disease called Tuberculosis. Although a cure for this disease was discovered in 1882, close to 1.5 million people lost their lives to TB in 2011. Mainly … Continue reading →

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Safe and Healthy Start to the New School Year!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Hope Brigham

October is coming to a close and the new school year feeling is fading into a sense of a routine.  Children are enjoying their new classes, fall sports and activities are well under way, and the excitement of Halloween is … Continue reading →

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Project Echo, Google+, Patient Education, and a Patient Centered Medical Home.

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Aldon Hynes

What happens when you ask a social media manager for a Patient Centered Medical Home to write about Project Echo?  You just might get a strange collection of thoughts drawn into a single blog post.  Ready? Last month, I sat … Continue reading →

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National Childhood Obesity Month

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Hope Brigham

National Childhood Obesity Month: Something that needs to be addressed during EVERY month of the year! Living life in the eyes of a child does not include daily calorie counting, cardio exercise, and always eating your vegetables.  Things like this … Continue reading →

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Men’s Health

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Aldon Hynes

Sunday is Father’s Day, so this week is Men’s Health Week and this month is Men’s Health Month.  Now men’s health isn’t an issue just for fathers, all men should pay more attention to their health.  Right now, women live … Continue reading →

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National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Aldon Hynes

Well, it has been a long month with a lot going on, so I’ve put off things that I’m not excited about until the last minute.  I guess that is something we all do, especially people over fifty.  You see, … Continue reading →

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Pollen Count Soars! (In Georgia… Coming Soon to Connecticut)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Aldon Hynes

Channel 11 out of Atlanta is running an article that starts Tuesday’s pollen is the worst it has been all year long as levels have almost tripled since Monday.  The latest pollen count is 2258, which puts the count into … Continue reading →

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Winter Blues and Other Stress

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Aldon Hynes

Monday morning was dark and rainy.  The melting snow added to the problems as flooding started to spread across parts of Connecticut.  It seemed like just about everyone I was talking with was having a rough day. Was it just … Continue reading →

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