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Managing Chronic Diseases

Managing Chronic Diseases

Last week, our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola spoke with at the Middlesex County NAACP Branch’s general membership meeting.  Her topic was “Chronic Diseases and Self Management”.  She spoke about chronic diseases as a national problem, accounting for 7 out of 10 deaths in Americans each year.  50% of deaths each year come from heart disease, cancer and strokes.  Almost 50% of adults have at least one chronic disease. While some aspects of chronic diseases are out of…

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A Beautiful Friday Morning in August

A Beautiful Friday Morning in August

It is a beautiful August Friday morning in Middletown.  The traffic seemed lighter than usual as I drove in this morning.  Perhaps I was just beating the morning traffic, or perhaps there are a lot of people taking the day off.  Next week, I’ll be out on vacation, and I’m in my pre-vacation frenzy.  I need to make sure that everything is set up and will be covered while I’m gone. This is compounded by several things going on at…

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National Health Center Week 2011

National Health Center Week 2011

August 7-13 is National Health Center Week.  Here in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has declared it also Connecticut Health Center Week, and across Connecticut, CHC has had a great collection of activities.  With the number of sites we have across the state, we started our activities before National Health Center Week started and will continue them into next week.  ConnecticutPlus provides a good description of CHC’s National Health Center Week activities. Events started on August 3 at our site…

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FoodSmart and Fit®

FoodSmart and Fit®

Okay.  I admit it, like too many Americans I weigh more than I really should.  Also, like too many Americans I’m not really managing to make significant changes in my weight.  Last summer, I did manage to swim at the town pool quite a bit and I dropped a fair amount of weight, but when fall rolled around, I put the weight back on.  Some of that is probably because I didn’t make any simple long term changes to my…

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The Middletown Farmer’s Market

The Middletown Farmer’s Market

Writing blog posts for the Community Health Center, is generally pretty interesting.  I get to write about a wide array of topics from snow removal and construction to nurse practitioner residency programs and diabetic retinopathy.  Sometimes times, it can also be really fun to go out and gather information for a blog post, and today was one of those days.  I went over to the Farmer’s Market on Main Street in Middletown, sponsored in part, by CHC. I’ve always loved going…

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Pneumocystis Pneumonia – A Community Response

Pneumocystis Pneumonia – A Community Response

Last Saturday, I received an email from our clinical director, Margaret Flinter sharing her reflections on 30 years of HIV.  It is a long, but very meaningful message, and I am posting it here in its entirety with her permission. – Aldon Good morning, everyone,  Every once in a while, something causes us to stop and take a deep breath and reflect on momentous changes and challenges we have faced at CHC, in healthcare, and in our communities.  I had…

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