" Taking the Sting Out of Holiday Travel Vaccines If you are like everyone else, this winter with all of it’s flu scare has left you longing for your winter break. Who doesn’t want to replace sitting in front of frightening news reports with sitting in front of a beautiful sunset over a new and exotic vacation spot? But before you jet off for your temporary home away from home, you’ll need to ...
" How to Survive the Financial Drain of Flu Season By now, most everyone has been made aware by the media of the tremendous toll this flu season has taken on our health this year. In Boston alone, there has been 750 confirmed cases of flu so far. That is over ten times the amount of cases at this time last year. It has gotten so bad, that Boston’s Mayor Menino declared a state of ...
" It’s that time of year again. That end of summer ritual to start getting your kids ready for back to school. Part of that ritual is the dreaded physical. Does my child really need to get these done?? How much of my beautiful summer day will be spent waiting to be seen? What is this going to cost me? Unfortunately, the answer is to the first question is yes, they do need to do ...
" Turning the stethoscope to find big hearts. Like many of you, I have always been intimidated by doctors. Why? Is it that when we are at our weakest and most vulnerable, they can hold the key to us going on or going under? Is it their confidence? Is it their special, acronym laden language? Or maybe it’s those brilliant white lab coats? Whatever the reason, I believe that most of us probably feel they ...
