Health Topics

This Father’s Day, Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Sarah McIn­tyre, PA‑C, reflects on the lega­cy of care passed down through her fam­i­ly. Inspired by her grand­fa­ther, Dr. Mer­le Cross­land, and great-grand­fa­ther, Dr. Wal­ter Whitak­er — one of QMG’s founders — Sarah con­tin­ues their tra­di­tion of com­pas­sion­ate, com­mu­ni­ty-cen­tered health­care. Their val­ues of integri­ty, ded­i­ca­tion, and ser­vice live on through Sarah’s work in pedi­atrics, hon­or­ing the gen­er­a­tions before her and the patients she serves today.

Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) will join a nation­wide project and host a com­mu­ni­ty game event at First Bap­tist Church, 739 N. 8^th St. in Quin­cy on Wednes­day, July 9 at 5:30 pm to engage com­mu­ni­ties in impor­tant con­ver­sa­tions about med­ical deci­sion mak­ing. The event, fea­tur­ing the con­ver­sa­tion game Hel­lo, will pro­vide infor­ma­tion about how to pre­pare for future deci­sions about seri­ous and crit­i­cal health issues. 

In cel­e­bra­tion of Nutri­tion Month, Quin­cy Med­ical Group dieti­tians reveal their top 10 kitchen essen­tials for healthy eat­ing, fea­tur­ing items like Greek yogurt, berries, nuts, and use­ful tools like veg­etable chop­pers and blenders.

The Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) Foun­da­tion is excit­ed to announce that reg­is­tra­tion is now open for the 25^th annu­al Bridge the Gap to Health Race on Sat­ur­day, May 10, 2025. Par­tic­i­pants can choose from a 5K, 10K, or half marathon.

In Novem­ber 2023, Gerald’s health rapid­ly declined due to micro­scop­ic polyangi­itis, lead­ing to kid­ney and lung fail­ure. After some time with in-cen­ter dial­y­sis, he and his wife, Therese, explored peri­toneal dial­y­sis (PD) through Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG). With sup­port from QMG’s team, Ger­ald tran­si­tioned to home dial­y­sis, which improved his qual­i­ty of life and allowed him to trav­el again. 

It’s easy to think of spring and fall as aller­gy sea­sons, since that’s when pollen makes its year­ly debut. But aller­gy sea­son can hap­pen at any time of year – it all depends on what you’re aller­gic to and when you’re exposed to it.

To get past a dif­fi­cult emo­tion, you need to first iden­ti­fy and embrace that emo­tion. Once you know what you are feel­ing and why, you are able to move into a state of mind that allows for more effec­tive prob­lem solv­ing and deci­sion mak­ing. When some­one tells you to calm down, they are basi­cal­ly sug­gest­ing that you skip right past this step and move imme­di­ate­ly to the prob­lem solv­ing state of mind. That’s just not how we work. We need that in-between step of iden­ti­fy­ing the tough feel­ing and sit­ting with it for a minute before we can move for­ward. What’s miss­ing when some­one says ​“calm down” is empa­thy.

In our con­tin­u­ous effort to pri­or­i­tize men­tal well-being and inclu­siv­i­ty, we join the nation in com­mem­o­rat­ing Minor­i­ty Men­tal Health Month. This ded­i­cat­ed obser­vance brings atten­tion to the unique strug­gles that racial and eth­nic minor­i­ty com­mu­ni­ties face regard­ing men­tal illness.

Research shows that for emo­tion­al symp­toms, includ­ing depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and ADHD, a com­bi­na­tion of med­ica­tion and ther­a­py is often the best form of treat­ment. But when should you or your child try med­ica­tion? Are there oth­er things you should try first? How does any­one even make that deci­sion? Is there a pill for that? The fol­low­ing is a list of fac­tors to keep in mind as you nav­i­gate this poten­tial­ly over­whelm­ing decision.

Focus­ing on pre­ven­tive care can help you live a longer and hap­pi­er, health­i­er life. Annu­al vis­its are a time to talk with your provider about rec­om­mend­ed screen­ings, fam­i­ly his­to­ry, and any con­cerns. It’s easy to put off these vis­its, but they can help you in the long-term.

Nave Wil­son has been attend­ing the Man Up event since its incep­tion. For him, it’s more than just an activ­i­ty; it’s a year­ly reminder to focus on his well-being. He encour­ages oth­er men to pri­or­i­tize their health as well.

As men age, the prostate can enlarge, increas­ing the risk of con­di­tions such as benign pro­sta­t­ic hyper­pla­sia (BPH), pro­sta­ti­tis, and prostate can­cer. Prostate can­cer can spread if not detect­ed ear­ly. To main­tain prostate health, reg­u­lar exer­cise, a healthy diet, weight man­age­ment, quit­ting tobac­co, and reg­u­lar screen­ings are recommended.