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Feb­ru­ary is rec­og­nized as Amer­i­can Heart Month. Dur­ing this month, it’s impor­tant to be informed about the signs, symp­toms, risk fac­tors, and the pre­ven­tion of heart dis­ease. Quin­cy Med­ical Group Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Hope Owens answered some fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions about your heart.

This month is Autism Accep­tance Month, a time to give peo­ple a chance to edu­cate them­selves on what autism is and what it means to those who were diag­nosed with it. QMG Pedi­atric Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Dr. San­dra Clark works close­ly with kids of all ages and their fam­i­lies. We spoke to her to learn more.

Parkinson’s Aware­ness Month offers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn more about the dis­ease, its symp­toms, and oppor­tu­ni­ties to sup­port loved ones with the dis­ease. Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) offers ther­a­pies for patients with Parkinson’s dis­ease to help improve their dai­ly func­tion, speech, and independence.

Do you ever find your­self wak­ing up in the mid­dle of the night with numb­ness and tin­gling in your hand? Or maybe you expe­ri­ence a sharp pain in your wrist when you use your com­put­er mouse for an extend­ed time peri­od? If so, you may be suf­fer­ing from carpal tun­nel syn­drome — a com­mon con­di­tion that affects mil­lions of peo­ple worldwide.

Every year in March, we mark Nation­al Col­orec­tal Can­cer Month to bring aware­ness to the dis­ease and the impor­tance of screen­ing. Bri­an Deeds was diag­nosed with col­orec­tal can­cer in 2021 and shares his sto­ry to encour­age oth­ers to talk to their doctors.

Col­orec­tal can­cer is the third most com­mon­ly diag­nosed can­cer in both men and women. Despite its preva­lence, the dis­ease and its asso­ci­at­ed health con­cerns can be uncom­fort­able to talk about. How­ev­er, it’s an impor­tant con­ver­sa­tion to have. We did just that with Quin­cy Med­ical Group Gas­troen­terol­o­gist Dr. Kar­tikeya Tri­pathi, who answered ques­tions relat­ed to col­orec­tal can­cer, includ­ing pre­ven­tion, diag­no­sis, and its treatment.

Are you buy­ing gifts for kid­dos this year? Have no idea what you are doing? Want some ideas beyond those must-have toys this sea­son? Lean­na Moss, Cer­ti­fied Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py Assis­tant & Ann Zinn, Speech-Lan­guage Pathol­o­gist, have some great ideas to think about while you are shop­ping. You can find some fun and educational/​developmental gifts for the kids on your list.

Anne Zinn, Speech Lan­guage Pathol­o­gist and Feed­ing Spe­cial­ist, dis­cuss­es tips and tricks to help you nav­i­gate meal­time with picky eaters dur­ing the holidays.

Need some great gift ideas for kids? Use our hol­i­day gift guide!

QMG Phys­i­cal Ther­a­pist Sam Wil­son and QMG Speech Ther­a­pist Anne Zinn with our Pedi­atric Ther­a­py depart­ment put togeth­er their top gift ideas for chil­dren, with a major focus on pro­mot­ing fine and gross motor devel­op­ment as well as speech devel­op­ment, all while hav­ing fun!