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Women are unique, and so are their health needs. If you have delayed your care, it’s impor­tant to sched­ule your rou­tine screen­ings to iden­ti­fy health prob­lems that could be screened for, iden­ti­fied, and treat­ed earlier.

What is typ­i­cal­ly a busy sea­son for many youth ath­letes in the area has come to a halt. Ongo­ing con­cerns sur­round­ing COVID-19 have led to the can­cel­la­tion or post­pone­ment of many spring and sum­mer sports.

It’s no sur­prise that 80% of Amer­i­cans do not meet the rec­om­men­da­tions for phys­i­cal activ­i­ty. We are more seden­tary than ever. We sit in the car on the way to work, we sit at work, and then we go home and sit down to relax. Good news is it’s nev­er too late (or ear­ly) to devel­op a man­age­able phys­i­cal activ­i­ty rou­tine that works for you. Being healthy doesn’t mean you have to sweat it out at a gym for two hours every day – I promise what I am ask­ing is much more man­age­able than that.

Per­form these five move­ments every 60 – 90 min­utes through­out the day. There’s no need to even leave your desk. In addi­tion, try to stand up every 20 – 45 min­utes and always be look­ing for ways to move more through­out your day.

Sep­tem­ber is Fam­i­ly Fit­ness Month, and a great time to get active with your fam­i­ly. Below are cre­ative ways to trans­form the game of tag, and get active while hav­ing fun!

For­mer Quin­cy May­or Chuck Scholz has encoun­tered a series of health chal­lenges over the past two decades, requir­ing the metic­u­lous man­age­ment of numer­ous appoint­ments and pre­scrip­tions. The addi­tion of Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) RN Care Man­ag­er Leslie Koet­ters to his care team marked a trans­for­ma­tive shift in his health­care journey.

High school hall­ways don’t always lead to life­long love, but for Ryan Teheng and Beth Coop­er, Cer­ti­fied Reg­is­tered Nurse Anes­thetists (CRNA), things were meant to be. Ryan and Beth met in high school, but their love sto­ry didn’t begin until col­lege. Eleven years lat­er, in 2015, they got mar­ried, embark­ing on their lives not just as hus­band and wife, but also in the world of healthcare.

Imag­ine two peo­ple, side by side, fac­ing the same health con­cerns. They might both have dia­betes or asth­ma, but their chances of get­ting sick and even sur­viv­ing these ill­ness­es are dif­fer­ent, often based sole­ly on their race or ethnicity.

Dur­ing Nation­al Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Week, we cel­e­brate the ded­i­cat­ed health­care pro­fes­sion­als at QMG, where we are for­tu­nate to have 38 nurse prac­ti­tion­ers car­ing for patients in the region. Among them is Heather Todd, FNP‑C, who has been with QMG since 2016.

On Vet­er­ans Day, we want to express our deep appre­ci­a­tion for the invalu­able ser­vice pro­vid­ed by our local Vet­er­ans. To mark this occa­sion, we spoke with two of our optometrists at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) — Dr. Kel­ly Sharpe and Dr. Hei­di Hais­ley — to dis­cuss their care for local Veterans.