Parents ask me some eye-opening questions about how to get their child used to the idea that they need to wear glasses. Let me see what information I can provide on this topic. If your child has a problem seeing, glasses work to correct refractive or light-bending problems so your child’s eyes can focus better […]
“It looked like a bomb went off.” Such is the world that Patti Fisher, MD, found when she and a group of 7 others disembarked from a boat that took them from Ft. Lauderdale to the island of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. There to provide medical relief, they found an island […]
Open Enrollment is the annual period when new applicants can use the Vermont Health Connect (VHC) marketplace to sign up for health and dental plans for the coming year. It is also the time that existing members have the option to change plans. New Timeline The 2018 Open Enrollment will be shorter than in past […]
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Loading...If you are a woman who has recently had a mammogram, you may have received a letter from your radiologist (actually signed by me) recommending that your next mammogram be in one year. You may also have seen in your MyHealth account (the UVM Medical Center patient portal) that you are not due for screening […]
“You have breast cancer.” Tough words to hear. Words I honestly never thought I would hear. Both of my parents had cancer, so as a result I had indirect experience with the disease. I assumed the odds of me having it too would be low. The world doesn’t work that way….does it?! Breast Cancer Gene: […]
