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Cheshire's nursing leadership presents Tamika with the Rising Star Award

Tamika Marciniec, BSN, RN, CPAN, named 2023 Rising Star

The New Hampshire Nurses Association’s (NHNA) Rising Star Award celebrates significant leadership potential and nursing advocacy.

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A beautiful array of fiber-filled foods such as nuts, beans, berries, vegetables, fruits

Why all the fuss over fiber?

Dietitian Ashley Bombicino, RD, LDN, explains how increasing foods with this key nutrient helps you improve your gut and heart health and manage your weight and blood sugar.

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Road sign for Cheshire Medical Center's West Campus on Maple Ave in Keene that houses Family and Community Care and the Family Medicine Residency

Dartmouth Health’s Cheshire Medical Center opens new family medicine clinic to expand services in the Keene region

Family & Community Care (FCC), associated with Cheshire's Family Medicine Residency, opened at the new West Campus on Maple Ave on October 9, 2023

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White woman puts items such as water and toiletries into a preparedness kit

Preparedness: The difference between emergency and adventure

Tricia Zahn, MPH, discusses small actions you can take to improve your safety during unexpected events, including a list for your personal preparedness kit

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Rachael Richardson stands smiling, wearing a pink sweater and headband, in front of a decorative hedge

Breast cancer survivor urges patients to be their own best advocates

At age 35, Rachael's proactive attitude towards her own care helped save her life. She explains how you can do the same.

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Healthy looking couple engage as they chop vegetables and pack tupperware with pre-portioned meals

Food Prep 101: Setting yourself up for weight management success!

Ashley Bombicino, RD, LDN, offers tips on this effective way to manage your weight, health, and mealtime stress when life gets busy.

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Neal Goldenberg, MD, examines a patient for a knee injury

ACL tears: Symptoms, surgery, and recovery

Neal Goldenberg, MD, chair of Sports Medicine at Cheshire, discusses treatment for one of the most common and devastating knee injuries that affects athletes, young and old, with a high prevalence among women.

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Neal Goldenberg, MD, shows a patient where the ACL is on a model of a knee

Know your knees: ACL injury prevention

Neal Goldenberg, MD, chair of Sports Medicine at Cheshire, discusses how athletes can prevent this very common, career-threatening injury.

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An older man holding a baseball bat with his arm around a child who holds a catcher's mit.

Arming patients against prostate cancer

Roland Chen, MD, urologist at Cheshire Medical Center, addresses myths, facts, and the prevention of this common killer.

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Empathetic adult comforts crying teen who holds her phone despondently.

4 Steps you can take to help prevent teen suicide

A leading cause of preventable death, teens are at especially high risk for suicide. Rose Hitchings, PsyD, gives practical advice for parents, family members, or anyone in a position to impact a teen’s life.

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