Health and Safety Tips

How Do You Know if You Have COVID-19, Flu, or RSV?
Are you worried about getting infected with COVID-19, the flu, or RSV? Find out the symptoms, how they differ, and how best to protect yourself.

What to Expect From Lactation Consultations
Cheshire Medical Center offers lactation consulting from birth through breastfeeding.

How to Prepare Your Child (And Yourself) For Summer Camp
Karl Dietrich, MD, MPH, primary care physician, shares helpful tips for sending your kids off for the summer.

Do Your Shoes Matter for Hiking and Running?
Poor shoe fit can lead to problems like ankle sprains, blisters, Achilles tendonitis and other foot issues.

What to Know About Maternal Mental Health
In honor of World Maternal Mental Health Day, Rose Hitchings, PsyD, an integrative behavioral health psychologist at Cheshire Medical Center, draws attention to the issue.

How to Protect Yourself and Others From Measles Outbreaks
Measles cases are spiking, but the virus is almost entirely preventable through the MMR vaccine.

Shorter Days Got You Down? It Could Be Seasonal Affective Disorder.
In most cases, symptoms start in the fall or winter and subside in the spring. But there are methods to help you cope.

Whooping Cough Cases Are Increasing. Why and What To Do About It
Whooping cough, more formally known as pertussis, is on the rise. But doctors stress that the disease is preventable with vaccines.

What to Know About Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Gastroenterologist and obesity medicine specialist Suzannah Luft, MD, discusses Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in honor of the diseases’ awareness week

Ask the Expert: Mammograms and Self Exams
H.E. Guy Burman, MD, medical director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center Comprehensive Breast Program at Cheshire Medical Center, discusses breast health and cancer screenings and offers helpful resources.