Health benefits start after walking as little as 2,500 steps a day
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

​A surprise diagnosis after heart attack
​​By Roberta Cannon, RN


​Four years on, COVID-19 now
​considered more like other
respiratory diseases
​​​By Roberta Cannon, RN
Like many, I thought the maxim to walk 10,000 steps per day for the best health benefit was based on scientific evidence....
​Robert Ullenbruch is grateful to be alive following a massive heart attack six years ago, followed by a lung cancer diagnosis a short time later....
In March 2020, the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four years later, it feels like we are finally back to some semblance of normalcy....

​Is your heartburn just a nuisance, or a sign of something more?
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

Approximately 15 million Americans have heartburn symptoms each day and more than 60 million experience it once a month.....

Could the pain in your abdomen be a gallbladder attack?
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

We’ve all had some form of a stomachache or pain, either from eating spicy foods, constipation, or a stomach virus...

Would your 4-year-old be able to call 911 in an emergency?
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

It is often newsworthy when young children call 911 for help for a parent or grandparent who experiences a medical emergency....

Do antibiotics work as well as surgery for appendicitis?
​By Roberta Cannon, RN​

​If you have generalized abdominal pain around the belly button that worsens over a few hours or a day and moves to the lower right quadrant of your abdomen, then you are experiencing the textbook description of appendicitis....

My father's journey with polio
By Roberta Cannon, RN

​​My father, Robert Collins, contracted polio in 1955 during an epidemic that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Dad was a cable splicer for the telephone company, climbing telephone poles to connect and repair wires.....

​Living with ALS, and making the best of it
By Roberta Cannon, RN

​I have many stories that inspired me and moved me over the past year, but one of my favorites was the story about David Garber of North Falmouth, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) seven years ago......

This patient credits her Maine Coon cat with saving her life
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

Virginia Voros-Carlsen of Eastham has a close bond with her Maine coon cat, Memphis, that began after a serious car accident several years ago when some glass penetrated Virginia’s skull....​

Survivors Day 2023
inspired and comforted
​By Roberta Cannon, RN

When I walked into the lobby of the Hyport Conference Center in Hyannis on the bright, sunny morning of Sunday, September 17, 2023 to attend the Ninth Annual Cape Cancer Survivors Day Celebration, I could feel that bit of angst that always crops up when anything related to my cancer journey appears in front of me....

Cancer survivorship isn’t what it used to be
By Roberta Cannon, RN

​​Brian Carey, who was diagnosed with stage III colorectal cancer nearly two years ago, considers himself a fighter rather than a survivor.
“If I’m a survivor, it almost makes me feel like I was a victim, and I wasn’t a victim; I was a fighter,” he said. “.....​

Actresses Tia Mowry and Kerry Washington have this in common

By Roberta Cannon, RN

Their skin always looks perfect on TV, but what you may not know is that actresses Tia Mowry and Kerry Washington have suffered from a troublesome skin condition called eczema....

​At what age and how often should you have a mammogram?

By Roberta Cannon, RN

Just when you thought you knew the official recommendation on when you should be getting a mammogram, another update comes along.....

Don’t toss your expired COVID-19 home test​

By Roberta Cannon, RN

Before tossing your expired COVID-19 home test kit in the trash, check the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) website to find out if the expiration date has been extended.....

A life changed forever in a matter of seconds
By Roberta Cannon, RN

​​​When Chris Vangelder, 47, of Mashpee, left for work on his motorcycle, the morning of June 27, 2012, he didn’t know that a short time later, at an intersection in Mashpee, an accident would change his life......​

Tired all the time?
​Insomnia may be the cause
By Roberta Cannon, RN

Are you lying awake at night, sleeping for short periods, or feeling as if you haven’t slept at all when you get up in the morning?

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​​Living strongly beyond cancer
​​​By Roberta Cannon, RN

​I didn’t know what to expect when I signed up for the Livestrong at the YMCA Cape Cod program in Barnstable. Joining a gym and doing exercise has never been my strong suit and to do it with a group of people I had never met was to say the least, a bit unnerving.....
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