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      • Summer is here. Protect yourself against melanoma
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      • A better, less invasive way to do spine surgery
      • ER prescriptions at your fingertips
      • Reflecting on a 37-year medical career
      • Four strategies for losing weight and keeping it off
      • Couple endures simultaneous breast cancer diagnoses
      • Is it a stroke or something else?
      • Dealing with a heart arrythmia on her own became unsustainable for this woman
      • How to bring down your A1c score
      • James Van Der Beek raises awareness for colorectal cancer
      • Should I have a coronary artery calcium test?
      • What to know about over-the-counter Narcan
      • A primary care physician finds rewards with hospice care
      • Anemia in the elderly can be complicated
      • Vitamin D may help reduce the progression of disease
      • A primer on breast cancer staging and treatment
      • Wade Boggs revealed his Gleason Score for prostate cancer. What does the score mean?
      • How chronic disease can affect cancer treatment
      • Partial breast radiation now common for some early-stage cancer patients
      • Cervical cancer is still a threat, and screening saves lives
      • How to solve your toddler’s sleep issues
      • Looking back on 50 years of being a nurse​
      • Health benefits start after walking as little as 2,500 steps a day
      • A surprise diagnosis after heart attack
      • Four years on, COVID-19 now considered ​more like other respiratory diseases
      • ​Is your heartburn just a nuisance, or a sign of something more? ​
      • Actresses Tia Mowry and Kerry Washington Have This In Common
      • At what age and how often should you have a mammogram?
      • Don’t toss your expired COVID-19 home test
      • A life changed forever in a matter of seconds
      • Tired all the time? Insomnia may be the cause.
      • Living Strongly Beyond Cancer
      • Could the pain in your abdomen be a gallbladder attack?
      • Would your 4-year-old be able to call 911 in an emergency?
      • Do antibiotics work as well as surgery for appendicitis?
      • My Father's Journey With Polio
      • Living With ALS
      • This patient credits her Maine coon cat with saving her life
      • Survivors Day 2023 inspired and comforted
      • Cancer survivorship isn't what it used to be
    • Helpful Hints
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      • Celebrating A Family Legacy Of 90 Years In Veterinary Medicine
      • A life of giving celebrated in Falmouth
      • When the Numbers Add Up To Great Medical Care
      • Grateful for care right ​down the road
      • When a fall leads to good patient care
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      • How Mindfulness Teaches Teens to Beat Stress
      • Your Teen's Favorite Drug Is Alcohol
      • 3 Steps to help your ADHD student at college
      • 8 Tips For Getting Into Arts Management
      • These Documents Help You Advocate For Your Teen
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      • Dancing The Night Away At A Record Hop
      • When Telephones Were Social Media
      • Games We Used To Play
      • Snow Then, Snow Now
      • The Magic Of The Santa Claus Suit
      • Two Howard Johnson’s Restaurants In Falmouth, But Not Quite
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​Your teen’s favorite drug is alcohol
By Roberta Cannon

With all the talk about teen substance abuse, it’s easy to dismiss the drug teens are most likely to use and abuse: alcohol.....​
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These documents help you advocate for your teen
By Roberta Cannon

​Throughout childhood, you’ve been your child’s advocate, making health-care decisions, picking up prescriptions, making sure medication is taken and that instructions from the pediatrician and specialists are followed.....
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How mindfulness teaches teens to beat stress
By Roberta Cannon

​While there are many programs to help support teens through the various challenges of adolescence, mindfulness has become more popular over the last few years as a way to deal with pressures such as stress and bullying......​
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8 tips for getting into arts management
By Roberta Cannon

​There is plenty to the arts that is imaginative, but there’s also a side that, while creative, is more nuts and bolts.
Somebody has to see that the light bill gets paid.....​
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3 steps to help your ADHD student at college
By Roberta Cannon

​All teens who head off to college do so with some anticipation, anxiety and fear of the unknown, along with excitement about the freedom this new environment has to offer.....
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  • Home
  • About
  • Roberta's Bio
  • Stories
    • Healthcare >
      • Summer is here. Protect yourself against melanoma
      • Robotics comes to knee replacement surgery
      • 6 pieces of information to bring when you take a child to the ER
      • A better, less invasive way to do spine surgery
      • ER prescriptions at your fingertips
      • Reflecting on a 37-year medical career
      • Four strategies for losing weight and keeping it off
      • Couple endures simultaneous breast cancer diagnoses
      • Is it a stroke or something else?
      • Dealing with a heart arrythmia on her own became unsustainable for this woman
      • How to bring down your A1c score
      • James Van Der Beek raises awareness for colorectal cancer
      • Should I have a coronary artery calcium test?
      • What to know about over-the-counter Narcan
      • A primary care physician finds rewards with hospice care
      • Anemia in the elderly can be complicated
      • Vitamin D may help reduce the progression of disease
      • A primer on breast cancer staging and treatment
      • Wade Boggs revealed his Gleason Score for prostate cancer. What does the score mean?
      • How chronic disease can affect cancer treatment
      • Partial breast radiation now common for some early-stage cancer patients
      • Cervical cancer is still a threat, and screening saves lives
      • How to solve your toddler’s sleep issues
      • Looking back on 50 years of being a nurse​
      • Health benefits start after walking as little as 2,500 steps a day
      • A surprise diagnosis after heart attack
      • Four years on, COVID-19 now considered ​more like other respiratory diseases
      • ​Is your heartburn just a nuisance, or a sign of something more? ​
      • Actresses Tia Mowry and Kerry Washington Have This In Common
      • At what age and how often should you have a mammogram?
      • Don’t toss your expired COVID-19 home test
      • A life changed forever in a matter of seconds
      • Tired all the time? Insomnia may be the cause.
      • Living Strongly Beyond Cancer
      • Could the pain in your abdomen be a gallbladder attack?
      • Would your 4-year-old be able to call 911 in an emergency?
      • Do antibiotics work as well as surgery for appendicitis?
      • My Father's Journey With Polio
      • Living With ALS
      • This patient credits her Maine coon cat with saving her life
      • Survivors Day 2023 inspired and comforted
      • Cancer survivorship isn't what it used to be
    • Helpful Hints
    • Human Interest >
      • Celebrating A Family Legacy Of 90 Years In Veterinary Medicine
      • A life of giving celebrated in Falmouth
      • When the Numbers Add Up To Great Medical Care
      • Grateful for care right ​down the road
      • When a fall leads to good patient care
    • Teen Life >
      • How Mindfulness Teaches Teens to Beat Stress
      • Your Teen's Favorite Drug Is Alcohol
      • 3 Steps to help your ADHD student at college
      • 8 Tips For Getting Into Arts Management
      • These Documents Help You Advocate For Your Teen
    • Then & Now >
      • Dancing The Night Away At A Record Hop
      • When Telephones Were Social Media
      • Games We Used To Play
      • Snow Then, Snow Now
      • The Magic Of The Santa Claus Suit
      • Two Howard Johnson’s Restaurants In Falmouth, But Not Quite
  • Contact