Good morning! It’s 2021, and we are hoping to bring you some new and exciting WWAD programs later this year. Walk with a Doc is a community that has been fostering camaraderie and health education all while getting the health benefits of movement and being in nature. As we plan for the future, we value the […]

Good morning.There’s a common medical condition called atelectasis (at-e-lec-ta-sis). With atelectasis, the tiny air sacs (alveoli) do not fully expand causing the lung to shrivel up and make it painful when we take a deep breath and try to expand our lungs.There are many causes, but one is prolonged shallow breathing due to pain.Those lungs shrivel […]

In honor of Heart Health Month, and in response to the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension, we are partnering with Fresh Avocados – Love One Today®to showour hearts some love! Sharing a mission to help improve the heart health of America, we are launching a virtual adventure through the Grand Canyon! We will combine movement […]

Friends, I just finished watching this high yield interview. It was recommended to our system staff by our brilliant infectious disease doctor, Dr. Joseph Gastaldo. I see why. When I finished this podcast (filmed yesterday), I wanted everyone I know to see it.Dr. Offit, who sits on the FDA Vaccine Review Committee is widely regarded […]

Good morning.I don’t feel foolish this morning, but I do feel hungry.Just about any time any of us get around politics we are inundated with a variation of the same phrase,“We’re so divided.”That’s only one way of looking at it.The way that doesn’t work.That’s the cop-out way. That’s the easy way. That’s the resigned way. […]