Light Good morning! Our hearts continue to be with those suffering in the wake of Harvey and those in Irma’s path. We are terribly grateful to everyone who has helped and is helping the vulnerable down in Texas through the link we shared last week, www.texmed.org/harvey. Dr. Stratego Castenes,and her sister Maria, have been walking with […]

Good morning! You, our team and everyone else is thinking about Texas, Louisiana, Mexico, the Gulf Coast and everywhere else that was devastated this week by Harvey. You, maybe like us, are kind of speechless as we feel pretty much helpless. As you likely know, we have 46 chapters in Texas. Steve Levine and the […]

Good morning! A lot of people are talking about Monday’s eclipse and look, I get it. Perfect topic for a newsletter right? Well I googled ‘eclipse health benefits’ – none. That understood, the WNSC (Walk Newsletter Screening Committee) came to the conclusion, after our standingThursday 9:30 meeting, that we wanted to get away from the typical Friday am lunacy. We […]

Walk with a Doc Est. 1967 Good morning! Hope your week has been treating you well. Friday! We have some exciting news. We’re changing the date that Walk with a Doc was started. Our team has been reading up on some notable events of the 20th century (Polio Vaccine, Discovery of Penicillin, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, etc). […]

Good morning! Hope you are enjoying the incredible weather. Despite all our attempts to protect our walkers from sharks, many weeks people say that want more “medical stuff” in our newsletter. They want more “science”. Well, we’re listening and this week is for you. My cardiology service call wraps up Monday am at 0700 and […]

Good morning! We come to you this morning not as alarmists, but as realists. Many of you are well aware that Shark Week on the Discovery Channel (DC) starts this Sunday. For the past 29 years, The DC has taken the last week in July to fill their programming lineup with sharks. Interestingly, there is always an uptick in […]

Good morning! How’s the holiday week? I’m sorry, I can’t wait to tell you about this cardiology office visit – crazy!! So, last Monday I’m all excited because I’ve got Michael Hunter scheduled for 9:45 in my office. It’s a routine yearly follow-up, but Holly (my RN) told me he had a lot to share… “Hey Michael. […]

The Seven Reasons My Dog has a Galaxy S8 Good morning! Some weeks we talk about medicine; others we don’t. If we could cut to the chase. I’ve been getting a lot of slack at the walk regarding the fact that my dog has a  Galaxy S8. I’m not deaf, I hear your comments. “Must be […]

New Music Policy To Take Effect Immediately Good morning! Hope this finds you well. We need to quickly apologize for the serious nature of this week’s newsletter and explain the new policy. On April 2nd (this year) we rolled out a music pilot study at 24 of our sites. We’re evaluating (1) number of steps taken, (2) […]

Good morning! Before we left Columbus for our meetings in NJ, I tried to make history. Let’s just say, it didn’t go well. I took careful notes that evening as I did not want to forget the day’s events. Here are my notes verbatim:This morning’s Tuesday’s clinic started like any other. It’s a sunny 74 […]