Everyone knows a nurse. Even though doctors may be the ones given credit for medical procedures, in my experience, a nurse is the first person who greets anyone during a regular office visit or an emergency. Nurses make us comfortable and safe. They see us at our very worst and still have the ...
It’s spring. The last patch of winter snow in the shade by our shed has melted. We’re hungry for something fresh and green. The grass is green! Edible green things popping up now are chives, last year’s parsley, and dandelions. Chives are perennials; their fresh green shoots are a ...
In November, I wrote an article about how the city of Albany was trying to reduce speeding in school speed zones by using cameras. That article stated that there were 12,895 speeding tickets issued to registered owners of vehicles that were caught on camera speeding more than 10 mph over the ...
I remember this convention well. Hundreds of volunteer firemen and their families attended the Northern New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association, Inc. convention and the village was rockin’. The detailed program opened with this greeting: “The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department, ...
To the editor: Dear North Country, I am writing to you today to urge you to contact Rep. Stefanik, our House Representative, to vote no on federal budget cuts to the Medicaid and Medicare programs. As a neighbor and a nurse, I know how many of you have worked hard your whole lives, and ...
I often find myself tied up by parents with lots of questions about their infant or young child being tongue-tied. Let me see if I can stick out some information on this topic. Tongue tie or what also carries the name, ankyloglossia, is what happens when the connection or band we call the ...