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What You Should Know Before Getting Your Blood Drawn

Lab tests are an important way that medical providers monitor your health. In fact, they make up about 70 percent of your medical record. Given that getting your blood drawn is so common, it is helpful to know more about the process.

The Importance of Vaccines

What do vaccines do? Why are they so important? Middlesex Health Family Medicine pediatrician Cliff O'Callahan, MD discusses how vaccines help protect children and adults—and why keeping up with vaccines during COVID-19 is necessary.

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Helping Connecticut Fly

In order to fly, flight students to commercial airline pilots must have periodic Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical exams, and they look to Middlesex Health to help them meet that requirement.

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Spicy creole shrimp in square dish with rice.

Spicy Creole Shrimp Dish

This spicy shrimp dish is delicious over brown rice. Leftover seasoning blend can be stored in an airtight container for up to one month. Use it to add kick to cornbread, stewed chicken, rice or soups.

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Exercise and Stress: Get Moving to Manage Stress

Exercise in almost any form can act as a stress reliever. Being active can boost your feel-good endorphins and distract you from daily worries.

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A COVID-19 Story

COVID-19 is impacting families around the globe, including those close to home. Chris Paduch was treated by Middlesex Health for COVID-19 and spent nearly two months in a hospital bed before returning home. He continues to recover and is grateful for the care he received at Middlesex. He was even able to personally thank his pulmonologist. "I told him that seeing me survive COVOID-19, he had to feel like he hit a walk-off home run at the bottom of the ninth," Chris says.