SVMC Wellness Connection: Jan. 19

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January 19, 2024

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month

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Often referred to as “the silent thief of sight,” glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. In fact, more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma but only 50% of them know they have the disease. Don't turn a blind eye on glaucoma, learn the early signs now to protect your sight.

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Don't Get Bit by Frostbite

While winter weather may be unpredictable, your risk of frostbite is not. In the right conditions, frostbite can occur in just 15 minutes and the damaging results can be permanent. Learn how to recognize the signs and what steps to take to prevent it. 
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Protect Your Child from Future Cancer

HPV, or Human Papillomavirus, is a common virus that can cause 6 types of cancer. While there is no treatment for HPV, there is a vaccine that can prevent it. Read More

What to Expect at Prenatal Visits

Routine prenatal appointments are an important way to reduce the risk of complications and monitor your little one’s development right from the start. Read More

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Medical Office Building Update

 

For your awareness: On Monday, January 22, the following practices located at 140 Hospital Drive will be in new suite locations, as follows:

  • Suite 111: Infectious Disease and Pulmonology
  • Suite 306: Rheumatology
  • Suite 302: Gastroenterology, Endocrine, and Neurology
  • Suite 307: OB/GYN

 

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Bennington College Hosts Author Katie Yee

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Bennington College welcomes alum Katie Yee '17 for a public reading from her debut novel, "Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar," on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at 7:00 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. 
 
The event is a part of Bennington's Literature Evenings series. It is free and open to the public. 
 
According to a press release:
 
In Yee's taut, wry debut novel, a Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart. The novel grapples with grief, motherhood, and myths.
 
While at Bennington as a student, Yee was one of the first recipients of the Catherine Morrison Golden '55 P'80 Undergraduate Writing Fellowship to attend the summer residency of the Bennington Writing Seminars MFA program.
 
"Going back to when Katie was a standout Literature student as an undergraduate, she has always written 'beyond her years,'" faculty member Benjamin Anastas said. "And ever since, Katie has been racking up accomplishment after accomplishment in the literary world." 
 
Yee's writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, The Believer, Washington Square Review, Triangle House, Epiphany, and Literary Hub. She has been awarded fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. She is the Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Prize Winner. 
 
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