This “most wonderful time of the year” can be very challenging on a number of levels. While uncertainties and restrictions surrounding COVID-19 may prevent large family gatherings, it likely will not interfere with the temptation of holiday treats. In fact, due to the year we’ve had, those temptations may be harder to avoid than ever before. But that doesn’t mean making healthy choices...

Readers’ View:  Our Community Is Among the Lucky Few To Have a ‘Magnet’ Hospital By Michelle Little, BS, RN, CMSRN, and Jessica Malloy, RN-BC, ONC

This post by two members of our nursing team was published October 18, 2020, as a Reader’s View in The Saratogian. 

Saratoga Hospital recently attained ANCC Magnet Recognition® for nursing excellence—the highest national...

Think about the art of conversation, particularly how we communicate with one another. Often, the typical back-and-forth is characterized by a mixture of hearing someone’s words and watching their mouth as they speak. But that was before COVID-19 necessitated wearing masks in public. It is one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the virus, but that means we’re all relying solely...

The providers at Saratoga Hospital Medical Group—Eye Care offer routine, comprehensive exams for patients of all ages to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, including age-related developments like cataracts. More than half of all Americans aged 80 or older have cataracts, or have had surgery to get rid of them. Cataracts occur when the lens behind your eye becomes cloudy, so it feels...

We’ve all experienced unprecedented changes in our lives over the last few months, but it may be particularly challenging for adolescents and young people to navigate the abrupt interruptions in their daily lives. The stress and uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, combined with school closures and the cancellation of sports seasons, proms, and other once-in-a-lifetime events, has only exacerbated...