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As we welcome fall with shorter days and less time spent outside in the sun, now is a good time to consider vitamin D supplements with your health care provider.  IHG Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Katie Schaeffer, discusses the importance of maintaining our levels of Vitamin D in our Western New York Region. 

Falling is not a normal part of aging. You can prevent falls by doing the right exercises, making your home safer, getting regular health checkups, and more.

The next session of our Diabetes Prevention Program begins October 5th.  Type 2 Diabetes can be prevented or delayed by making lifestyle changes that include weight loss and more physical activity.  Take the 60 Second Diabetes Risk Test today to find out if you or a loved one may be at risk.

The micronutrient, Iodine, plays an important role in the human diet.  But if iodine levels in foods are low, how can we successfully consume it? 

September 8th is World Physical Therapy Day!  Learn about how this therapeutic care helps to restore, improve and maintain movement, function and physical wellbeing to all people.

Keeping our pets safe helps to keep us healthy!  Erie County Department of Health is offering drive-thru rabies vaccination clinics in September that are FREE of charge with registration.

Sometimes the path on our life journey is smooth, unencumbered, & very clear.  Other times our life is tumultuous & full of challenges.  Often, we have no control over the circumstances we encounter along our path of life. However, we do have choices as to how we view the situations we encounter, whether they are smooth & unencumbered or whether they are tumultuous & our view affects our actions. The question is, when we encounter a challenge & get stuck or lose our way, how do we regain our vision, balance & focus so we can move forward on a smooth path of whole life once again?

God is our answer & we meet Him, spirit to spirit, when we engage in the gift of sacred pausing. We need places that are larger than the sum of their parts in order to remind us that we are all larger than the sum of our earthly body, mind, & spirit. It is our prayer that all God’s people will make time to meet God in those sacred moments & receive His gift of healing.

Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) Operated Vaccination Sites are coming to ECC South in Orchard Park this September!  Find out more and register for a vaccination date.

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day.  Today, we remember those we've lost to overdose while spreading the message that overdose death is preventable.  There are many beneficial resources and trainings within Erie County that compassionately offer education, training and harm reduction resources.