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Tips, Classes and
H ealth C orner Programs to help

you live healthier!

symptoms, or expect to travel, blood pressure, reduce your risk
please be tested, even if you are for diabetes, it also improves

vaccinated! The Caroline County your mood…instantly!

Health Dept. offers testing at
• Engage in mindful meditation
Simple Gifts for the Holidays! the vaccine center (Dates and for a few minutes each day! Th ere
times vary during the holidays).

Submitted by Leigh Marquess, RN Reservations recommended. Call are many different websites and
Apps for meditation for adults,
410-479-5880 to schedule. Th e
Good Health is the best holiday gift teens and kids!
Urgent Care offi ces in Denton
to give to yourself and your family.
and Easton locations off er Rapid- • Manage your spending! It is
During this time of the COVID-19
testing and PCR tests. Check very easy to over-spend during
Pandemic, we are all busy with work,
with your health care provider the holidays. Be sure to create a
taking care of loved ones, helping kids

for other testing resources. Please budget for gift giving, write a list
cope with restrictions at school and
consider getting vaccinated. Call and stick to it. Engage the family
getting vaccinated, plus planning for

410-479-5880 to schedule. It is in creating gifts from the kitchen.
socially distanced holidays. In all the
easy and free! It is a great way to spend time
hustle and bustle it is hard to take time
together!

to make sure you and your family are • Get your flu shot! I bet your
in good health, yet this is so important! pharmacy has them available! • Check in with friends, neighbors
Here are some ways to stay healthy and and family by phone, Zoom or
• Eat properly! It is diffi cult, at
reduce stress during the holiday season: Facetime. A simple drive-by hello
best, to eat only healthy foods
or porch chat would be welcome
• Be COVID-19 mindful! We all during the holidays. Don’t feel
for many people who are
have ‘COVID fatigue’. But now guilty for indulging a little, but
quarantining at home, in need of
is not the time to let our guard remember to balance all the
company.
down! So..Wear a mask in all sweets and other high calorie
public indoor spaces, if you foods with fresh veggies and • Volunteer or make donations!
can, keep six feet between you fruits, whole grains, lean proteins Call your church, a shelter, a
and others, wash your hands and low fat dairy. Maybe skip the food pantry, Hospice, or animal
frequently, keep commonly second helping and enjoy one shelter, to see what their needs
touched areas disinfected, and cookie, not two! are. Donations of money or items
limit indoor social gatherings are always welcome.
• Take a daily walk. Studies now
to no more than ten people.
show that a simple 30 minute Wellness Promotions at Th e Caroline
If you have been exposed
walk each day can not only help County Health Dept. off ers several
to a COVID + person, have

you reduce weight, lower your gifts that can help you on your journey

to good health. We offer all of these
programs at no cost to you!
DOT/CDL • Our Smoking Cessation
program, sponsored by Th e
MEDICAL EXAMS Maryland Cigarette Restitution
Fund, offers free resources/

referral to the Maryland Quit
Complying with New
Line, support, nicotine patches,
Government Requirements gum, and lozenges to help you
get started on your QUIT plan.
FMCSA Certified Physician

• The Breast and Cervical
C.E. Jensen, MD
Prompt Cancer Screening Program
Service Competitive provide clinical breast exams
Price 410-924-8560 and mammograms for women
Evenings and Saturdays by appointment ages 40-64, Pap tests for women
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