Health Topics

Every career has a back­sto­ry. For Ryan Teheng, Cer­ti­fied Reg­is­tered Nurse Anes­thetist (CRNA) Coor­di­na­tor at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, that sto­ry starts in the kitchen and leads to the oper­at­ing room. In this Q&A, Ryan talks about the influ­ences that shaped his path, the work he loves, and the lessons his patients have taught them.

This APP Week, we spoke with Angela Dun­can, APRN, FNP-BC, from our QMG Can­cer Insti­tute. Angela meets patients where they are, offer­ing guid­ance and under­stand­ing dur­ing life’s hard­est moments. Her ener­gy and enthu­si­asm — whether in Cross­Fit or sky­div­ing — reflect the care and encour­age­ment she brings to every patient.

In hon­or of Advanced Prac­tice Providers Week, we rec­og­nize Sta­cia Briscoe, FNP‑C, and explore what inspired her to pur­sue a career in healthcare.

Whether you’re going for a run, sit­ting on your couch recov­er­ing from a bad flu, or sit­ting out in the hot sun, you’ve prob­a­bly heard the same advice: Get plen­ty of fluids.

Drink­ing enough flu­ids pre­vents you from get­ting dehy­drat­ed. Dehy­dra­tion is more than just feel­ing thirsty – it’s when you lose or use more flu­id than you take in, and your body doesn’t have the water it needs to func­tion correctly. 

Stay­ing hydrat­ed is crit­i­cal for stay­ing healthy, and it’s espe­cial­ly impor­tant for main­tain­ing a healthy heart.

In cel­e­bra­tion of Nutri­tion Month, Quin­cy Med­ical Group dieti­tians reveal their top 10 kitchen essen­tials for healthy eat­ing, fea­tur­ing items like Greek yogurt, berries, nuts, and use­ful tools like veg­etable chop­pers and blenders.

The Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) Foun­da­tion is excit­ed to announce that reg­is­tra­tion is now open for the 25^th annu­al Bridge the Gap to Health Race on Sat­ur­day, May 10, 2025. Par­tic­i­pants can choose from a 5K, 10K, or half marathon.

Symp­toms of pso­ri­a­sis and eczema often get worse dur­ing warmer weath­er. Here’s why, and how you can pre­vent a flare-up.

In Novem­ber 2023, Gerald’s health rapid­ly declined due to micro­scop­ic polyangi­itis, lead­ing to kid­ney and lung fail­ure. After some time with in-cen­ter dial­y­sis, he and his wife, Therese, explored peri­toneal dial­y­sis (PD) through Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG). With sup­port from QMG’s team, Ger­ald tran­si­tioned to home dial­y­sis, which improved his qual­i­ty of life and allowed him to trav­el again. 

To get past a dif­fi­cult emo­tion, you need to first iden­ti­fy and embrace that emo­tion. Once you know what you are feel­ing and why, you are able to move into a state of mind that allows for more effec­tive prob­lem solv­ing and deci­sion mak­ing. When some­one tells you to calm down, they are basi­cal­ly sug­gest­ing that you skip right past this step and move imme­di­ate­ly to the prob­lem solv­ing state of mind. That’s just not how we work. We need that in-between step of iden­ti­fy­ing the tough feel­ing and sit­ting with it for a minute before we can move for­ward. What’s miss­ing when some­one says ​“calm down” is empa­thy.

Research shows that for emo­tion­al symp­toms, includ­ing depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and ADHD, a com­bi­na­tion of med­ica­tion and ther­a­py is often the best form of treat­ment. But when should you or your child try med­ica­tion? Are there oth­er things you should try first? How does any­one even make that deci­sion? Is there a pill for that? The fol­low­ing is a list of fac­tors to keep in mind as you nav­i­gate this poten­tial­ly over­whelm­ing decision.

Join us Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at South Park in Quin­cy for the 5^th annu­al Man Up event host­ed by Quin­cy Med­ical Group. This free event wel­comes men of all ages to enjoy food, fun, friends, and fel­low­ship — and most impor­tant­ly, make the most of free health screenings.

Among the providers you’ll meet is Ted, Direc­tor of Car­diac Ser­vices at QMG. Ted has been part of Man Up since the very begin­ning and is return­ing for his fifth year. He’ll once again be on-site offer­ing free EKG tests while also con­nect­ing with men in the com­mu­ni­ty about their health.

As you get old­er, your prostate health changes. Here’s what you need to know about keep­ing your prostate healthy as you age. 

Focus­ing on pre­ven­tive care can help you live a longer and hap­pi­er, health­i­er life. Annu­al vis­its are a time to talk with your provider about rec­om­mend­ed screen­ings, fam­i­ly his­to­ry, and any con­cerns. It’s easy to put off these vis­its, but they can help you in the long-term.