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March 2 is Nation­al Read Across Amer­i­ca Day. The day was estab­lished by the Nation­al Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (NEA) in 1998 to help get kids excit­ed about read­ing. The day occurs each year on the birth­day of beloved children’s book author Dr. Seuss. Our Pedi­atrics team here at Quin­cy Med­ical Group knows the val­ue of read­ing to your child’s devel­op­ment. We asked a few ques­tions of QMG Pedi­a­tri­cian Dr. Todd Porter on the top­ic of lit­er­a­cy. Below are his responses.

It’s Nation­al Play Ther­a­py Week! At Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG), we have trained Play Ther­a­pists who uti­lize play to sup­port and help their patients. Two of our ther­a­pists, Amy Hast­ing and JoAnn O’Rourke, answered the ques­tions below about the ben­e­fits of play ther­a­py and how the pow­er of play can help your kid­dos at home.

School is back in ses­sion, which means back to the week­day rou­tines. Part of your week­night rou­tine may involve home­work. For some kid­dos, home­work can be a strug­gle cre­at­ing frus­tra­tion for every­one in the house­hold. Lyn­nae Glas­cock, clin­i­cal coor­di­na­tor of pedi­atric ther­a­py at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, offers these help­ful home­work tips:

Back­packs are an essen­tial item for school. Did you know there is a right and wrong way to car­ry one? Lug­ging around all those books and school sup­plies can cause dis­com­fort, mus­cle sore­ness, and low­er back pain if they’re too heavy or are used incor­rect­ly. Lyn­nae Glas­cock, clin­i­cal coor­di­na­tor of pedi­atric ther­a­py at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, offers these tips for students.

The first Sun­day of June marks Nation­al Can­cer Sur­vivors Day, a day to cel­e­brate the mil­lions who have fought and con­tin­ue to fight this relent­less dis­ease. In our own com­mu­ni­ty, four remark­able women — Jen­ni Moran, Alli­son Stults, Denise Poland, and Diane Poland — demon­strate the pow­er of friend­ship. Their jour­neys may have begun with a can­cer diag­no­sis, but they led to a place of incred­i­ble sup­port and an endur­ing bond.

Nave Wil­son has been attend­ing the Man Up event since its incep­tion. For him, it’s more than just an activ­i­ty; it’s a year­ly reminder to focus on his well-being. He encour­ages oth­er men to pri­or­i­tize their health as well.

Here are some details that will help you pre­pare for your first psy­chi­a­try appointment.

Here are some answers to the com­mon ques­tions patients have around start­ing ther­a­py and counseling.

Joni Cook greets patients at QMG Can­cer Insti­tute with a warmth that comes from a deep place of under­stand­ing. She’s not just a friend­ly face; she’s a fel­low can­cer sur­vivor who can relate to their strug­gles on a per­son­al level.

When Joan­na Shipe was in col­lege, a life-chang­ing phone call shat­tered her world. Her dad had suf­fered a mas­sive heart attack and was diag­nosed with con­ges­tive heart fail­ure. Doc­tors told him he had just three years to live unless he received a heart trans­plant. Watch­ing her father fight for his life ignit­ed some­thing in Joan­na — a real­iza­tion that her own health need­ed atten­tion too.