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Keep Your Kids in the Game!

Within the next couple of weeks, fall sports will wrap up and winter teams will head right into games, matches and meets! Participating in sports at any level promotes the physical and emotional well-being of children, so the

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Contacting TVD over the Holidays

With the holidays approaching, keep in mind the best way to reach The Village Doctor when we’re closed is to simply call the office. Emails to your doctor are fine as long as your question/concern can wait up

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Women of WOW

As many of you know, we have a terrific medical staff at The Village Doctor, otherwise known as our Women of WOW (W.O.W.) From left they are Front Desk Administrator Elena Puccetti and Medical Assistants Kimmie Butler, Jennifer

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Packing Healthy School Lunches

*Adapted from the Back to School 2018 edition of HealthyChildren.org‘s e-magazine. Maintaining a healthy diet is an important aspect to include in everyone’s daily routine. For children, this may be a challenge. School, extracurricular activities, and lack of time can often

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Joy and Sadness, Hope and Love

Cancer is this month’s theme, so in that spirit, a big shout out to the Canary Foundation at Stanford for their work on early cancer detection. Founded by Woodside’s own Don Listwin, the Canary Foundation has drawn attention

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Buckle Up!

Did you know that in a typical year “flu” kills as many Americans as die in car accidents (roughly 40,000)? And although 9 out of 10 use a seat belt, less than half choose to get a flu vaccine.

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Winter is Coming: BLOK the Flu

Along with many lovely things, fall marks the beginning of flu season. Last year’s statistics are concerning.  In a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it is estimated that flu killed about 80,000 Americans

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Halloween Treats

Although Halloween can be a (sugar) headache for parents, I find it is the perfect teaching opportunity to help both parents and kids improve their relationship with food. Research shows that restricting foods leads to overeating in both

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Canary Foundation Stopping Cancer Early

Of Skin and Bicycles!

As our calendars fill up with back-to-school events and fantasy football drafts, please save time for two special events sponsored by The Village Doctor! First, on September 13th, our 12th annual Stanford/ TVD Skin Screening event will be

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Two Year Old Sleep Regression

This month we are excited to share a post from a guest contributor, Sarah Mitchell. She is the owner of Helping Babies Sleep, a pediatric sleep consulting company that empowers tired parents to teach their babies and toddlers

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Women of WOW

As many of you know, we have a terrific medical staff at The Village Doctor, otherwise known as our Women

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Buckle Up!

Did you know that in a typical year “flu” kills as many Americans as die in car accidents (roughly 40,000)?

Read More

Halloween Treats

Although Halloween can be a (sugar) headache for parents, I find it is the perfect teaching opportunity to help both

Read More