First, a thank you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Benny Gavi, with whom we will be jointly sending out a weekly update. This based on our participation in Stanford “Town Halls” in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Our thoughts from yesterday: This week and next week, we will have a greater understanding of
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If there was ever a time to sing the praises of “our village”, it would be now. As you might have read in my “From the Director” piece, I am proud and ever grateful to the doctors and staff at The Village Doctor, for pulling together, getting us to where we are today, and being
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Friends and TVD family, needless to say these have been interesting days, challenging for certain, but also full of opportunity to learn, think, and grow together as teams and families. I am proud of the work that TeamTVD has done these past weeks getting us to where we are now; a HIPAA-compliant telemedicine program, an
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Maintaining good eating habits during these stressful times can help strengthen your immune system and keep you on track with your health goals. It is important to fill your plate with nourishing, antioxidant-rich foods, and some of these can be found in the non-perishable sections of the grocery store. Here are some tips to navigate
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If you have not yet had a chance to look at our new Coronavirus website pages, below is a preview of some of what you will find there. We hope to help answer some common questions and will continue to update and add to these FAQs over the coming days to weeks as the situation
In this period of “physical distancing”, The Village Doctor remains open and available. Your Village Doctor team has all the tools needed to connect to our patients and each other, whether here in the office or working remotely. The physicians meet together daily over Zoom, as does the Staff. Your physicians at The Village Doctor
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While there is still limited data and a lot to be learned, we know that children are susceptible to coronavirus, but tend to display milder symptoms than adults. Kids will generally have fevers, cough and shortness of breath. They can have runny nose and sore throat as well, but these are slightly less common in
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Hello everyone, My name is Prerana Sangani and I am thrilled to be re-joining The Village Doctor team on Monday, January 27th as the third internist. For those of you who don’t know me, I was an internist at The Village Doctor for eight years until 2015. At that time I took an intentional break
Happy and Healthy New Decade! 2020, and so much to celebrate. Let me start by welcoming, and drawing your attention to, Dr. Prerana Sangani, who shares with us her highest compliment by returning to The Village Doctor with words of praise and enthusiasm. Prerana has been away for 5 years, focusing on her young children
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Well, is it ever a year for important votes! Of course, this one is nowhere near as important as others this year, BUT your The Village Doctor family would appreciate your support in helping us be a “Neighborhood Favorite”. Woodside (and surrounding community), you are our favorite neighborhood, please help us be your favorite medical
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The majority of New Year’s resolutions set at the beginning of the year fail to come to fruition. This is because most goals set are either too vague or not thought through. I always say that changing our behavior is extremely hard to do. The problem with setting these New Year’s resolutions is that most
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For your new year, The Village Doctor has gift certificates available for acupuncture, nutritional counseling and massage therapy in our tranquil Wellness Studio. And we’ve discounted them 40% through February! Whether it’s creating an opportunity to try acupuncture, giving a weekend warrior a well-deserved massage or offering support for a New Year’s resolution to
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We in the Bay Area are now officially in the throes of the flu season. What helps distinguish influenza from a bad cold is the abrupt onset of fever (temperature >100.4F in babies and >101.3F in kids and adults), chills, body aches, headaches, and fatigue, followed a short time later by runny/stuffy nose, dry hacking
