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  The Fidelis Care ‘Veggies to Go’ program distributed 1,895 bags of healthy food to individuals and families in need during its 2024 season. That adds up to a total nearly 80,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables given away since the program began in 2022. Veggies to Go addresses nutrition and food insecurity in urban and rural communities across New York State. “Nutrition is healthcare,” said Fidelis Care Sales and Marketing Director Shannon Lombardo. “We know that one bag of fresh fruits and vegetables is not going to solve a family’s food insecurity. But the Fidelis Care Veggies to Go program

您最近是否感到異常悲傷或沮喪？如果是，您可能患有季節性情感障礙(SAD)。SAD是一種抑鬱症，通常始於深秋或初冬。白天變短、日照減少、生物或身體節律的變化等因素都可能導致SAD。據估計，數百萬美國人患有SAD。女性被診斷為SAD的可能性是男性的四倍。 瞭解SAD的症狀 SAD病患的情緒變化和症狀與抑鬱症相似。美國國家心理健康研究所(NIMH)表示，如果一個人至少連續兩年出現季節性的重度抑鬱症症狀，就可能被確診為SAD。SAD的常見症狀包括：

糖尿病是腎病的主要發病原因，當腎臟隨著時間推移受到損傷，無法將人體廢物過濾出血液時，人就患上了腎病。這種損傷會隨時間惡化。它會導致慢性腎病(CKD)。嚴重情況下，腎病會造成腎功能衰竭，病患需要接受透析治療或腎移植。 人不會突然患上糖尿病性腎病。這種疾病會透過幾個階段逐步發展，開始時只有非常輕微的損傷，如果不加以正確應對，之後就會出現更嚴重的問題。

Fidelis Care celebrates National Healthcare Quality Week October 20 – 26, 2024. This week, we thank our doctors, social workers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who make sure our members get the best care possible. We are also working to make things even better by listening to our members’ healthcare experiences to improve their quality of care. We are certified by the National Committee of Quality Assurance to ensure the quality of care you receive is always improving. Plus, we teach our members how to stay healthy with tips and resources. By focusing on detecting health problems early and preventing them,

National Pharmacy Week is October 20 to 26. It’s a time to recognize the crucial role that pharmacists and technicians play in keeping our communities healthy. From personalized care to medication management, pharmacists and pharmacy workers are essential to improving patient outcomes and overall well-being. In observance of National Pharmacy Week, Fidelis Care talked with Clinical Pharmacy Team Lead Brett Douglas about his career journey. Fidelis Care: What inspired you to enter the pharmacy profession, and what do you find rewarding about it? Douglas: My grandfather, W.C. “Pa-Paw” Mangum, was a pharmacist starting in the 1930s in the small rural town of