In a recent article in MedCity News, Garry Welch, Ph.D., co-founder of Silver Fern Healthcare examines how the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping how we treat and manage chronic disease. Click HERE to read the full article. Receive the latest articles and updates from Dr. Welch and Silver Fern to your inbox every month. Click HERE …
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The recent blog post by Garry Welch, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Silver Fern, focused on ways to improve Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake. Dr. Welch discussed the rationale for society to invest in programs that allowed and encouraged medical personnel to prescribe food as opposed to, or in combination with medicine, to treat chronic …
Hartford, Conn., March 22, 2021 — Silver Fern Healthcare’s Co-Founder and CEO Colleen A. McGuire was named a 2021 honoree of the Hartford Business Journal’s Women in Business Awards. Silver Fern Healthcare is a proud Connecticut company that is transforming chronic disease care through its evidence-based, clinically validated SaaS behavior diagnostic and decision support platform. …
This post explores the healing power of fruits and vegetables and the need for clinicians to become more involved in national strategies that encourage Americans to eat more of them. Research shows that eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and seeds as part of a broader lifestyle medicine strategy – especially combined with weight loss …
When we teach patients or clients to eat better, we inevitably review label reading and ingredient lists on packages. We instruct patients to look for cereals with more than five grams of fiber and less than four grams of sugar, or for breads whose first ingredient is whole grain. But what do we tell our patients to …
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At some point in their busy lives, your patients are going to turn to or find themselves in a convenience store to buy food. This will happen occasionally for some patients, such as when they are traveling for vacation or run out of a food staple before the next grocery trip. However, it may be a regular practice for others, often because conveniences stores are, well convenient – close to …
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According to Business Insider, Americans eat out 5.9 times a week on average. That’s an astounding 28% of meals, and we spend a lot of money doing it. Business Insider broke the cost per person down by state, and on the high end, in states like Massachusetts and New York, a person can spend more than $3,500 each year eating out. There …
The World Health Organization has declared hypertension a global health crisis. An astounding 45% of adults in the United States have high blood pressure, and it was a primary or contributing cause of death for almost 500,000 people in the United States in 2018 alone. Yet, many people with hypertension take little heed of it. The …
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Sedentary behavior is one of the five risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Physical activity is a boon for heart health as it reduces blood pressure and LDL cholesterol, increases HDL cholesterol, and promotes insulin selectivity. Also, it is a supportive aid to weight loss and an essential one for weight maintenance. Despite these benefits, less than 20% …
Please join us on February 26th at noon for a free webinar offered by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) featuring Silver Fern’s Chief Scientific Officer, Garry Welch, Ph.D., and Chief Client Officer, Cindy Wicks. During the webinar, we will explore the challenges and opportunities of implementing lifestyle medicine and behavior medicine at scale …
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