Lehigh County Health & Medicine Summer 2021 - 4

IN THIS ISSUE
CAN YOU LEND A HAND?
We hope you enjoy your member magazine.
We take great pride in producing it,
and continue to seek content that resonates
W
elcome to summer in Lehigh County. So many of us are ready to get outside.
And hopefully you have received your vaccine. If you haven't, getting one is
now much easier. There are so many places you can get one, from calling your
family doctor's office for more information, or trying your local pharmacy or health center.
We all need to be on board for your safety, and that of your whole family and community.
Our summer edition has several articles we hope you will enjoy. We have a simple piece
on places to go walking, hiking, biking and boating. Most if not all of these locations are
free and they aren't far away. I, like many others, rediscovered biking during the pandemic.
For those of you who looked for a bike last year, they were almost impossible to find. Check
out the article on Cycling and its many benefits.
If you or someone you know is a health care professional, please check out the article we
were able to re-print from Physician Family Magazine. This piece highlights some of the
physician health programs available across the country and including what is available here
in Pennsylvania through the Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
We also have an article about a study on sleep and its relationship to stroke recovery that
will make you look at this relationship from an angle not previously studied. Look inside
to see more.
Hopefully you enjoy this and past issues as we add to the conversation about how health
and medicine can help us form strong communities in Lehigh County. If you are interested
in back issues, or just want to read Lehigh County Health and Medicine online, please visit
our website at lcmedsoc.org/our-publication.
with you, our members. While it is a magazine
that is distributed widely through our
community, it is a communications tool
that gives us the opportunity to share more
in-depth content than one typically gets in
short email blasts, texts and quick-hitting
blogs and aggregator websites.
Ideally, we would like to run more content
for you, our members. That's why I am
asking you if you can lend a hand to share
stories and information that would be useful
and engaging for your peers in the medical
community. Surely, you have interesting
anecdotes about the practice of medicine,
news about trends or industry practices, and
even stories about your most fascinating
experiences in the field of medicine. Or
maybe you wish to share news of passions
you pursue outside of practice to help you
balance the stress associated with medicine.
All would be welcomed, and appreciated.
You are connected to your peers on many
levels, and your experiences may be all that a
fellow physician needs to be reconnected to
the practice of medicine, faith in humanity
and trust in science.
And, if you feel inclined to support your
member publication on a deeper level, we
would welcome advertising from you, or
referrals to connect to some of your known
vendors and professional advisors. Fellow
physicians, and community business leaders
and readers, are all consumers on some level.
Contact me for more information regarding
story ideas or advertising interest and referrals.
Sincerely,
info@lcmedsoc.org
4 Lehigh County Health & Medicine | SUMMER 2021
David Griffiths

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