Back to the doctor
If you鈥檝e skipped doctor visits or health screenings due to the pandemic, it may be time to start catching up 鈥� and the sooner you make an appointment, the better. "We鈥檝e been overwhelmed with people who want to come back, and we鈥檙e booking six months out," says Dr. Suzanne Salamon, associate chief of gerontology at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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