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We Now Offer CBD Products at Our Office!
For your convenience, we are excited to be offering CBD products at our office. In this video, Dr. David discusses the quality, comfort, and convenience of using the concentrated BlueBird Botanicals CBD products we have made easily available to our patients....
Our Fabulous Kimmie: Keeping the Lab Open and Performing Blood Draws through COVID
by Emily Colón As many of you know, Kimmie Stadelman has been our phlebotomist extraordinaire since 2007. She is a loving mom of four, and her gentle hand and kind soul has put many patients’ minds at ease during blood draws. We often have parents travel to Tampa...
Our Take on COVID-19 Medications & Anti-Body Testing
by ETHAN LEVY, PA-C, MPAS, MSESS, AT-C, CSCS The current SARS CoV-2 pandemic has, understandably, instilled a palpable degree of anxiety, uncertainty, and fear throughout our cities and indeed throughout the globe. Naturally, what follows are intense hopes of...
The Importance of Physical Distancing & Face Coverings
by PATSY GIARDA, APRN, CPNP As time passes, it is becoming even more clear that COVID-19 is not going anywhere anytime soon and we have to figure out how to work our lives around it. We know physical distancing and avoiding environments where viral particles are more...
Dr. David’s Corner: Like It or Not, We have to Learn to Live with this Coronavirus
Dear Wholistic Community, I don’t remember the last time I sat down to write at a time of such widespread uncertainty. To get past the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) global pandemic, we find ourselves stuck with some rather lousy choices. But there is one...
A Plea for Mutual Respect & Understanding in the Time of COVID-19
by DAVID BERGER, MD, FAAP As our nation surpassed 100,000 deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), I have been reflecting on how things have unfolded over the past few months. When we look back on this tragic time, it will likely become apparent...
COVID-19 and Medical Cannabis: An Ace(2) in the Whole?
by RUSS BATTIATA As the world navigates a “new normal” due to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, people are seeking relief and have lots of questions about what the future holds. Will there be therapeutic options that adequately prevent or treat COVID-related...
Welcoming Ethan Levy, Our Newest Practitioner
by DAVID BERGER, M.D. ETHAN LEVY, PA-C, MPAS, MSESS, AT-C, CSCS Wholistic Pediatrics & Family Care is thrilled to announce our newest team member — Physician Assistant (PA) Ethan Levy has joined our practice to work with both children and adults!Dr....
Our Office Is Open! Post COVID-19 Shutdown Guidelines & Precautions
by EMILY COLÓN During the shutdown, we sure missed seeing our patients in the office! The past few months have been an unprecedented, crazy time. Our entire lives have changed — work, school, family, and free time are all different. During this time,...
Dr. David’s Corner: Standing In Solidarity to Combat Systemic Racism
by David Berger, MD, FAAP Dear Wholistic Community, It is very telling that as we relaunch our newsletter, Our Wholistic Planet, we feel the need to start off with a topic other than the global COVID-19 pandemic plaguing our communities. Our country is in a state of...