In Good Health: Rochester #199 - March 2022

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MARCH 2022 • ISSUE 199

KIDS’ HEALTH Special Issue

Children have been through an awful lot in the past two years: online classes; social isolation; constant stress from family finances, work and school changes; plenty of negative news media coverage; ever-shifting COVID-19 protocols; and fear of the virus itself. For kids and teens, it’s been hard to go back to the conventional way of doing things STORY ON P. 14.

‘FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE’ Physician who practices in Henrietta, Azhar Tahir, discusses how ‘functional medicine’ can treat and even revert some conditions. P. 4

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT COLON CANCER We spoke to UR Medicine’s Tanya Bruckel, gastrologist and assistant professor of medicine. P. 9

LIVE ALONE: ‘BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH’...OR NOT!

The No Surprises Act Protects Patients From Unexpected Medical Bills Patients can more knowledgeably weigh their options and make informed choices. P. 10


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