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Third Stone Health is growing again!  We are thrilled to have Claire Verdier, APRN joining our team to expand the breadth of integrative medicine available in-house.  Our goal is to provide the highest quality comprehensive health care to our patients, and Claire’s 30 years of expertise and experience in treating a diversity of patients, from college students to the elderly, will augment our services. Claire’s philosophy: “I am comfortable navigating through the spectrum of healing modalities; I have a strong faith in the place of western medicine in treating many serious health conditions, but believe that our health care system

Anxiety is running high right now, with good reason.  The health and economic consequences of the pandemic have affected everyone, even those lucky enough to have not actually contracted coronavirus. There’s never been a more important time to optimize your health.  Not only will you feel better in the short term, it is one tangible thing you can do to reduce your chances of suffering severe consequences of coronavirus infection.  “89.3% of adults hospitalized for Covid-19 had one or more underlying conditions. The most commonly reported were hypertension (49.7%), obesity (48.3%), chronic lung disease (34.6%), diabetes mellitus (28.3%), and cardiovascular

Confused about whether a mask is effective? You are not alone. Depending on the type of mask you are using it may be able to help prevent you from getting sick, or it may be reducing the chances you are spreading the virus to other people.  N95 masks are some of the most protective masks for the wearer, filtering out at least 95% of small 0.3 micron particles when worn properly. Currently, due to short supply of masks and other protective gear for healthcare workers on the front lines, the most protective masks such as N95s should be reserved for them