Tracy Farnsworth

Premium Allergy • 22nd July 2024

At-Home Allergy Treatment: Contactless Immunotherapy Solutions - Premium Allergy

Your immune system is designed to identify intrusions and fight them before they can do harm. With allergies, your immune system notices something new – food, insect venom, pollen, dust mites, mold/mildew spores, etc. – and gets to action. That response triggers inflammation that causes a host of symptoms ranging from sneezing and coughing to rashes and hives. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, over 100 million Americans experience some level of allergies each year. That...

Premium Urgent Care • 18th September 2024

Urgent Care for Fresno Seniors: Tackling Common Health Concerns - Premium Urgent Care

The National Council on Aging states that almost 95% of older adults have one chronic health condition and nearly 80% have at least two. The 10 most common are:
How do you know when one of those is a possible problem? If you have been diagnosed, what happens now? At Premium Urgent Care we are here to answer all your questions.
Almost 7 million U.S. adults have Alzheimer’s, the most prevalent form of dementia. It’s a very tough disease where symptoms extend well beyond memory loss. When someone h...

RecycleNation • 5th February 2024

Back to the Basics: Items That Most Cities Recycle and Others That Are Often Restricted – RecycleNation

Why do some people still hesitate to embrace recycling? Between 2015 and 2018, the number of tons recycled increased by 2.2%. You might think that’s good news, but there’s a problem. While the number of tons went up, the overall recycling rate, including food and yard waste recycling, dropped. Decreases are attributed to these two areas:
• Glass recycling dropped by 3% between 2015 and 2018.
• Yard trimming recycling dropped by 6% between 2017 and 2018.

Since recycling picked up steam in the 19

NewsBreak Original • 30th January 2024

Discover the 5 Largest Airports in Vermont

When it comes to the largest airports in Vermont, you’re going to find that most don’t offer commercial flights. In terms of the largest airports in the U.S. , Vermont’s largest airport takes up less than 1,000 acres and ranks 119th per the FAA’s 2022 enplanements data . Even the biggest airport isn’t that big.

Vermont only has 11 public airports, and 81.8% are strictly for private planes and charters. Passengers without their own plane or the money to pay for a private charter use two airports

A-Z Animals • 21st October 2023

The Biggest October Snowstorm in Vermont History Dumped an Absurd Amount of Snow

Snowfall in October isn’t unheard of to Vermonters, but heavy snow is uncommon. The biggest October snowstorm in Vermont shocked residents 30 years ago. As I’d just moved into my new house and eagerly awaited our first trick-or-treaters, I remember this storm very vividly.

October kicks off what’s locally known as “stick season.” Fall foliage puts on a show before leaves fall to the ground a few weeks later as trees enter their winter-long dormancy. Roxbury the closest town to Vermont’s center,

| Mitsubishi Electric Americas Factory Automation • 3rd October 2023

Sustainable Manufacturing Through Automation and Green Technologies

Unscheduled downtimes and repairs are often tied to aging equipment. Discover sustainability in manufacturing through automation and green technologies.

How old is the equipment in your plant? Unscheduled downtimes and repairs are often tied to aging equipment. In fact, 34% of these downtimes are tied to the machinery’s age and 20% are due to mechanical failures. In 2020, almost half of the manufacturing plants in North America were spending upwards of 40% of their annual budget on machine main

A-Z Animals • 11th September 2023

The Oldest House in Vermont Still Stands Strong After 259 Years

• The first permanent settlement in Vermont, known as Fort Drummer, was established by European colonists in 1724.
• For years, the DeVoet-Mooar-Wright House was considered the oldest home in Vermont, but due to dendrochronology, the Governor Hunt House is now viewed as older.
• Dendrochronology is a scientific method that uses a tree’s ring pattern to age the timber

Vermont is rich in history with some of New England’s oldest homes and structures. Since 1986, state-funded grants totaling $6 m

VTDigger • 12th November 2021

Tracy Farnsworth: Vermont's long-term care system is in poor shape

This commentary is by Tracy Farnsworth of Georgia, Vt. In addition to being a family caregiver to a parent with Alzheimer’s, she is a self-employed content writer for several marketing firms.

One of nine U.S. adults aged 65 or older (6.2 million people) has Alzheimer’s disease. There are 14,000 adults with Alzheimer’s in Vermont alone.

When care services are needed, families discover waitlists that span years. With 25,000 unpaid family caregivers in this state, I know all about it, as I am one