Health And Fitness
Wound care clinic now offered at Virginia Gay Hospital
Wound care usually requires multiple visits and those visits can happen over a weeks or months. Now patients of Virginia Gay can get the wound care they need without making a trip after trip to Cedar Rapids or Waterloo for treatment.
“In addition to eliminating travel, another advantage we offer patients,” says Brandi Bresson, one of Virginia Gay’s board certified wound care nurses, “ is closer coordination of the patient’s care with their primary care provider and other professionals. Should you reconsider travel plans due to Zika virus?
Getting out of the cold and gloom of winter by enjoying a cruise or vacation in the Caribbean or Mexico sounds great, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently issued Level 2 travel alerts recommending “enhanced precautions” for countries in the Caribbean and Mexico. Dr. Maggie Mangold of Virginia Gay’s Vinton Family Medical Clinic suggests that pregnant travelers may want to reconsider their plans. Heart attacks and cold weather
Winter is the most common season for heart attacks. Research shows there are up to 53 percent more heart attacks in winter than in summer, and twice as many heart attacks a day in January compared to July.
When the weather is cold, your heart must also work harder to maintain body heat and your arteries tighten, which restricts blood flow and reduces the oxygen supply to your heart. Please donate blood this Friday at Virginia Gay!
Virginia Gay Hospital relies on LifeServe for most of it's donated blood supply. Please consider donating this Friday from 1:00 to 5:30.
Schedule your appointment to save a life today! at 800.287.4903 or click on the link make an appointment.
Please help celebrate National Blood Donor Month by donating blood. Since 1970, January has been designated as National Blood Donor Month to remind the public about the importance of donating blood.
100-day squat challenge to raise money for E. Iowa Honor Flights
Squating for Charity!
100 Day Squat Challenge
With the upcoming holiday season it's a good time to reflect on taking care of ourselves and giving to others. Here at Total Balance, our way to give back to ourselves and the community is to try and think of fun and innovative ideas that will challenge us this holiday season, and the upcoming New Year.
Grapefruit and medicines....talk with your doctor or pharmacist
Many people have heard that grapefruit can cause harmful interactions with prescription medicines. Most don’t know that because many citrus plants are grafted on grapefruit stems and can have grapefruit-like effects even though the products aren’t thought of as being grapefruit. Grapefruit juice is also included in many “citrus-flavored” drinks and grapefruit may or may not be specifically listed on the product label. January issue of Words on Wellness
This edition features nutritious ideas to get your brain in shape, a recipe for salmon patties, how to keep your food safe in winter weather emergencies, and tips for safe winter fitness.
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Bill Travis and training at VGH
The valet service at Virginia Gay will be expanding to include the clinic when the new clinic construction begins. We’re certainly fortunate to have such great people working as valets and providing transportation. But something the public doesn’t know is that there is a lot more involved than just helping patients.
We caught up with Bill Travis earlier this week when he was in the training center. Holiday Cheer and Impaired Driving?
December marks a time of year of togetherness, family, and appreciation for all we hold dear. Yet you may be surprised to learn that statistically, December is one of the most dangerous months for driving. In fact the time between Christmas and New Year’s sees an average increase in fatalities involving alcohol impaired drivers by 34%. Perhaps it is then fitting that, by Presidential proclamation, December has been deemed National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.
Worksite Policy Challenges
Across the nation, worksites have been working to improve the health of their workforce through a variety of worksite wellness initiatives. Part of this work has focused on decreasing the use or misuse of substances, including alcohol, tobacco, nicotine, synthetic drugs and prescription or over the counter medications. Like many other wellness efforts, it may take some time to see a majority of the benefits, but this process frequently begins with increased education and policy revisions.