Health And Fitness

Interest in home food preservation has increased due to the popularity of local foods and gardening. With more people preserving food, there is concern about whether the resulting food products are safe to eat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the most common cause of foodborne botulism in the United States is from home-canned vegetables because proper procedures were not followed.

Note: February is National Hearth Month and Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is celebrating by showcasing the Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab Department on Friday, February 14th (10am-2pm) open house. Current and former patients, interested community members are encouraged to visit. Overweight and obese adults who drink diet beverages consume significantly more solid-food calories—particularly from snacks—than those who drink sugary beverages.

It’s like no other exercise facility in town, rather this room on the main floor of the Virginia Gay Hospital has all the traditional wares of a gym or exercise center but differs in a significant way: two caring healthcare professionals guide patients through a cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation process after a heart or respiratory event. Coleen Long, RN and Mason Hoffman, RT (Respiratory Therapist) work under the supervision of Dr.

Kids face a lot of challenges as they grow up: Learning how to make and keep friends, get homework done and have fun while staying safe. But children today are now confronting a growing, oversized problem that puts them at risk for a host of lifelong medical conditions. That problem is childhood obesity. Kids won’t be able to tackle this one on their own.

National Wear Red Day is a day when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. When you hear the term “heart disease,” you may think, “That’s a man’s disease” or “Not my problem.” But here is The Heart Truth®: one in four women in the United States dies of heart disease, while one in 30 dies of breast cancer.

February is National Hearth Month and Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is celebrating by showcasing the Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab Department on Friday, February 14th (10am-2pm) open house. Current and former patients, interested community members are encouraged to visit. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but heart disease is preventable and controllable.

Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is proud to announce VGH Home Health Agency is the recipient of Pinnacle Quality Insight’s 2014 Customer Experience Award™. Qualifying for the award in five categories of service, VGH Home Health displays a continued dedication to providing Best in Class senior healthcare services. Mike Riege, CEO of Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics describes receiving the award as an honor, stating “This award acknowledges the exceptional and tireless work done by our front line Home Health staff and leadership, and serves as a reminder to our community of our commitment to quality care.

First Christian Church will host  Life Line Screening, to help local residents identify their risk of stroke, vascular disease and osteoporosis. The event is open to local residents and will be held on Wednesday, Feb.19 Provided screenings will include: Carotid Artery Screening – painless, non-invasive Doppler ultrasound is used to visualize the carotid arteries, the arteries that bring blood to the brain.

Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is pleased to announce VGH Nursing and Rehab is has received the “Customer Experience Award” for outstanding service in nine areas. Over the course of the last twelve months, Pinnacle Quality Insight, a nationally recognized customer satisfaction firm, has interviewed the customers of Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab regarding their satisfaction levels.

Training to improve cognitive abilities in older people lasted to some degree 10 years after the training program was completed, according to results of a randomized clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings showed training gains for aspects of cognition involved in the ability to think and learn, but researchers said memory training did not have an effect after 10 years.