Health And Fitness
Dr. Mark Dearden to leave VGH
After more than 9 years serving patients with Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics, Dr. Mark Dearden, DO has announced his plans to move his family practice to Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City, Iowa effective July 25, 2013.
Clinic Director, Dona Morris reflected, “Dr. Dearden has played a vital role and has been a cornerstone at Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics for the past 9 years. Gifts of Hope: $10K available for mammography for women who can't afford it
The generosity of community members, breast cancer survivors and countless donors has made it possible for the Virginia Gay Hospital Imaging Services Department to offer mammography services to women who cannot afford to pay for them.
"Our business office informed me just recently that people have begun to access the funds – over $10,000 is available because of the generosity of various people and groups," said VGH Foundation Director Mike Timmermans. VGH Nursing and Rehab May Calendar
The month of May includes many activities for the residents of the Virginia Gay Hospital Nursing & Rehab Center.
Click HERE to see that calendar.
No Workout on Purpose?
Rachel Wall
For some people, making a commitment to engage in physical activity is unheard of.
Their counterparts, on the other hand, can’t wait for their next sweat-laden encounter.
Why the difference? Scientists are curious about the different attitudes between these two groups.
One finding so far: how people interpret their body’s sensations during and after exercise plays a major role in whether they enjoy it and make it a habit. Medical Lab Professionals Week: VGH supervisor, techs discuss their job
“Vampires.”
“Mosquitoes.”
Carolyn Gavalas and her techs and phlebotomists at the Virginia Gay Hospital lab have heard all of the humorous nicknames their friends and families use to describe members their profession.
But a virtually unknown annual commemoration this week gives Carolyn and her staff – along with the more than 300,000 other medical lab professionals in the U. Tip-Offs to Find Rip-Offs
By Rachel Wall
Every day we hear about a new superfood, the next miracle cure, or a pill that provides overnight weight loss. Health fraud scams have been around for hundreds of years. Manufacturers behind these “miracle” products prey on consumers’ desires for easy solutions to difficult health issues to pad their bottom line. Teach Kids to be Food Safe
Rachel Wall
The kitchen is often the first place children go when they get home from school, but
it’s not always the safest place.
Millions of children become ill from the food they eat.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes these recommendations:
1. Place books, bookbags, and sporting equipment on the floor, not on kitchen counters or table where germs could be transferred. Dental Screening reminder for 9th grader
This is a reminder that all 9th graders are required by the Iowa Department of Public Health to have a Dental Screening.
Please visit your Dentist and have them fill out & sign a Certificate of Dental Screening Form. Your dentist should have these forms or have your student pick one up in the office.
Forms should be returned to Deb H.
Early Bird hours: VGH clinic to open at 7 a.m. weekdays beginning May 6
Chelsea Peoples, PA, says she enjoyed her work at Virginia Gay Hospital's clinic in Vinton so much as as a PA student that she decided to make Vinton her first career stop.
“I like the town. I like the size,” said Peoples, who has been seeing area patients at the clinic since last August.
Now, Peoples and Director of Clinic Operations Dona Morris have announced a new effort to help make health care more accessible and more convenient for local patients. VGH Therapy Dept. marks April as OT Month
By Molly Holst
Kirkwood OTA Student
Not only does the month of April signify “April showers,” but it also recognizes National Occupational Therapy Month; however, in the occupational therapy profession, we celebrate it all year long. Occupational therapy (OT) is a treatment approach intended to help people of all ages to participate in everyday life occupations, or activities, by living their lives to its fullest with illness, injury, or disability and with as much independence as possible.