Health And Fitness
Protect Health during Flooding
Benton County is ready to assist residents as they prepare for possible flooding. “While saving treasured possessions is an understandable priority, personal safety must come first,” sa...
How Snoozing Strengthens Memories
When you learn something new, the best way to remember it is to sleep on it. That’s because sleeping helps strengthen memories you’ve formed throughout the day. It also helps to link n...
Sleep and Sleep Disorders
While we often consider sleep to be a “passive” activity, sufficient sleep is increasingly being recognized as an essential aspect of health promotion and chronic disease prevention in...
Five months down, seven More To Go: Vinton Chiropractic 5K update
It’s been 5 months since we at Vinton Chiropractic made our New Year’s Resolution to run 12 5K’s in 2013 – and we’re still going strong! It started as a way to challen... Advances in Therapy Services
Have you seen the black tape athletes wear for injuries or have you heard of ASTYM? Healthcare continues to advance with changes to technology, medical tests, medications, equipment, and treatment...
Q&A - Symptoms of West Nile Virus
Q. What are the symptoms of West Nile virus (WNV) infection?
A. Infection with WNV can be asymptomtic (no symptoms), or can lead to West Nile fever or severe West Nile disease.
It is estimat...
Ticks & Lyme Disease Transmission
The Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, is spread through the bite of infected ticks. The blacklegged tick (or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis) spreads the disease in the northeastern, mid-...
It’s Springtime! Tick and Lime Disease Awareness
Children and Lyme disease Although anyone can get Lyme disease, children spend a lot of time outdoors and are at particular risk. Reasons to suspect that your child may have Lyme disease include: ...
Know Stroke – Know the Signs
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults. About 600,000 new strokes are reported in the U.S. each year.
The...
VGH Laboratory Supervisor Retires after 36 Years of Service
Leadership of Virginia Gay Hospital (VGH) Laboratory Services will be transferred today when current Lab. Supervisor, Carolyn Gavalas, retires after 36 years. Since 1977 a lot of changes have taken...