Health And Fitness

VGH retirees gather at 4th St. Diner

A group of ladies who retired from the Virginia Gay Hospital, met at the 4th Street Diner for lunch. Pictured are: Left to right front row. Rita Barron, Carole Phelps, Sylvia Merchant, Dori...

Dr. Mark Dearden to leave VGH

Dr. Mark Dearden is leaving VGH Hospital and Clinics after nine years. 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 W...

Gifts of Hope: $10K available for mammography for women who can\'t afford it

VS basketball players and Coach Deb Schirm presented a check for $3,775 to VGH Imaging Services. 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 wom...

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, Nutrition and Health Specialist, ISU Extension and Outreach 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 s...

Medical Lab Professionals Week: VGH supervisor, techs discuss their job

The Beckman Coulter AU480 chemistry analyzer tests blood in a variety of ways. “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...

Tip-Offs to Find Rip-Offs

Rachel Wall, Nutrition and Health Specialist, ISU Extension and Outreach 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. Man...

Teach Kids to be Food Safe

Rachel Wall, Nutrition and Health Specialist, ISU Extension and Outreach   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 chi...

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 Cert...

Early Bird hours: VGH clinic to open at 7 a.m. weekdays beginning May 6

Chelsea Peoples, shown with patient Nikel Dedrick, will begin seeing patients at 7 a.m. on 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 l...