How is diabetes diagnosed?

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 17, 2013 12:49 pm

How is diabetes diagnosed? The fasting blood glucose test is the preferred test for diagnosing diabetes in children and nonpregnant adults. The test is most reliable when done in the morning.

What is Diabetes?

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 16, 2013 11:04 am

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food people eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood.

Parkinson’s Disease and Laughter Therapy - Meeting July 23rd

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 15, 2013 8:28 am

How can laughter help patients with Parkinson’s Disease? In more ways than you can think. Laughter can lessen the severity of depression symptoms, increase heart rate, improve respiration, and assist with relaxation.

Keep it Cool in Hot Weather: Advice for Older People Applies to All

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 12, 2013 9:12 am

Older people are at high risk for developing heat-related illness because the body’s ability to respond to summer heat can become less efficient with advancing years.

LifeServe Blood Drive set for Aug. 2

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 11, 2013 10:09 am

A Life Serve Blood Drive will take place on August 2, 2013 from 10:30am-2:00pm at VGH in the Cafeteria. See more information HERE.

Breast cancer survivor donates mammogram capes to VGH Imaging Services

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 10, 2013 3:18 pm

By Monica Stark, Imaging Services   Kathy Lariviere, the wife of Dr. Gene Lariviere (general surgeon at Virginia Gay Hospital) is recovering from breast cancer.

Heat Stroke Symptoms

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 10, 2013 7:54 am

Heat stroke is the most serious form of heat injury and is a medical emergency. If you suspect that someone has heat stroke -- also known as sunstroke -- you should call 911 immediately and render first aid until paramedics arrive.

Stay Cool Getting Too Hot Can Be Dangerous

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 8, 2013 8:48 am

Many people love the warm summer months. But hot and humid days can sometimes be dangerous. It’s not good for the body to be too hot for too long.

How To Whip Whooping Cough: Preventing Pertussis

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 3, 2013 10:00 am

Many people think of whooping cough as a childhood disease. But it can strike people of any age. Whooping cough—also known as pertussis—causes uncontrollable coughing that makes it hard to catch your breath.

Catching a Cold When It’s Warm?

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL
July 2, 2013 9:17 am

Most everyone looks forward to summer—time to get away, get outside and have some fun. So what could be more unfair than catching a cold when it’s warm? How can cold symptoms arise when it’s not cold and flu season? Is there any way to dodge the summertime sniffles? Cold symptoms can be caused by more than 200 different viruses.