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A recent New York Times article studied the evidence supporting bariatric surgery or weight-loss surgery as a safe, appropriate tool when other weight loss efforts don’t work. For many years, the media has been catching up with the ever-evolving body of evidence showing the many ...
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Written by Manish Lakhani, MD, Cardiologist What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack? Heart attack or myocardial infarction is damage to the heart muscle which occurs due to lack of blood supply to the heart. It is very important to recognize the possible symptoms of heart attacks. Sometimes, ...
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Congratulations to one and all on the Valley Health System team! On Friday, January 27, Valley Health was recognized with the Top of Virginia Regional Chamber’s Outstanding Large Business of the Year Award at the Greater Good Awards ceremony. President and CEO Mark H. Merrill accepted ...
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Written and submitted by Lisa Bowers, RN Last October, I had the opportunity to organize and participate in a medical mission trip to Ghana, Africa. I have been a nurse for over 33 years and have worked the past 13 years in the Cardiovascular Holding Unit at WMC. Wendy Burns, NP, another ...
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Written by: Stacy Dugan, RD and Ann Williams, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, from the Valley Health War Memorial Hospital Diabetes Management Program It’s a New Year and Valley Health is here to help you find new ways to manage your diabetes through education, carbohydrate counting ...
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Valley Health Winchester Medical Center (WMC) has partnered with Advanced ICU Care, the nation’s leading independent provider of high-acuity telehealth services, to provide an additional layer of care for patients in its adult Critical Care unit. This afternoon, with the press of a ...
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Valley Health has partnered with Connect by National Research Corporation (NRC) to provide a telephone outreach program for patients who receive care in the Emergency Departments at Winchester Medical Center, Shenandoah Memorial Hospital, Warren Memorial Hospital and Page Memorial Hospital. ...
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Due to a steady increase in influenza and influenza-like illness in Emergency Departments, Urgent Care centers and physician offices in our region, Valley Health System’s six hospitals are temporarily altering visiting policies beginning Monday, January 9, to limit the risk of exposure ...
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Every year at this time we stress ourselves with resolutions. We feel compelled to “fix” ourselves, but lifestyle solutions can come at any time. If we want to succeed we need to be honest and patient with ourselves. How can we use the newness of the year to achieve those ...
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In late August, Thomas Garland of LaVale, Maryland was the first Valley Health Winchester Medical Center patient to have his failing mitral valve repaired using a minimally-invasive procedure at WMC’s Advanced Valve & Aortic Center (AVAC). Only 5-10% of hospitals nationwide offer ...
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