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H2U – A Helping Hand for a Healthy Life

Posted by H2U Women on April 30th, 2012 · Comment »

A Helping Hand for a Healthy Life  Staying healthy with your busy schedule is not always easy.  That’s why our hospitals have partnered with H2U to offer the women in our community the resources they need to manage their health and live life to the fullest. Reliable health and wellness information is the key to [...]

Hannah – 10,000 Steps

Posted by H2U Women on April 30th, 2012 · Comment »

Hannah Curlee, the NBC Biggest Loser Season 11 Runner Up hosts the H2U Health Challenge, including this video: Adding Steps to Your Day. How can you increase the number of steps you take per day from an average of 5,000 – 7,000 per day to 9,000 – 10,000? Hannah’s tips include: using the farthest printer [...]

Healthy Vitamin Regimen for Women

Posted by Women's Health Click on February 27th, 2012 · Comment »

Vitamins are essential chemicals that take part in all your body’s processes by participating in reactions inside cells. Each vitamin performs a specific function in the body, and no single food contains all the vitamins you need. Except for vitamin D, the human body cannot make vitamins so vitamins must be ingested from the foods [...]

Fitness Routines to Enjoy With Partner

Posted by Women's Health Click on February 27th, 2012 · Comment »

March 20, 2012 marks the first day of spring and in many parts of the country, the weather has warmed up enough to break the redundancy of your indoor fitness routine to greater and different activities outdoors, and for the South, the weather has not yet warmed up enough to make working out outside unbearable. [...]

Healthy Weight for a Woman’s Body

Posted by Women's Health Click on February 23rd, 2012 · Comment »

We all know that most of us are not blessed with the figures of those Hollywood celebrities and models who gracefully lounge within the pages of certain lingerie magazines. And then there are the excuses we have in our heads when faced with some extra pounds we know we should shed: “Well, I’ve had three [...]

Gynecology – Cervical Health Tips for Women

Posted by Women's Health Click on January 10th, 2012 · Comment »

An annual trip to the OB/GYN might never make it to the top of your list of favorite things to do. However, as January is Cervical Health Awareness month, we urge you to check your medical records and make sure your annual examination with your OB/GYN is scheduled for the coming year if you haven’t [...]

Post Holiday Healing for a Woman’s Body

Posted by Women's Health Click on January 3rd, 2012 · Comment »

Ahhhh….we’ve survived the holidays and all the affiliated family reunions, sticky travel situations and mad holiday shopping chaos. Now what to do about the food and alcohol indulgences that we allowed ourselves during all the merry holiday season?  With the Christmas tree put away, the wrapping paper thrown away and all the sugary goodies consumed, [...]

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month

Posted by Women's Health Click on January 3rd, 2012 · 3 Comments »

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month where every year an outreach committee from NBDPN (National Birth Defects and Prevention Network) determines a risk factor or birth defect to highlight and bring to the attention of the public. Some past topics for outreach campaigns have been: 2011: Medication Use Before, During and After Pregnancy 2010: [...]