Crozetgazette.com

Health & Science Crozet Gazette

WebA long-time reader and mental health professional recently wrote to me asking for some discussion of mental health issues in the ED. It is a large part of our practice that I …

Actived: 5 days ago

URL: https://www.crozetgazette.com/health-science/

Blue Ridge Health District Begins COVID Vaccinations

WebU.Va. Health began the Pfizer vaccinations in mid-December for its employees at the highest risk of work-related exposure, a group that includes doctors, nurses, …

Category: Health Go Health

Countryside: On-Campus Farm Fills Prescription for Nutritious …

WebThe farm, right on the Fishersville campus, was established in 2019 with the help of the Allegheny Mountain Institute, a non-profit that specializes in the start-up of …

Category: Health Go Health

To the Editor: Cell Towers: A Threat to Community Health

WebThere are more than 2,000 peer-reviewed abstracts documenting the effects of RFR exposures on human health and the environment. 1 Cancer, neuropsychiatric …

Category: Cancer Go Health

Health Benefits Protect County Firefighters Crozet Gazette

WebHis overall excellent health helped with a quick recovery, and he returned to work, while also maintaining his rigorous fitness routine. Ryan’s experience illustrates the …

Category: Fitness Go Health

Friends for Health Crozet Gazette

WebConnecting with others helps people with chronic health conditions and disabilities by decreasing aloneness, gaining a sense of community, and an improved …

Category: Health Go Health

Science to Live By: Sleep—Nature’s Health Tonic

WebHealth & Science; Columns; Insights for Flourishing; Science to Live By; Science to Live By: Sleep—Nature’s Health Tonic. By. J. Dirk Nies - October 5, 2018. 0. …

Category: Health Go Health

Crozet Annals of Medicine: The Razor’s Edge Crozet Gazette

WebIn the last decade alone, the rate of ER visits for mental health issues has doubled. One in eight patients in the ED is there for psychiatric complaints. The most …

Category: Mental health Go Health

iGen, Social Media and Mental Health Crozet Gazette

Web2191. The internet generation (iGen) is the first cohort to have lived their entire adolescence in the age of the smart phone (those born between 1995-2012). This …

Category: Health Go Health

Science to Live By: Cell Phones & Adolescent Health

WebEnvironmental Health Perspectives is a peer-reviewed, open access journal issued monthly by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. EHP publishes “highly credible …

Category: Mental health Go Health

Crozet Suffers, Adapts and Manages During Pandemic

WebThe hard work of the health district has had an effect, and there have been some advantages for those who live in Albemarle County, McKay said: “Albemarle …

Category: Health Go Health

To the Editor: Reproductive Health Crozet Gazette

WebWomen seeking medically and statistically accurate information on abortion and other reproductive topics can find unbiased information through ACOG, Planned …

Category: Medical Go Health

Local Programs Encourage Health and Movement in 2019

WebThe group sponsors lectures by doctors and other health professionals, as well as personal stories, potlucks, and cooking demonstrations. The theme for the …

Category: Health Go Health

Schools Request Funding for Mental Health Coaches

WebACPS’ Coordinator of Mental Health and Wellness Miles Nelson pointed to student responses on two survey questions as evidence of the need for early intervention …

Category: Mental health Go Health

Grief: A Human Condition Crozet Gazette

WebGrief is wrenching. It has been described in terms such as “anguish,” “deep and poignant distress,” and “acute pain” following the loss of someone (or something) we …

Category: Health Go Health

The Other ACE (Not the Winning Card) Crozet Gazette

WebOne’s “ACE score” (the number of adverse childhood experiences) correlates with the degree of risk for negative health outcomes. The scale ranges from a score of 0 …

Category: Health Go Health

It’s Complicated: Cannabis and Mental Health Crozet Gazette

WebIn addition, marijuana’s effects on the developing brain seems to put younger users at risk for developing a chronic psychosis syndrome. The association between …

Category: Health Go Health

Augusta Health’s Crozet Clinic Switches to Drop-In Practice

WebThe last two do have full-time doctors, X-ray and lab facilities. The Crozet clinic is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and on Saturday and …

Category: Health Go Health

Augusta Health Internal Medicine Opens in Old Trail Village

WebFrom left: Office manager Lisa Ware, LPN Heidi Dunmore and Dr. Shelley Snodgrass of Augusta Health Internal Medicine’s new office in Crozet. Dr. Shelley …

Category: Medicine Go Health

Insights for Flourishing: Increased Risk of COVID-19 Associated …

WebOver its storied hundred-year history of patient care, it has become the world’s first integrated international health system with more than 65,000 caregivers working at …

Category: Health Go Health

Hearing Health Opens In Liberty Hall Crozet Gazette

WebHearing Health Associates has opened in Liberty Hall, next to Crozet Eye Care, under the direction of Dr. Tammy Garber. The practice, the first audiologist to be …

Category: Health Go Health

1918: War and Influenza—Battling on the Home Front

WebHealth professionals, hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed. Mass burials took place where insufficient facilities and manpower could not keep pace with the …

Category: Health Go Health