Archive for 'Healthcare'
Stretch Your Way to Good Health
Issue: August 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
If the summer heat has kept you at your computer, both at work and at home instead of gardening, bicycling or doing other outdoor activities, you may be feeling stiff and sore from all that time at your workstation. It’s time to limber up! You can increase your flexibility, ward off stiffness, prevent long-term injuries [...]
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Know Your Hat! Creating Healthy Relationships at Work
Issue: July 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
We all wear several hats in our lives simultaneously. Within each role, there are differing expectations and codes of conduct. Sometimes we may find ourselves in a “dual relationship,” one in which we have two or more roles with the same individual, such as personal friend and co-worker. Given that most people spend eight hours [...]
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Fighting the Trend: How to Reduce Our Obesity Rate
Issue: June 2010 by Jan Walker.
Americans are getting fatter by the minute. Despite concerns about obesity raised by health care professionals, employers and the government, U.S. obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions, with 26.5 percent of American adults considered obese in 2009, up 1 percent from 2008. Lynchburg is no exception. In a March 2010 study released by Gallup and [...]
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Programs to Keep the Pounds Off
Issue: June 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
Weight control begins with proper nutrition and exercise. Centra offers the following programs and services to help keep the pounds off children and adults: Outpatient Nutrition Counseling An individualized program offered by nutrition services for patients needing medical nutrition therapy. A physician’s referral is required. For information, call (434) 200-4585. LEARN Program for Weight Management [...]
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Investing in Stroke Prevention
Issue: May 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
Stroke strikes nearly 800,000 people annually, killing more than 143,000 and forever changing the lives of many who survive. The third leading cause of death in the United States, stroke is the foremost cause of serious, long-term disability across the country. Strokes can, and do, hit every age group, with nearly 25 percent of strokes [...]
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Know Your Numbers
Issue: April 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
Healthy employees are the foundation to a healthy business, boosting productivity, decreasing absenteeism and reducing health care costs. Celebrate spring by helping your business and employees make a fresh start toward a healthy lifestyle. Encourage them to eat a balanced diet, get regular exercise and avoid smoking. You also can help employees learn and understand [...]
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Colon/Rectal Cancer Month
Issue: March 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, causing approximately 50,000 deaths in 2009. The economic toll from colorectal cancer also looms large. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health project the estimated burden of colorectal cancer care [...]
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Taking Care Of Your Heart
Issue: February 2010 by Lynchburg Business.
Heart disease is expensive. More importantly, it costs lives. As the leading cause of death for both men and women, heart disease kills more than 600,000 people every year. It also costs billions of dollars. In 2009, the bill for heart disease in the United States was approximately $304 billion for health care services, medications [...]