Are herbal supplements part of your daily medication routine? Many people don’t think of herbal supplements as medication. But the ginseng you take for memory or the black cohosh for osteoporosis should be monitored just as closely as your prescription medications. “Herbal medications can have adverse interactions when mixed with […]
Good friends, great food and good times were the order of the day as more than 300 gathered to raise more than $30,000 to promote children’s health. Sponsored by Dr. Peter Tibi and Yavapai Cardiac Surgery, the 6th Annual Crawfest was held Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Holiday Gardens […]
Speech-language pathologists – also called speech therapists – are educated, skilled and licensed healthcare professionals. They’re also sometimes overlooked by people unaware of the important role these professionals play in health and healing. “Our profession focuses on helping people of all ages – newborn to senior – address health issues […]
Kids on bikes decked out with streamers, shimmering stars, multi-colored paper flowers, spinning pinwheels and more joined the Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) 2018 Kids’ Fun Ride at the Whiskey Off-Road on April 29. “Epic Rides is overjoyed to have partnered with Yavapai Regional Medical Center in celebrating their 75th […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is taking an important step to expand healthcare services for people in Chino Valley, Ash Fork, Paulden and other communities in the region. YRMC will relocate YRMC PhysicianCare Family Medicine, which opened in Chino Valley in 2016, to a larger building at 474 N. State […]
Prescott Medical Imaging (PMI) now offers breast tomosynthesis – also called 3-D digital breast imaging – as part of their mammography screening services. PMI joins the BreastCare Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) in Prescott Valley – which has two 3-D digital imaging units – to make the service […]
You could say Elisabeth Ruffner first fell in love with her husband-to-be, Lester “Budge” Ruffner, and then with her adopted hometown of Prescott. “Budge and I met when a sorority sister asked me to go on a blind date with two young men who were students in the Mortuary Science […]
Does a question about a new prescription medication typically come to you after leaving your doctor’s appointment? When picking up a new prescription at your pharmacy, do you usually skip the offer to talk with your pharmacist about the medication? According to Jeff Anderson, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Director of Pharmacy […]
Health and safety is a basic human need, at any age. This is why Yavapai Healthy Schools (YHS) is making sure this goal is met in Yavapai County schools. In 2015, a coalition of 15 organizations was established to ensure schools have the opportunity to improve our children’s health. And, YHS was […]
The phrases “community need” and “community challenge” are two you’ll hear often during gatherings of Yavapai Regional Medical Center Foundation (YRMC) trustees. “Getting primary healthcare services to children throughout YRMC’s vast service area … supporting programs that reduce breast cancer … helping older adults pursue healthy lives … these are […]
Harvey and Edna Skoog may be modern-day pioneers. The couple moved to Prescott Valley in 1982. At that time, the community’s population hovered at about 3,000. A herd of pronghorn antelope occupied the area that would one day be home to Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) East. Harvey Skoog became […]
Well-meaning grandparents … baby blogs … and moms with older children—they’re all ready to serve up ideas on when and how to introduce your baby to solid foods. Before taking any well-intentioned advice, read these five common myths about babies and their transition to solid food. Myth #1: There’s a […]
Prescott native JC Trujillo was born at Prescott Community Hospital, now Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC). He was just six years old when his father signed him up for the Yavapai Mounted Sheriff’s Posse Junior Rodeo. “I hung on to the side of that calf and ended up winning second […]
Set aside your March Madness brackets for a time this month to consider your vein health. March is Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month so it’s the perfect time to brush up on this common and often dangerous condition. “People tend to underestimate the importance of vein health,” said Anil Kumar, […]
The Vein Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is the first provider in northern Arizona to offer VenaSeal™ ablation therapy to treat varicose veins, spider veins and other symptoms of the vein disease, chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). “Patients are very happy with VenaSeal ablation therapy,” said Anil Kumar, MD, FAAC, […]
Joan Michelbrink grew up in Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie, but she doesn’t have many memories of splashing in the water with friends. “You didn’t dare swim in the lake,” she said. “We were all afraid of getting polio.” A child of the 1940s and ‘50s, Joan experienced […]
The prestigious American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program was recently awarded to the Pendleton Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center. The ADA believes that YRMC’s diabetes Education Program offers high-quality education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment and management. […]
On March 1, 1943, Prescott Community Hospital – now Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) – opened its doors to care for patients. By 9:00 p.m. on that date, Florence Yount, MD, had delivered the first baby born at the new hospital. “This marked the official launch of a 75-year relationship […]
On National Doctors’ Day, it’s patients who are the “medical experts” in Yavapai County. Each March 30, the Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) Foundation invites residents throughout the region to submit notes recognizing individual physicians for the exceptional care they provide. These patients also have the option of making a […]
Longtime Prescott resident and community leader Jean N. Phillips has a knack for transforming most everything she touches. In the 1950s she transformed the annual fundraising event for Prescott Community Hospital – now Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) – from a calf auction to an elegant charity ball. Jean, wife […]
