Pictured from Dignity Health Yavapai Regional (l to r): Frank Almendarez, MHSA, Vice President, Operations; Richard Logan, PT Director, Physical Rehabilitation Services; Anthony Torres, MD, FACP, President and CEO; Jeremy Murdock, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer The […]
Regular exercise is a good way to both prevent and manage type 2 diabetes. Many people, however, are unaware that walking – a low-impact exercise that improves blood flow and […]
Do you have a history of tobacco use? Or, perhaps someone you care about is a former smoker. Either way, you’re probably concerned about the possibility of lung cancer. Fortunately, […]
Working with Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC) volunteers is no doubt a rewarding job. However, according to Chamine David, YRMC’s Director of Volunteer Services, that fulfilling position can […]
If you’re like many Americans, your health care is provided by a combination of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs). These professionals—nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs)—are important members […]
Keeping a close watch on your children’s eye health is important to catching problems early. Especially when you consider that one of four school-age children has a vision disorder, according […]
Like all body tissues, your nerves need the right nutrition to be healthy. Tune into this episode of Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s Your Healthy Kitchen to learn about […]
In so many ways, food affects how we feel—from that sense of satisfaction after a good meal with friends to the positive vibes we get from eating nourishing food. This […]
Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) has awarded grants totaling nearly $320,000 to five Quad Cities organizations. The grants were announced June 15 during an event at YRMC’s Outpatient […]
If you’ve had surgery, you know how important rehabilitation is to recovery. Working with a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and other rehabilitation specialists helps you regain your strength and returns […]
From our first steps as a child, we depend on our feet to carry us through life. For the average lifetime, that’s an estimated 115,000 miles of walking—the equivalent of […]
You’re having dinner at your favorite restaurant and a guest at a nearby table collapses. You think it’s a heart attack, but what should you do to help? A heart […]
It wasn’t too many years ago that Lillian Swafford’s days began and ended with a hike of Thumb Butte in Prescott. “I was on the trail by six every morning […]
Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is launching two programs that give patients, families, visitors and others the opportunity to recognize the extraordinary work of individual YRMC team members. […]
Knees and hips are neck-and-neck for the title of most frequently performed joint replacement surgery in the U.S. However, orthopedic surgeons will tell you that total knee replacement is by […]
