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                                                              • Breastfeeding Empowerment

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                                                                Breastfeeding Empowerment

                                                                Breastfeeding Empowerment

                                                                by Memorie Gladstone, IMH-E®, CD, CLC Lead Outreach Doula Hello, my name is Memorie Gladstone. I am an en ...

                                                                by Memorie Gladstone, IMH-E®, CD, CLC Lead Outreach Doula Hello, my name is Memorie Gladstone. I am an enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe, a wife, and mother of four, soon to be five children. My ...

                                                                August 10, 2021
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                                                              • Celebrating National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

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                                                                Celebrating National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

                                                                Celebrating National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

                                                                by Sarah Davis, Clinic Supervisor, Kent Primary Care Breastfeeding can be one of the most empowering expe ...

                                                                by Sarah Davis, Clinic Supervisor, Kent Primary Care Breastfeeding can be one of the most empowering experiences families can share. There are numerous health benefits for both child and the chest or ...

                                                                August 09, 2021
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                                                              • Celebrating Breastfeeding Success at Valley

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                                                                Celebrating Breastfeeding Success at Valley

                                                                Celebrating Breastfeeding Success at Valley

                                                                by Megan Stevens, DNP, RN-BC, IBCLC​ Here at Valley Medical Center, as a Baby Friendly Hospital, we belie ...

                                                                by Megan Stevens, DNP, RN-BC, IBCLC​ Here at Valley Medical Center, as a Baby Friendly Hospital, we believe breastmilk is the optimal food for infants and support families at all stages to achieve bre ...

                                                                August 09, 2021
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                                                              • Overcoming the Challenges of Breastfeeding

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                                                                Overcoming the Challenges of Breastfeeding

                                                                Overcoming the Challenges of Breastfeeding

                                                                by Kathrina Chow, RN, IBCLC​ Growing up in the Philippines, I was bottle fed and so were my four older si ...

                                                                by Kathrina Chow, RN, IBCLC​ Growing up in the Philippines, I was bottle fed and so were my four older siblings. For my mother's generation living in a developing country in the 1970s and 1980s, many ...

                                                                August 09, 2021
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                                                              • Her Purpose Behind the Passion—Why Physical Therapist Jennifer Katz Devotes Her #Off-the-Clock Hours to Building the Team of Potential Blood Stem Cell Donors

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                                                                |Date: July 15, 2021
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                                                                Her Purpose Behind the Passion—Why Physical Therapist Jennifer Katz Devotes Her #Off-the-Clock Hours to Building the Team of Potential Blood Stem Cell Donors

                                                                Her Purpose Behind the Passion—Why Physical Therapist Jennifer Katz Devotes Her #Off-the-Clock Hours to Building the Team of Potential Blood Stem Cell Donors

                                                                Three weeks before COVID-19 hit the U.S., inpatient physical therapist Jennifer Katz learned her dad need ...

                                                                Three weeks before COVID-19 hit the U.S., inpatient physical therapist Jennifer Katz learned her dad needed a bone marrow transplant to treat myelofibrosis, a rare blood disease he had been diagnosed ...

                                                                July 15, 2021
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                                                              • Understanding and Supporting the Unique Mental Health Needs of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)

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                                                                |Date: July 13, 2021
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                                                                Understanding and Supporting the Unique Mental Health Needs of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)

                                                                Understanding and Supporting the Unique Mental Health Needs of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)

                                                                From Valley Medical Center Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Working tirelessly to shed light o ...

                                                                From Valley Medical Center Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Working tirelessly to shed light on the mental health needs of the Black community and other underrepresented communities, Bebe M ...

                                                                July 13, 2021
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                                                              • Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

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                                                                |Date: December 29, 2018
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                                                                Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

                                                                Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

                                                                Valley Medical Center's Cancer Services department is an active community participant, providing educatio ...

                                                                Valley Medical Center's Cancer Services department is an active community participant, providing education and screening events for healthy living throughout the hospital district. It’s been quite a y ...

                                                                December 29, 2018
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                                                              • Serious About Sepsis

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                                                                |Date: September 13, 2017
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                                                                Serious About Sepsis

                                                                Serious About Sepsis

                                                                Sepsis. It’s a scary sounding word. And quite honestly, it is a scary diagnosis. Sepsis is when your body ...

                                                                Sepsis. It’s a scary sounding word. And quite honestly, it is a scary diagnosis. Sepsis is when your body becomes overwhelmed by an infection and can no longer fight it. It is your body’s life-threate ...

                                                                September 13, 2017
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                                                              • Safety Tips to Prevent Children with Autism Wandering at Home, Community & School

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                                                                |Date: June 30, 2017
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                                                                Safety Tips to Prevent Children with Autism Wandering at Home, Community & School

                                                                Safety Tips to Prevent Children with Autism Wandering at Home, Community & School

                                                                Children with autism commonly have limited safety awareness and insight into dangers in their environment ...

                                                                Children with autism commonly have limited safety awareness and insight into dangers in their environment. Sometimes they wander off. We need to support these kiddos by keeping them safe! Ideas for pr ...

                                                                June 30, 2017
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                                                              • Valley Medical Center Cancer Services Hosts Anti-Smoking Outreach Event at Local Middle School

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                                                                |Date: December 28, 2016
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                                                                Valley Medical Center Cancer Services Hosts Anti-Smoking Outreach Event at Local Middle School

                                                                Valley Medical Center Cancer Services Hosts Anti-Smoking Outreach Event at Local Middle School

                                                                Per the Center for Disease Control, preventing tobacco use among youth is critical to ending the tobacco ...

                                                                Per the Center for Disease Control, preventing tobacco use among youth is critical to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States. Nearly 9 out of 10 cigarette smokers first tried smoking by age ...

                                                                December 28, 2016
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