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                                    • Pregnancy & Birth During COVID-19: Questions Answered!

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                                      |Date: May 07, 2020
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                                      Pregnancy & Birth During COVID-19: Questions Answered!

                                      Pregnancy & Birth During COVID-19: Questions Answered!

                                      Find out what you want to know from OB/GYN and women’s health specialist, Bilha Zomer, MD, who answers yo ...

                                      Find out what you want to know from OB/GYN and women’s health specialist, Bilha Zomer, MD, who answers your questions about whether pregnancy can make getting COVID-19 more likely; precautions to avoi ...

                                      May 07, 2020
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                                    • Have You Had “The Talk” With Your Family?

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                                      |Date: April 01, 2020
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                                      Have You Had “The Talk” With Your Family?

                                      Have You Had “The Talk” With Your Family?

                                      Advance Care Planning is a process of communication for planning for your future medical decisions. In th ...

                                      Advance Care Planning is a process of communication for planning for your future medical decisions. In the webinar below, Priyanka, Valley's Advance Care Planning Coordinator, explains the importance ...

                                      April 01, 2020
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                                    • Separation during Coronavirus: How to Stay Connected to Loved Ones

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                                      |Date: March 18, 2020
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                                      Separation during Coronavirus: How to Stay Connected to Loved Ones

                                      Separation during Coronavirus: How to Stay Connected to Loved Ones

                                      During these extraordinary times, we need to band together as a community to help manage the spread of co ...

                                      During these extraordinary times, we need to band together as a community to help manage the spread of coronavirus. For those under treatment, observation or in self-quarantine, separation can create ...

                                      March 18, 2020
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                                    • Grab Some Zzzzz’s and Celebrate National Sleep Awareness Week

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                                      |Date: February 25, 2020
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                                      Grab Some Zzzzz’s and Celebrate National Sleep Awareness Week

                                      Grab Some Zzzzz’s and Celebrate National Sleep Awareness Week

                                      March 8-14 is National Sleep Awareness Week. Sleep has many benefits for our health beyond feeling well r ...

                                      March 8-14 is National Sleep Awareness Week. Sleep has many benefits for our health beyond feeling well rested. One of the major benefits of sleep is decreased inflammatory markers. Inflammation has b ...

                                      February 25, 2020
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                                    • Webinar: Hernia Surgery Demonstration Using da Vinci Robot with Surgeon Heather Wheeler, MD, FACS

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                                      |Date: January 27, 2020
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                                      Webinar: Hernia Surgery Demonstration Using da Vinci Robot with Surgeon Heather Wheeler, MD, FACS

                                      Webinar: Hernia Surgery Demonstration Using da Vinci Robot with Surgeon Heather Wheeler, MD, FACS

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMOBMB8en4 Learn about the daVinci Robot and how it is used in hernia su ...

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMOBMB8en4 Learn about the daVinci Robot and how it is used in hernia surgeries in this video recorded from a Facebook Live demonstration with surgeon Heather Wheeler, ...

                                      January 27, 2020
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                                    • Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

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                                      |Date: January 24, 2020
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                                      Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

                                      Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

                                      Have you ever wondered how different speech sounds are made in our mouth and why some are easier to learn ...

                                      Have you ever wondered how different speech sounds are made in our mouth and why some are easier to learn than others? All babies are born with the ability to hear hundreds of sounds, many of which ar ...

                                      January 24, 2020
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                                    • Caring for Our Community Like Family

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                                      |Date: January 17, 2020
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                                      Caring for Our Community Like Family

                                      Caring for Our Community Like Family

                                      By Rich Roodman, CEO, Valley Medical Center Over the past year, we've taken a deep dive into Valley's mis ...

                                      By Rich Roodman, CEO, Valley Medical Center Over the past year, we've taken a deep dive into Valley's mission, vision and values. We felt it was time to review and potentially refresh our statements t ...

                                      January 17, 2020
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                                    • Valley Eats: Chicken and Mushroom Pasta

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                                      |Date: January 16, 2020
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                                      Valley Eats: Chicken and Mushroom Pasta

                                      Valley Eats: Chicken and Mushroom Pasta

                                      Warm up a chilly evening with this satisfying, heart-healthy pasta meal. If you have some extra veggies i ...

                                      Warm up a chilly evening with this satisfying, heart-healthy pasta meal. If you have some extra veggies in your fridge like zucchini, carrot or bell pepper, dice them up and throw in for an added flav ...

                                      January 16, 2020
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                                    • Sneezing, Itching, Wheezing, Coughing, Congestion, Hives–6+ Reasons to Visit an Allergist & What to Bring with You When You Do

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: January 16, 2020
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                                      Sneezing, Itching, Wheezing, Coughing, Congestion, Hives–6+ Reasons to Visit an Allergist & What to Bring with You When You Do

                                      Sneezing, Itching, Wheezing, Coughing, Congestion, Hives–6+ Reasons to Visit an Allergist & What to Bring with You When You Do

                                      If you suffer from allergies, you’re not alone—fifty million people nationwide suffer from allergies and ...

                                      If you suffer from allergies, you’re not alone—fifty million people nationwide suffer from allergies and another 24 million are affected by asthma, a related condition. What’s going on when your body ...

                                      January 16, 2020
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                                    • Prepping Before You’re Expecting

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: December 27, 2019
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                                      Prepping Before You’re Expecting

                                      Prepping Before You’re Expecting

                                      Thinking about starting a family but have some questions about what to do (besides the obvious!) to get s ...

                                      Thinking about starting a family but have some questions about what to do (besides the obvious!) to get started? A preconception care appointment may be just what the doctor ordered. Midwife Amy Steer ...

                                      December 27, 2019
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