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                                    • Valley Colleagues Share Selfie Tapestries as We Celebrate Women’s History Month 2022

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                                      |Date: March 08, 2022
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                                      Valley Colleagues Share Selfie Tapestries as We Celebrate Women’s History Month 2022

                                      Valley Colleagues Share Selfie Tapestries as We Celebrate Women’s History Month 2022

                                      By Valley's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion CommitteeWomen have come a long way, and we have a long way ...

                                      By Valley's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion CommitteeWomen have come a long way, and we have a long way to go, but there is no greater force in place than that of unified women. In our current momen ...

                                      March 08, 2022
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                                    • May is National Stroke Month: Are Young Women at Risk?

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                                      |Date: May 21, 2013
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                                      May is National Stroke Month: Are Young Women at Risk?

                                      May is National Stroke Month: Are Young Women at Risk?

                                        Although most strokes occur in people older than 50, about one in 5,000 women ages 15 to 49 suffer ...

                                        Although most strokes occur in people older than 50, about one in 5,000 women ages 15 to 49 suffers a stroke each year, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ...

                                      May 21, 2013
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                                    • Questioning Your Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis?

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                                      |Date: March 01, 2012
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                                      Questioning Your Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis?

                                      Questioning Your Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis?

                                        If you have been taking a bisphosphonate medication, have you been concerned about recent studies ...

                                        If you have been taking a bisphosphonate medication, have you been concerned about recent studies stating possible complications with long-term use? Bisphosphonates (a class of drugs that preve ...

                                      March 01, 2012
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                                    • Heart Health Month: Women & Heart Disease

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                                      |Date: February 14, 2012
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                                      Heart Health Month: Women & Heart Disease

                                      Heart Health Month: Women & Heart Disease

                                        Edited by: Lucie Wong, BS, RN, Cardiac Rehab Nurse, and Anne Grimes, MN, RN, Wellness Manager Febr ...

                                        Edited by: Lucie Wong, BS, RN, Cardiac Rehab Nurse, and Anne Grimes, MN, RN, Wellness Manager February is “Go Red for Women” month, a campaign put on by the American Heart Association to raise ...

                                      February 14, 2012
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