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  • Better Birthing: How Doulas Support Parents and Partners

    If you’re planning an extended international trip, you might work with a travel agent to manage your bookings — but you’d still love to have a local ...

    May 8, 2023 More
  • Certified Nurse-Midwives: Delivering More Than Babies

    Which medical professionals offer top-quality care for women? If you thought of primary care physicians, internists, OB/GYNs, physician assistants and ...

    May 1, 2023 More
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Get the Help You Need

    If you deal with unstable menstrual periods, facial hair and acne, you may be one of the 5 to 26% of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS ...

    Apr 26, 2023 More
  • Could You Be at Increased Risk of Developing Ovarian Cancer?

    Breast cancer news stories are common, but few stories discuss its deadlier cousin, ovarian cancer. What do you know about ovarian cancer? What do you ...

    Mar 31, 2023 More
  • 9 Ways Breastfeeding Helps Baby and You

    You've heard it before: “Breast is best.” But did you know breastfeeding has health benefits for moms too? If you decide to breastfeed your baby — and ...

    Mar 15, 2023 More
  • Medical Minute: What Women Need to Know About Cardiovascular Risk

    For many years, people thought heart disease and heart attacks were men’s problems. Research studies focused on men. Diagnoses and treatments were ...

    Mar 8, 2023 More
  • Adventist Health Portland Expands to Include Midwifery Program

    Adventist Health Portland recently celebrated its first birth supervised by the new certified nurse-midwifery team. The birth took place in one of the ...

    Feb 3, 2023 More
  • Cardiovascular Risk: What Women Need to Know

    For many years, people thought heart disease and heart attacks were men’s problems. Research studies focused on men. Diagnoses and treatments were ...

    Feb 1, 2023 More
  • Birth Story: A Cozy New Beginning

    Naomi Campean grew up in a big family. Her mom always talked about how the time she gave birth with the help of a midwife was her best birth ...

    Jan 31, 2023 More
  • A hard day’s night: When you can’t get the sleep you need

    Has stress been keeping you up at night? Are bad nights making for worse days? You’re not alone. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

    Jan 2, 2023 More
  • How a Pap Smear Detects Cancer and Precancers

    A simple cervical cancer test can stop this deadly disease in its tracks. Each year, more than 13,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical ...

    Jan 2, 2023 More
  • Here's How the HPV Vaccine Prevents Cancer

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of more than 200 viruses, most of which don’t cause cancer. But there are 14 high-risk strains of HPV that can ...

    Jan 1, 2023 More
  • Keeping Track of Your Family's Health Information in 2023

    There are lots of strategies for organizing your pantry or closet, but when it comes to our family’s health records it’s easy to be overwhelmed. ...

    Dec 30, 2022 More
  • Adventist Health Howard Memorial Receives Women’s Choice Award

    Hospital is named a one of the best in the country for Emergency Care and Patient Experience December 19, 2022 (Willits, CA) – Adventist Health Howard ...

    Dec 19, 2022 More
  • Pap Smear: What is it & How to Find Precancers

    A simple cervical cancer test can stop this deadly disease in its tracks. Each year, more than 13,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical ...

    Nov 18, 2022 More
  • Midwife or OB/GYN: Who’s Right for You?

    If you’re planning to start a family or are pregnant (whether for the first time or the fifth!), you may be asking, “Who’s going to be my care ...

    Nov 10, 2022 More
  • Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond: Who’s Who on Your Team

    Movies show birth as sudden and chaotic, with lots of yelling and people in scrubs dashing back and forth, pushing wheelchairs and shouting orders. ...

    Nov 10, 2022 More
  • Next-level Breast Cancer Screening with 3D Mammograms

    The risk of breast cancer is real — 1 in 8 women will develop it — but with early detection, the disease is treatable and survivable. And 3D ...

    Nov 8, 2022 More
  • Spring Forward, Fall Back: Navigating the Time Change in Spring and Fall

    Love it or hate it, the time change from Daylight Saving Time and Standard and back again can upset our normal sleep patterns. Your body's natural ...

    Nov 3, 2022 More
  • How to eat smart on Thanksgiving

    Worried about what the holidays will do to your waistline? You’re not alone. Many people head into their Thanksgiving feasts more than a little ...

    Oct 31, 2022 More
  • Tides of Change, SANE Community Collaborative Workgroup Announces U.S. Department of Justice Grant ...

    Tides of Change and the SANE community collaborative workgroup, including Adventist Health Tillamook, proudly announce that the U.S. Department of ...

    Oct 12, 2022 More
  • Joleen's Heroic Story Battling Breast Cancer

    After a routine mammogram in early 2021, Kāne`ohe resident Joleen Cordeiro, affectionately known as “Aunty Jo,” was given a diagnosis she never wanted ...

    Oct 5, 2022 More
  • 4 Ways OB-GYNs Can Help Women Over 40

    Women older than 40 face a unique set of health concerns, but many stop seeing their OB-GYNs around the time that menopause begins. “Women wonder why ...

    Oct 4, 2022 More
  • Preparing for Childbirth, Breastfeeding & Having a Family

    It took four years and several rounds of fertility treatments for Mia Rogan-Delgado and her husband to hear two words: “You’re pregnant.” “It felt ...

    Sep 15, 2022 More
  • Smaller Is Better: 3D Mammography Catches ‘Cancer Lite’

    When Vivian Robertson got a call about something irregular on her annual screening mammogram, she wasn’t too concerned. She knew callbacks were ...

    Sep 14, 2022 More
  • Adventist Health Tillamook Announces Availability of 3D Mammography Technology

    This service uses low radiation scanning to deliver safe, state-of-the-art results to patients. The gold standard of breast cancer detection is now ...

    Jul 27, 2022 More
  • World Breastfeeding Week: Deciding to breastfeed

    When you have a baby for the first time, there are so many things to learn how to do—giving a bath, installing the car seat, changing diapers and ...

    Jul 25, 2022 More
  • Breast Cancer Screening: What You Need To Know

    The risk of breast cancer is real —1 in 8 women will develop it during their lifetimes — but with early detection through annual screening, the ...

    Jun 6, 2022 More
  • Dense breasts: How do they affect your cancer risk?

    About half of all women over 40 have dense breasts. If you are part of that half, your breast density may come up with your healthcare provider or ...

    Jun 6, 2022 More
  • Don't delay your annual mammogram

    During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many health centers put elective procedures and screenings on hold — including mammograms. And while ...

    Jun 6, 2022 More
  • Busting mental health myths

    Nearly one in five adults in the U.S. will experience a diagnosable mental health illness during their lifetime. There are many stigmas that surround ...

    May 20, 2022 More
  • Helping AFib Patients Enjoy Life Without Blood Thinners

    Northwest Regional Heart & Vascular now offers the WATCHMAN implant for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who want to reduce their ...

    Apr 3, 2022 More
  • Myths and Facts About Endometriosis

    Endometriosis Awareness Month is a great time to learn more about this condition that affects many women. To separate fact from fiction, we asked our ...

    Mar 4, 2022 More
  • Daylight Sleepy Time: How to Manage the Time Change

    Love it or hate it, the time change from Daylight Saving Time and Standard can upset our normal sleep patterns. Your body's natural 24-hour sleep ...

    Mar 1, 2022 More
  • Keep the Gain, Lose the Pain

    As 2022 rolls in, are you adding "get in shape" to your goals? If so, you’re not alone. "Getting back to exercise is a common New Year’s resolution," ...

    Dec 29, 2021 More
  • Adventist Health Tillamook Restarts Lifestyle Medicine Program

    Adventist Health Tillamook announces the re-start of their Lifestyle Medicine Program starting the week of July 26, 2021, after it was put on pause ...

    Jul 27, 2021 More
  • National Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery Program

    Patients seeking surgical treatment for obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice for receiving care at a nationally accredited ...

    Apr 23, 2021 More
  • Mammogram first, COVID-19 vaccine second

    If you’re due for your mammogram, be sure to get it before you get the COVID-19 vaccine. The natural immune response to the vaccine is causing an ...

    Apr 9, 2021 More
  • Prenatal care: How can your family physician help?

    Building a relationship with your family medicine provider is one of the most important factors in managing your overall health. But if you want to ...

    Feb 7, 2021 More
  • Cervical Health Month: Know your Pap smear guidelines

    Each year, Cervical Health Month emphasizes the clear steps women can take to prevent cervical cancer. One of these steps is to get regular Pap ...

    Jan 25, 2021 More
  • Cervical Health Month: Who needs a Pap smear and how often?

    Each year, Cervical Health Month emphasizes that there are clear steps women can take to prevent cervical cancer. One of these steps is to get regular ...

    Jan 19, 2021 More
  • Cervical Cancer Month: HPV vaccination and other prevention tools

    As recently as 50 years ago, cervical cancer was the leading cause of cancer-related death in women. But in the last 40 years, the mortality and case ...

    Jan 4, 2021 More
  • Adventist Health Rehab: Open, safe and ready

    Your health, pain and quality of life can’t wait for the eventual end of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s why Adventist Health’s rehabilitation ...

    Jul 21, 2020 More
  • Make the connection

    How your mental health can improve your physical health Maybe this question has been on your mind: Can my mental state affect my physical health? ...

    Jul 1, 2020 More
  • Heart Attack Symptoms in Men vs. Women

    Heart attack symptoms Crushing chest pain is what many of us imagine is the first sign of a heart attack. Many common symptoms are more subtle, ...

    May 28, 2020 More
  • What is coronavirus contact tracing?

    Some people are getting anxious for the country to reopen. They want to get back to work. They want to go out to restaurants and basically return to ...

    May 19, 2020 More
  • Strategies for Women’s Health and Wellness with Dr. John Kirk

    Dr. John Kirk, MD, FACOG, an OB/GYN who sees patients in St. Helena and Napa is bringing safe, effective, science-based obstetrics and gynecology to ...

    Mar 31, 2020 More
  • 10 Questions: Napa physician's parents inspired her to become a doctor

    “I always wanted to be a doctor, even from a young age,” wrote Lovera Wolf Miller, MD . “I was inspired by my father who was an anesthesiologist, and ...

    Jan 17, 2020 More
  • First Baby of the Year is a Boy!

    Thursday, January 2, 2020 (Ukiah, CA) – Ukiah’s first baby of 2020 is a boy! Baby Daniel Ramos was born at 8:46 AM at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley ...

    Jan 2, 2020 More
  • Adventist Health St. Helena Announces Closure of Its Family Birth Unit

    Due to declining volume in births in the Upper Napa Valley, Adventist Health St. Helena announced today it plans to close its Family Birth Unit on ...

    Dec 11, 2019 More
  • Getting AHEAD of cancer: Three women, three stories

    The Adventist Health Early All-Around Detection (AHEAD) program enables patients to identify their risk of hereditary cancer syndrome and helps those ...

    Oct 23, 2019 More
  • The advantages of 3D mammography: Adventist Health Portland

    Too many of us have either had or know someone who's battled breast cancer. In healthcare, doctors are fighting back against the disease with advances ...

    Oct 7, 2019 More
  • The advantages of 3D mammography

    Too many of us have either had or know someone who's battled breast cancer. In healthcare, doctors are fighting back against the disease with advances ...

    Oct 7, 2019 More
  • Surviving and thriving with breast cancer

    To see Jennifer Hennick today — young, vibrant, enjoying a milestone in her nursing career at Adventist Health Bakersfield and bringing together other ...

    Oct 3, 2019 More
  • How to be a healthier woman

    Women, take care of yourselves. This is the only body you're going to get. That message comes from Kimberly Fordham, MD , on National Women's Health ...

    Sep 25, 2019 More
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