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TROY – A Parkinson’s Wellness Program (formerly Delay the Disease) centered around those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease will be hosted by Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 9 through March 28, 2024.

TROY – Chaplain Néstor Bruno, Kettering Health’s director of Mission and Ministry, recently received the Employer Support Guard and Reserve Patriot Award.

KETTERING – Did you know research shows that women who go in for screening mammograms are: more likely to detect their breast cancer early; less likely to require aggressive treatment such as mastectomy or chemotherapy; more likely to be cured, according to Kettering Health.

VERSAILLES — For the second-straight year, Versailles Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center has been certified as a “Great Place to Work.” The designation, based on high-scoring employee surveys, was awarded by the Great Place to Work Institute, an independent research and consulting firm.

VERSAILLES — Versailles Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center recently celebrated summer with a free Community Fun Fair held at the skilled nursing care facility.

COLUMBUS – Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, M.D., MBA, confirms the COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 has been detected in one case in Lorain County.

DAYTON — Premier Health’s CareFlight Air and Mobile Services will once again launch its Drive Smart program at Dayton region high schools.

GREENVILLE — Spirit EMS hopes to recruit aspiring EMTs with their new EMT Boot Camp coming this summer.

TROY — Kettering Health continued to provide high-quality, compassionate care to the region’s communities in 2022 through the many services we offer, including primary care, women’s health, heart and vascular, pain management, behavioral health, emergency care, and cancer care.

TROY — Two thousand and twenty-two was “a very challenging year,” said Kevin Harlan, Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) president. “We were still experiencing heavy COVID-19 in the first half of the year, and across the country many hospitals still are not back to normal volumes.