COVID in youngsters subject of digital neighborhood seminarMARTINSBURG — A digital neighborhood mini-medical faculty program titled Children and COVID seminar will air 7 p.m. Jan.25 on the WVU Medication Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Heart Fb web page. Rebecca Furby, M.D., board licensed pediatrician with WVU Medication Main Care and Pediatrics in Spring Mills, is the visitor speaker. She can be joined by Mohammad Saeed, M.D., board licensed pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist at Berkeley Medical Heart.
COVID-19 instances amongst youngsters in the US are rising and hospitalization charges are hovering with the Omicron variant. Drs. Furby and Saeed will talk about methods to maintain youngsters protected, notably the youngest who will not be but eligible for vaccination.
The digital mini-medical faculty program is being provided free to the general public as a neighborhood service of WVU Medication and the WVU Well being Sciences Heart. Closed caption can be provided for the listening to impaired.
SCH Expands free Group COVID-19 TestingMARTINSBURG — Shenandoah Group Well being is increasing its free, COVID-19 neighborhood testing hours. The PCR take a look at is now be obtainable by means of the drive-thru testing tent on 99 Tavern Highway Monday by means of Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with no appointment or order.
This service is accessible to SCH sufferers and non-patients, and outcomes are acquired immediately from the lab, sometimes between 24-48 hours.
Wholesome Berkeley publicizes new well being and wellness appMARTINSBURG — Well being Berkeley has introduced the launch of the Change Your State app to deliver well being and wellness to native communities.
The app is targeted within the areas of thoughts, transfer and eat and is designed to deliver a wealth of assets to the fingertips of neighborhood residents.
App assets will embrace weblog posts, exercises, wholesome recipes and meditations. Customers may also have the ability to monitor their day by day targets and earn factors for undertaking these targets. All members who earn a minimal variety of factors every month can be entered to win month-to-month prizes.
There may also be a Change Your State Fb web page and a weekly Change Your State podcast for anybody and not using a sensible telephone.
The free app can be obtainable for obtain on Jan. 8 within the Apple and Google play shops by looking “Change Your State”. The app problem will run from Jan. 15 by means of April 15.
For extra info, contact Abby Veigel at abbyveigel@gmail.com or Dana DeJarnett at dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org.
WVU Medication affords secure strolling programMARTINSBURG — Stroll with Ease, an Arthritis Basis-certified program designed to share methods for strolling safely and comfortably, can be provided on the Berkeley 2000 Heart, 273 Woodbury Ave. in Martinsburg.
This system can be provided Jan. 25 by means of March 3, 2022, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. All members will obtain the Stroll With Ease Information E-book, and this system is free and open to all.
This structured, six-week strolling program is designed to assist folks dwelling with arthritis higher handle their ache, however anybody can take part and profit from this system. Primarily based on analysis and examined packages in train science, habits change and arthritis administration, Stroll With Ease is proven to scale back the ache and discomfort of arthritis, enhance steadiness, energy and strolling tempo, construct confidence to be bodily energetic and enhance total well being.
Stroll With Ease is a structured strolling program that gives help, info and instruments to assist members develop profitable train routines. Throughout this system, members will be taught correct stretching and ache administration strategies, in addition to construct stamina and strolling tempo.
Pre-registration for the Stroll With Ease program is required and area is restricted. Masks are urged and social distancing can be adopted. For extra info or to register, name the Berkeley Extension Workplace at 304-264-1936 or contact Dana DeJarnett 304-264-1287, ext 31814 or dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org. Earlier than beginning any train program, all the time test along with your doctor.
Free Nationwide Diabetes Prevention Program setWINCHESTER, Va. — Valley Well being is providing new periods of the Nationwide Diabetes Prevention Program, a free, 12-month class designed to assist adults who’re in danger for creating diabetes and are able to make lasting life-style adjustments. One group will meet just about on Mondays from midday to 1 p.m., whereas the opposite will meet in particular person at Warren Memorial Hospital on Wednesdays from 3:30–4:30 p.m.
To be eligible for the Nationwide Diabetes Prevention Program, people should be chubby, not have a diabetes analysis and have a number of of the next: Elevated blood sugar ranges, hypertension, household historical past of diabetes, bodily inactive and historical past of gestational diabetes.
To be taught extra, go to www.valleyhealthlink.com/diabetes, or name 540-536-5108 for the digital program or 540-636-0314 for the in-person program at Warren Memorial Hospital.
Tai Chi begins at Berkeley Senior CompaniesMARTINSBURG — Tai Chi can be held 10 a.m. Mondays at Berkeley Senior Companies on Excessive Road. Informal garments and masks urged.
For extra info, name Eldon at 304-264-4783.
Good Samaritan Free Clinic scheduleMARTINSBURG — Good Samaritan supplies free well being care to the uninsured and underinsured. The principle clinic is at 601 S. Raleigh St., Martinsburg. They don’t take appointments and supply household apply care in any respect the clinics besides girls’s well being night.
Hours for the clinic are:
• Wednesdays at 5 p.m.
• First Tuesday of the month at 5 p.m.
• Girls’s Well being Clinic on the Third Tuesday at 5 p.m.
• Rescue Mission each Monday 10:30 a.m. to Midday.
For extra info, go to goodsamaritanfreeclinic.org.
Digital continual ache self-management program new session introduced
MARTINSBURG — Residing Nicely, a continual ache self-management program, is a weekly workshop designed to assist people dealing with a number of continual ache be taught to take day-to-day accountability for his or her care, enhance the abilities essential to handle their ache and work successfully with their well being care skilled.
A brand new Zoom workshop begins Jan. 20 and meets each Thursday by means of Feb. 24 from 5-7 p.m. The six-week program can be interactive, informative and enjoyable providing the identical content material because the face-to-face workshop.
Residing Nicely is free and open to these with continual ache and different well being points associated to ache. Everybody can profit from studying the abilities to coordinate all of the actions wanted to handle their well being, in addition to assist them preserve a full and energetic life.
Members will want a pc, telephone or pill with a view to entry Zoom. The system should even have a digital camera and microphone. A quiet place and a steady chair are additionally really useful for becoming a member of the lessons.
To register or for extra info, contact Dana M. DeJarnett at 304-264-1287, ext. 31814 or dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org. The deadline to register is Jan. 18.