Understanding the role of faith and spirituality in forming a healthy community, Bon Secours Health System has created partnerships with professional nurses, health ministers and faith communities to form Faith Community Health Ministries. Ministry partners extend the healing ministry of faith community nursing through promotion of whole-person health often acting as health educators, personal health [...]
Orthopaedic Surgery: Patient Stories from the Bon Secours Orthopaedic Institute
July 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When it comes to making decisions about your health, patients want – and deserve – the best. Our patients often tell us that the most important factor in selecting an orthopaedic surgeon is the recommendation of a friend who has had a successful surgery. We couldn’t agree more. Below, you can hear what some of [...]
Feeling All Stuffed Up? Helping Sinusitis Sufferers Breathe Easier
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Whether it’s allergy season that has you struggling to breathe or chronic sinusitis that is crippling you with sinus headaches, sinus disorders bring your life to a screeching halt. And with the current change of seasons, many of us are beginning to feel those telltale signs of sinus discomfort and pain. In this educational video [...]
Behind the Scenes with Bon Secours – Dr. Dunton
February 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
February is Heart Health month. In order to help raise awareness about cardiac conditions and heart problems, this week’s webisode features Dr. Robert Dunton, MD, FACS, of the Bon Secours Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Dunton takes us behind the scenes at Bon Secours Maryview to discuss a variety of topics including: how women’s heart [...]
Behind the Scenes with Bon Secours- Dr. Robert Squatrito
January 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This week we are proud to continue our series of webisodes on good health which spotlight the various specialties of Bon Secours Hampton Roads. In the latest installment Robert Squatrito, MD, FACOG, takes you behind the scenes at Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center to discuss women’s cancers. Call 757-889-CARE to learn more.
Bon Secours for Women Seminar Series: Bones, Moans & Groans
January 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Bones, Moans & Groans is a program of Bon Secours for Women in partnership with the Bon Secours Orthopaedic Institute. It features lectures that specifically stress how orthopaedic diseases and pain may manifest themselves differently in women and how there may be disparities in the treatment and outcome in women. The first seminar is scheduled [...]
We at Bon Secours are Called to Serve
December 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
At Bon Secours we feel as though we are “called to serve” in a ministry. Here Michael Kerner, CEO of Bon Secours Hampton Roads, talks about how Bon Secours Hampton Roads tries every day to show how compassionate we can be about providing the care that our patients need. Looking towards the future, Mr. Kerner [...]
Behind the Scenes with Bon Secours: Dr. Jeffrey Carlson
November 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
In our second installment of our Behind the Scenes webisodes, Jeffrey Carlson, MD, takes you to Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital to explain the difference between spinal fusion and cervical disc replacement. Call 757-889-CARE to learn more about these procedures and how we can help.
Put Sleeping Trouble to Rest
November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The body is on guard. Blood pressure is rising and adrenaline is pumping. You’re choking, but to the untrained eye, you’re sleeping like a baby. People with untreated sleep apnea can stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. Without oxygen, the body goes into emergency mode – and side effects can cause [...]