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Bon Secours Women's Health Women have unique bodies and unique body concerns and needs and Bon Secours we strive to address all of those needs and concerns with extraordinary, individualized treatment and care. Because women are the caregivers and the care advocates for many families, we know that women often research care options, treatment service and hospitals in Hampton Roads. If you're looking connect with a n incredible online resource specifically addressing women and the health questions they face, look to us.
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CDC Considering Recommending Hepatitis C Test for Baby Boomers

May 18, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Today, the CDC announced that it is considering recommending Hepatitis C (HCV) testing for everyone born between 1945 and 1965. Currently estimates suggest that upwards of 3.2 million Americans have chronic HCV and more than 75% are not aware of their status due to a lack of symptoms. Baby boomers represent the majority of cases [...]

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Free Women’s Health Seminar in Newport News 5/23

May 18, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Hear the latest on a variety of health topics from leading women’s health experts on the peninsula! Hormone replacement therapy, minimally invasive options for women’s surgery, teenage issues, and pelvic pain are all topics our seminar speakers will address in Newport News! Private mini-consults available with women’s rehab specialists to discuss turning back the clock [...]

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Understanding a Cancer Diagnosis: Staging vs. Grading

May 14, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Identifying the stage and grade of a cancer patient’s tumors can help doctors determine a course of treatment and predict the chance of a cure. For patients and family, keeping up with the cancer diagnosis can be difficult and agonizing. Something cancer experts encounter in delivering a diagnosis is confusion over cancer staging vs. cancer [...]

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Despite Risks, Young Women Still Use Indoor Tanning

May 11, 2012 by alice Leave a Comment

Despite public health campaigns, young adults are still heading into the tanning booth and allowing themselves to get sunburned outside. Two studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute show that young adults are increasing their risk for developing skin cancer. One of the studies found that half [...]

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Reducing the Symptoms of Menopause

May 11, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Menopause is a natural part of growing older, but that doesn’t mean women should have to suffer through the uncomfortable symptoms of “transitioning.” In fact, just living a healthy lifestyle can help women manage or reduce symptoms. Choose Nutrition – Women going through menopause should make a special effort to eat well. A heart-healthy diet [...]

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Free Women’s Health Seminar in Suffolk 5/17

May 10, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Join us for an evening of learning and laughter. Hear the latest on colorectal cancer health, minimally invasive options for women’s surgery, pap smear guidelines, and solutions for pelvic pain and pelvic disorders. Private mini-consults available with women’s rehab specialists to discuss turning back the clock below the belt, building strength for better days and [...]

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Soy Linked to Menopause Relief

May 9, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

New evidence is challenging last year’s study that soy isoflavone supplement fails to ease menopause symptoms. After reanalyzing results from 17 previously published clinical trials, researchers are, once again, entertaining the possibility that isoflavones in soy may have weak estrogen-like effects in some body tissue after discovering that women who used soy isoflavone extracts had [...]

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Free Women’s Health Seminar in Virginia Beach 5/15

May 8, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Join us for an evening of learning and laughter. Our local experts from Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach will talk about the latest on pelvic pain, minimally invasive options for women’s surgery, pap smear guidelines, weight loss & metabolic syndrome and hormone replacement therapy. Private mini-consults available with women’s rehab specialists to discuss turning back [...]

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Tight Swaddling Can Dislocate Hips

May 7, 2012 by alice Leave a Comment

Several pediatric groups are warning parents and caregivers not to regularly wrap an infant too tightly in a blanket or cloth because it can lead to abnormal development of the hip joint. Although tight swaddling can give a newborn infant a feeling of warmth and security, it can also cause the ball of the hip [...]

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Treating Chronic Female Pelvic Pain

May 7, 2012 by BSHR Leave a Comment

Female pelvic pain is widely described as any pain that a woman experiences below her belly button. “Pelvic pain” can refer to many types of pain, ranging from mild to sever, dull to sharp, pain during sex, pain during urination, and even severe cramping. This pain becomes “chronic” when it persists for at least six [...]

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Bon Secours Women’s Health

Dedicated to inspiring women to take charge of breast health, reproductive health, osteoporosis and heart disease, the Women’s Center is a comfortable, caring place located in the heart of Harbour View in Suffolk, Virginia. Women deserve convenient, high quality health care, and access to the latest diagnostic tools. At the Women's Center, they'll find that the full resources of Harbour View and of Maryview Medical Center, including the breast health program's streamlined assessment and coordinated care, services of a Certified Breast Health Patient Navigator and the talented, committed members of the interdisciplinary Breast Program Medical Team.
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