The Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, is spread through the bite of infected ticks. The blacklegged tick (or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis) spreads the disease in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and north-central United States, and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) spreads the disease on the Pacific Coast.

Children and Lyme disease Although anyone can get Lyme disease, children spend a lot of time outdoors and are at particular risk. Reasons to suspect that your child may have Lyme disease include: 1) Your family lives in or has visited a region where Lyme disease is commonly found, 2) You know or suspect that your child has been exposed to ticks, 3)Your child is experiencing symptoms such as rash, fever, chills, fatigue, joint or muscle pain, or facial paralysis Children sometimes experience joint pain as their first, and possibly only, symptom of Lyme disease.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults. About 600,000 new strokes are reported in the U.

Leadership of Virginia Gay Hospital (VGH) Laboratory Services will be transferred today when current Lab. Supervisor, Carolyn Gavalas, retires after 36 years.

In observance of Nursing Home Week, May 12 to 18, 2013 Virginia Gay Hospital and Nursing and Rehab encourages residents, families and other close relatives to “get personal” with their caregivers.

Until recently, patients in southern Benton County undergoing therapy treatments for both lower and upper body rehabilitation needed to travel upwards of an hour to receive professional care.

Quality of life and quality of medical care tend to go hand-in-hand and for the past several months residents of southern Benton County are learning about the Virginia Gay “Healing Tradition” at the new Atkins Family Medical Clinic (AFMC).

Quality of life and quality of medical care tend to go hand-in-hand and for the past several months residents of southern Benton County are learning about the Virginia Gay “Healing Tradition” at the new Atkins Family Medical Clinic (AFMC).

A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community.

Thank a Nurse – National Nurses Week Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is joining the American Nurses Association in celebrating Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care, as part of National Nurses Week, which is held May 6-12, every year.