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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Promote National Nutrition Month

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) will be promoting National Nutrition Month during March to encourage patients to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and physical activity habits. National Nutrition Month was initiated in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, and it became a month-long observance in 1980 in response to growing interest in …

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Going Blue for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

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 Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be recognizing the month of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to help incite awareness of colon cancer, a disease that can be prevented through screening One in 20 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer, and it is the second leading cause of overall cancer deaths in the …

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Recognizing Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be recognizing the month of January as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.  All throughout the month, patients are encouraged to wear teal to their appointments since teal is the official color of cervical cancer awareness.  On Friday, January 17, 2020, SVCHS is dedicating the day to cervical cancer awareness. Patients …

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems See Increase in Mobile Mammogram Coach Numbers

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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS)’s Twin City Medical Center hosted the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Mobile Mammogram Coach on Thursday, November 7, 2019 with big improvements from last year. This year, there was a 13% no-show rate in comparison with the 41% from last year. 13 total patients were able to take advantage of …

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