Health

News Release- Every day, the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center visits communities like yours throughout South Texas in an effort to collect lifesaving blood donations. Donations can help treat a variety of life-threatening illnesses and traumas, and help save lives every day in your area. ...

The Board of Trustees and Staff at Gulf Bend Center cordially invite you to an Open House Thursday at noon to celebrate the expansion of Place4's Port Lavaca, Texas location at 225 N. Virginia, Suite 4.

Your nose is running like it's in a 100-yard dash, you're shivering like you're watching a horror movie and your body temperature is hot enough to cook bacon. There's no doubt about it -- you're sick.

The Victoria Public Library invites you to "Conversations about Dementia:  Tips to Help with Family Conversations". This education workshop is offered by the Alzheimer’s Association to help address the fear or lack of awareness that often accompanies having these conversations which can result in delays that have serious consequences for the entire family.

Are you a business owner seeking information about health care? Employers needing affordable health care options to cover themselves and employees for 2015 can receive professional advice at Citizens Medical Center's Open Enrollment Seminar for Employers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Citizens Medical Center Central Classroom.

Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas do a lot more than sell cookies. They are a huge part of our community and continuously strive to educate the female youth in our area. This week, Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas is hosting two basic aid training sessions for girls from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Get out the mistletoe, stat!

The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease This workshop, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, is for anyone who would like to know more about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

A seminar on Diabetes will be held at the Victoria College Health sciences Center on Saturday at 8am. Educational topics include: diabetes medications, mental health, understanding lab values, nutrition and portion control and exercise tips.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Citizens Medical Center along with its Project Pink partner Victoria Advocate are doing their part in promoting Breast Cancer Awareness by co-sponsoring the annual Citizens Medical Center Walk for Hope.

You only wish more doctors had this kind of bond with their patients.

On Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, Robin Palmer Blue, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst & Music Therapist, will present Autism: An Introduction to ASD and the Basics of Behavior on August 15th. Two sessions will be available to meet your scheduling needs. Se...