Free Seminar Thursday: Freedom from Foot & Ankle Pain

If you or a loved one suffer from one of the many things that can go wrong with your foot or ankle, there is good news.   Redding-based Shasta Orthopaedics is presenting a free seminar by foot and ankle specialist Dr.… Continue Reading

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Mercy Hospice Offers Ways to Learn How to Cope with Loss and Grief Through the Holidays

Mercy Medical Center Redding’s Hospice Program will host its annual “Coping with the Holidays” grief workshop from 6.30 to 8:30 p.m. October 29, 2013 at the Mercy Oaks Campus. The public is invited to attend this free event. Mercy Hospice Chaplains, Ray… Continue Reading

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Understanding the Affordable Care Act

The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency is just one of many organizations that will help thousands of uninsured Shasta County residents obtain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are… Continue Reading

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Mercy Offering Free Class: Living Well With Diabetes

Mercy Medical Center Redding’s Wound Healing Center and Heart Center are offering classes designed to provide a comprehensive overview of diabetes.  These classes are for diabetics, their families and other interested individuals.  A range of topics will be discussed during… Continue Reading

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Dig This: Food Choice in the Age of Synthetics

It has been my observation that most people usually make good choices when they have enough real information. But real information is sometimes elusive.  Like real food. Too often these days the ability to make good decisions is jeopardized by our reliance upon the… Continue Reading

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Groundbreaking 3D mammograms now available at MD Imaging

Bringing innovative medical advances to the greater Shasta area, Redding-based MD Imaging is proud to announce it will now be providing 3D mammography (Tomosynthesis) to patients. The groundbreaking imagery greatly improves the ability for radiologists to detect breast cancer, as well as… Continue Reading

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Gardening from the Ground Up: Paying Attention to Your Feet

You know it’s summer when you’re barefoot as much as you are in your shoes in the house and in the garden. A friend recently said to me that he was practicing walking barefoot around his garden pathways to prepare… Continue Reading