BENNINGTON - Much like the departure and arrival screens at an airport, Perioperative Services at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) now has TV monitors on the unit and in the waiting room.
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BENNINGTON - VNA & Hospice of SVHC will begin a nine-week training session on Sept. 9, for those interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. Participants will meet every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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It is that time of year again getting ready for back to school. Everyone is purchasing new clothes, and supplies, and backpacks. National Backpack Awareness Day is Sept. 15. This day recognizes children and how they carry their backpacks. Back pain in children is becoming more and more prevalent. One of the most common causes is the backpack your child is carrying.
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BENNINGTON- Do you have a chronic health condition that is affecting your life? Would you like to change your life for the better? Southwestern Vermont Health Care's Wellness Connection, along with the Vermont Blueprint for Health, is offering a free six-week workshop for those interested in self-managing one or more long-term health conditions.
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DORSET - Calling it Chi Time, referring to the "chi" that is the life force, owner and practitioner Jasmine Hurtak combined her holistic healing practices from Manchester's Equinox Healing Therapies and Pawlet's Circle of Healing in one office and located it right in the center of Dorset. She has added a Floatation Center, also known as a sensory deprivation tank - still rare on the East Coast - as another tool for restoring the balance to a person's inner life force. This is the only one operational in Southern Vermont.
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MANCHESTER - With September being Recovery Month the topic at The Collaborative's monthly coalition meeting will be on the evolution of the meaning of "recovery."
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MANCHESTER - Green Mountain Tai Chi announces that there will be a Tai Chi class held at the Grange Hall on School Street in Manchester on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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