To Your Health!

The Wellness Community-Delaware, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, has moved the date of its all day yoga event to April 17. In the practice of karma yoga or service to others yoga and tai chi instructors from Silver Lotus Training Institute, Comfort Zone Yoga, Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach Yoga have offered to donate their services and teach hour-long workshops designed to meet the unique needs of the community and change lives all through yoga, qigong and tai chi. The young and old, flexible and not-so-flexible, the athletes and couch potatoes, and those of every heritage will be able to find a workshop perfect for them, organizers said.

Back-to-back snowstorms might have paralyzed cities across the Mid-Atlantic, but they did not interrupt the care being given to patients at Beebe Medical Center.

On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III ordered Delaware Department of Justice personnel to begin removing and storing certain items from the outside of Dr. Earl Bradley’s Baybees pediatric office in Lewes. The items, which were removed on Feb.

Lewes pediatrician Dr. Earl B. Bradley was charged with an additional 24 charges on Friday, Dec. 18, after turning himself in to Delaware State Police Troop 4 detectives on that morning. Police said more alleged victims have been identified in their investigation of alleged rape and exploitation of children, but they emphasized that it was still too early to determine the exact number of victims allegedly involved in incidents with Bradley.

The Delaware State Police on Wednesday, Dec. 16, reported that DSP Troop 4 detectives were investigating Dr. Earl B. Bradley – a pediatrician with an office in Lewes, Del. – in reference to charges of unlawful sexual contact.

Beebe Medical Center announced Wednesday, Oct. 14, that it had run out of supplies of the seasonal flu vaccine and was canceling the previously announced free flu shot clinics until further notice. Beebe Medical Center plans to resume giving free flu shots if more vaccine becomes available, representatives said.

Beebe Medical Center representatives announced this week that the medical center has been ranked among the top 5 percent of all hospitals in the nation for orthopedic care. They have been rated No. 1 in Delaware and on the Delmarva Peninsula for overall orthopedic care for the past four years but wanted to improve, said Wallace Hudson, Beebe’s vice president for corporate affairs.

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) voted in support of major health care reform legislation that passed out of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and will move to full Senate consideration in the coming weeks.

Below is the final statement Carper delivered in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday:

“I want to commend Chairman Baucus on the work he has done on this bill.

With still two more weeks left in Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there is still plenty to do to show support and fund the cause. And plenty of people will be lacing up their sneakers for the Third Annual Breast Cancer Walk at Bayside this coming Sunday, Oct. 18.

On Tuesday, July 28, just after 8 a.m., an inspection port on a silo at the NRG-owned Indian River Generating Station (power plant) near Millsboro malfunctioned while employees were performing routine maintenance, allowing fly ash to escape while it was being loaded onto a truck for disposal.

Around 8:15 on Tuesday morning, July 28, while employees at the Indian River Indian River Generating Station near Millsboro were performing routine maintenance on an ash silo, an inspection port on the silo failed, causing ash to land on the concrete floor, NRG officials said Tuesday. Some ash, which they said is a nonhazardous byproduct of coal-powered generation, created a cloud for a time.

Getting children to the dentist can be a chore of any parent, but if the children have disabilities, the challenge of finding a dentist and the costs associated with treatment can be especially daunting.

Sussex Smiles recently gave a $7,000 donation to Delmarva Rural Ministries for their dental services at their Kent Community Health Center.

Many times, when teachers leave for an extended period of time to give birth and take care of a newborn, they spend time planning preparing for the substitute, preparing their students and preparing themselves for the time when they will come back.

Two of three patients who suffered cerebral hemorrhages after receiving the drug heparin from premixed IV bags at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes around May 8 died last weekend, and the hospital has since been cooperating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Baxter International Inc., the drug’s manufacturer, in an investigation.

Energy Gym – formerly American Health and Fitness – on Route 54 in West Fenwick Island knows a thing or two about catering to its members. That’s precisely why husband-and-wife team and owners Tony and Gina Hall took Energy Gym to the next level, bringing in new equipment and just last fall, converting the gym to a 24-hour facility.

Two of three patients who were adversely affected after receiving the drug heparin from premixed IV bags at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes around May 8 died. The hospital has since been cooperating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Baxter International Inc., the drug’s manufacturer, in an investigation.

Suzanne Davis of Bethany Beach, after having twin boys and her third son – all delivered by cesarean section – always felt like she had missed out on something. With her twins, she went into labor early and had an emergency c-section at just 29 weeks gestation. Because of that first c-section, when she became pregnant for a second time, she was told she would need to have a repeat surgery. A previous c-section continues to be one of the main reasons why women have a c-section.

For women facing an unexpected or crisis pregnancy, it can feel like they are all alone at a time of their lives that is supposed to be joyous. The Sussex Pregnancy Care Center has been in Georgetown for almost 25 years now, serving between 1,300 and 1,400 women and families each year, offering services such as free pregnancy tests and verification by sonogram, educational classes and support for the decision to have a child.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness in Delaware (NAMI-DE), beginning in March, will be offering a 12-week course geared toward family and friends of people with a mental illness. The classes will be held at Fenwick Baptist Church on Lighthouse Road on Monday evenings, starting Monday, March 2, at 7 p.m.

Lewes Healing Arts has announced that it will host an open house on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. Dr. Kim Furtado, a local naturopathic doctor, has relocated her practice to Lewes Healing Arts at 32191 Nassau Road, Unit #3, as a tenant of Comfort Zone Yoga Center for Whole Self Healing.

It has long been understood that brushing and flossing twice a day helps to maintain healthy teeth and gums, but what about the rest of the body?

Keeping a resolution to get in shape or lose weight never seems like an easy task, but the Freeman Fitness Center in Sea Colony is helping more and more new members do just that. With more classes than ever, a fully-equipped weight room, indoor lap pool and more, now could be the best time to get into the swing of things and feel good about yourself.

The 13th annual Exercise Like the Eskimos and 5th annual Fenwick Freeze, in which brave souls jump into the cold waters on the Atlantic to celebrate New Year’s Day and raise some cold hard cash, are both right around the corner.

This past Saturday, Nov. 22, Good Earth Market once again held their Health and Wellness Fair, sponsored by Compassionate Care Hospice. Plenty of healthy contributors throughout the community brought in their areas of expertise, including polarity therapy, offering free chair massages.

While Delaware may be years behind some states in realizing the importance of organic farming as both a niche market and a health conscious way to do business, it is catching on.

For many moms-to be, pregnancy is an exciting time of hope and new beginnings. The last thing they are thinking is they might give birth to a baby that’s born too early or sick.

“Gobble, gobble,” “stuffing” and “a belly shaking like a bowl full of jelly” are phrases associated with the approaching holidays, but they’re the last things most people want to use to describe their own eating habits. With the season upon us, it’s easy to overlook a healthy lifestyle as people surround themselves with home cooking, lazy afternoons and visions of sugarplums. But there’s plenty they can do to avoid a regretful winter season when it comes to snacking and eating.

Exercising has always brought with it a specific connotation, and, to many, it’s been a negative one. From the monotony of jogging to the dullness of stationary bikes, many people who want to get in shape are unmotivated due to lack of variety. That is, until now.

Dr. Danielle Giddins, M.D., is now taking patients at her Millville office, above Halpern Eye Associates on Route 26.