Women's Wellness

Veins, vessels, and valves are all part of the body’s vascular system, which is why cardiothoracic surgeon Saina Attaran, MD, is at home in her new role at the Vein Center at Dignity Health, Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC).

“The venous system is critical to our overall health,” explained Dr. Attaran, Vein Specialist, the Vein Center at YRMC. “We depend on our network of veins to deliver deoxygenated blood back to our hearts. It’s familiar territory for me.”

Tips For Living Up to the Hype of the Holiday Season By Jessi Hans, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Spectrum Healthcare Ahhh… the sound of holiday music in every store, the bells ringing, and the shopping ads stacking up in your inbox. Yes, it’s here, and...

When Sarah Rainwater purchased Bend Hot Yoga in 2016, then, she asked Ann to craft a class targeted to seniors; hence, non-heated Silver classes were born and have remained popular with both men and women of all ages and levels. 

When it comes to changing habits—eating healthier to lose weight, spending more wisely to get finances under control, or stop smoking for better health, for example—people know what they need to do.

Yet, for so many, doing what they know they need to do, especially long-term, is a struggle.

While the Community Health Center of Yavapai recently celebrated its 20th anniversary as a Federally Qualified Health Center, programs and services continue to evolve to meet primary, dental, and behavioral health care needs for residents of Yavapai County. Community Health Center of Yavapai has clinics in Prescott, Prescott Valley, and Cottonwood, with several programs in place to provide additional support to medically underserved patients, including those who are uninsured, underinsured, and low income. 

For more than 80 years, the Kieckhefer family has indirectly supplied beef to some of the finest grocery stores and restaurants throughout the U.S. from its K4 and Diamond A Ranches.

In all, she has attended 815 births at the time of this writing, and at the end of this year, she will retire, closing the door on her business and passing the torch to her partner Carrie Kinsey, LM, CPM, who owns A Family’s Journey Midwifery.

As Northland Cares celebrates 20 years of service to the people of Yavapai County, members of the organization want to remind locals that rural counties across the country have seen significant increases of HIV in the past decade.

For 42 years, women have found safety, healing, and hope at Stepping Stones Agencies when they are facing some of the lowest moments in their lives. Even during times of hopelessness and desperation, they find enough courage to pick up the phone and call our 24/7/365 helpline.

Founded in October 1965, Spectrum Healthcare Group (Spectrum) began as a single behavioral health clinic. It has since grown into a robust healthcare system dedicated to Arizona’s population. 

Mechelle Saravo’s family knew she was a fighter from the start. Born premature, Mechelle required five surgeries on her legs between her third and fourth birthdays. Even with heavy casts on both legs, Mechelle would commando crawl throughout her home in Tucson.