Cardiac Rehabilitation

Saunders Tax & Accounting This year marks Nancy Saunders’ 40th year preparing tax returns. A Washington County native and part of the team at Saunders Tax & Accounting in Hagerstown, Saunders prepared her first tax return in 1973, when taxes...

The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...

February is the month devoted to matters of the heart, so it’s a great time to consider the health of this vital organ. Heart disease once was mostly associated with men, but today it is the No. 1 killer of women, accounting for half a million...

CHARLEVOIX -- February is American Heart Month, and Charlevoix Area Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation department has teamed up with the hospital's nutrition services to bring the community a grocery store tour that will help people make smart and informed...

CHARLEVOIX -- No doubt about it: Planning a trip to hunt mountain caribou in the Northwest Territories, near the Arctic Circle, is an ambitious undertaking. Couple that with a cardiac emergency a few months prior to the scheduled departure for the trip,...

Edward Jones Paul Buck, a financial adviser with Edward Jones in Hagerstown, recently received the following awards: -  Ted Jones Spirit of Caring Award for exemplifying the company’s values, culture and giving back. He was one of 178 financial...

Meritus Healthcare Foundation’s board of directors granted more than $2 million to Meritus Medical Center during a quarterly business meeting July 12. The funds will be used to enhance and continue programs for patients in Washington County and the...

Big Cork Vineyards ROHRERSVILLE — Big Cork Vineyards recently opened a farm stand in Rohrersville, five miles south of Boonsboro on Md. 67 and a 20-minute drive from Frederick, Md.     Dave Collins, farm and winery manager, offers vegetables and...

Scott Sayers is a Dallas cop on the beat--in this picture making the rounds during the Super Bowl. He's also an avid athlete but while playing soccer he simply could not catch his breath. "I did a stress test,” Scott recalled.” “They...

Q: My 59-year-old husband just came home after being hospitalized for a mild heart attack. He was only in the hospital for five days, and he feels great, though he does have to take three prescription medicines plus aspirin. I'm writing because my...

Dr. Jerome S. Tobis, a former professor and founding chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UC Irvine whose long career included a number of precedent-setting studies on physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation and other...

The fifth annual Red Pump Ball will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Residents Club Ballroom at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace. The fundraiser, held in conjunction with Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation, presented by Jiffy Lube of...