Bon Secours celebrates American Heart Month

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In honor of American Heart Month, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center accessorized their newborns with hand-knitted red caps to help raise awareness about heart health. Hospital leadership dressed in red and posed with our tiniest patients as well. Heart disease remains the number one killer of both women and men in the United States, so these babies have joined a worthy cause in hopes of bringing attention to the importance of knowing the signs and symptoms of heart disease.

Women can sometimes present differently than men and don’t have symptoms of heart disease until they experience a medical emergency, such as a heart attack. Some early symptoms may include: chest pain or discomfort, pain in your upper abdomen, nausea, fatigue, skin color change or shortness of breath.

Some tips to stay on top of heart disease are to check your blood pressure, eat a healthy diet, manage stress levels, exercise regularly and maintain a healthy weight. Also, it is never too early to discuss heart health with your doctor. In fact, early prevention can make it less likely to develop heart disease in the future.

In honor of american Hear t Month, bon secours Memorial regional Medical Center accessorized their newborns with handknitted red caps to help raise awareness about heart health. shown above, from left, are dr. yevette Johnson-Threat, vice president of medical affairs; Leigh sewell, president; and robin Johnson, chief nursing officer.

Utilities customers can apply for water assistance program

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Customers of the Hanover County Department of Public Utilities are now able to apply online for assistance from the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). This program is a temporary federal-funded program created to assist low-income households with water and wastewater bills.

Households eligible for LIHWAP assistance must have a past due water/wastewater balance and a gross household income below 150% of the federal poverty level based on household size. Priority will be given to households