Health & Wellness

Are you stressed much? A recent survey showed that many Americans report feelings of high stress, and more than 20 percent rate their levels between eight and 10 on a 10-point scale. In the same st...

The new Lake Tahoe Community College Nordic Center is scheduled to open Friday, March 1. Season passes will go on sale Friday.
“We believe an additional two weeks of winter will potentially improve course conditions offering the best experience for participants,” said Megan Waskiewicz, LTCC Community Education program director, in a news release.
Nordic Center passes are available online at www.ltcc.edu/communityeducation, in person at the LTCC campus CONNECT Community Education office (B107A) on, Mon-Fri 10-2p.m., or over the phone at 530-541-4660 ext. 717.

Every 60 seconds, a woman in the U.S. dies of heart disease or stroke; that is one in three of us. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, more deadly than all forms of cancers combined. Yet mo...

Because of an increase in flu activity in the South Lake Tahoe area, Barton Health is taking appropriate precautions to protect patients. According to a news release, effective Friday, Jan. 25, Barton Memorial Hospital has implemented the following guidelines for hospital visitors, during the height of flu season:

Night sweats, mood swings, unpredictable periods: They can happen to the best of women, they're normal and they're all signs of perimenopause - the phase in a woman's life when hormone levels start...

With February as National Heart Health Month, Barton Health will host a free lecture: Cardiovascular Adaptations of High Altitude Living with David Young, MD at Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, Feb. 6 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Learn about:
Normal physiologic changes
Effects of sleep disorder breathing
Effects on blood pressure
What you can do to stay healthy!
Barton Cardiology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same peri...

Provided to the TribuneThe El Dorado County Public Health Division will host three walk-in flu vaccination clinics in South Lake Tahoe.The clinics come as state health officials are seeing an incre...

Morgan has a clean bill of health at 17 years young. The snowshoe-Siamese-calico mix was orphaned when her guardian went to hospice care. A veterinary exam and blood work showed Morgan healthy and ...

Seventy-two-year-old L. Brown of northern Nevada first learned he had prostate cancer back in 1995. “I tell people who are diagnosed, there is no need to panic, although I certainly did, at least 52 times or more,” he said laughing. “I’ve learned this is something you can control and live with because it is manageable. “

Women have a new choice for their health care in South Lake Tahoe with the grand opening of Barton Women’s Health offering obstetrics, gynecological and infertility services. OB/GYN physician, John Missanelli, DO, joins longtime family nurse practitioner, Patience Wenck, MSN, at Barton Women’s Health which opens on Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Conveniently located across from Barton Memorial Hospital and Barton’s Family Birthing Center at 2175 South Avenue, Barton Women’s Health features a newly remodeled office. Barton Women’s Health offers complete women’s care services including:

Barton Health's Telemedicine program, which was launched as part of a Rural Healthcare Pilot Program, received accolades this month from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission who noted the South Lake Tahoe program aided in recent decisions made by the Commission to expand a broadband Telemedicine program nationally.

In cooperation with the Himmel Haus, Blue Angel Café, and Rainbow Mountain, the Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation will host the first annual South Tahoe Santa Run to benefit Christmas Cheer and the HSSF Scholarship Fund on Thursday, Dec. 20th, regardless of weather.

“Running in Santa costumes for charity is a fun, win-win situation to me!” said Zakariah Latzka, Himmel Haus owner. “We are excited to be involved in helping the community that has so graciously embraced us and our business.”

VDAY Tahoe would like to invite anyone interested in being involved in the 2013 South Lake Tahoe Production of Eve Ensler's award winning play, "The Vagina Monologues."

Please join us on Monday, Dec. 17th at 6:30 at Unity of the Lake, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd, across from the rec center, for our first informational meeting and reading for the Vagina Monologues.

When a child comes down with a cold, there isn't much you can do: Antibiotics don't work on viral infections, and many over-the-counter relievers either have side effects or are not recommended for...

The City of South Lake Tahoe held the 2012 Turkey Trot Fun Run last Saturday, November 17th at the Parks and Recreation facility. The Fun Run was a free event for children ages 3-13 and every participant was a winner of either a turkey, pumpkin pie or swim pass. Thank you to the many local volunteers who pitched in to make this event a success, including Raley’s for their generous donation of all the turkeys and pies ad well as the Optimist Club for their continued support of this annual event.
The results are below:

The ambulance units servicing the City of South Lake Tahoe and Meyers community have integrated electronic equipment to contribute to the best possible patient care decisions for heart attack patients. By utilizing Bluetooth technology included in their Zoll monitors, their new Blackberry phones provide a Bluetooth signal to send the EKG heart readings immediately to the ER physician (securely encrypted) via email, fax & weblink.

The South Tahoe Cancer League Annual See's Candy Sale is now underway.
This year, we will be at the shopping center at the Y, next to Starbuck's, open from 10 am to 5:30 pm daily.
All proceeds go to help support our local cancer patients who need rides to treatment, and other help generally not covered on any insurance.

Nachos are a fun food made fast with tortilla chips and covered in cheese to serve as a quick snack or created with a variety of good-for-you foods to make a meal. Around the lake, these can be fou...

They can make you miserable - that's one thing allergies and asthma have in common. The two often occur together: Almost 19 million adults in the USA have asthma, statistics show, and more than hal...

"I hope one-day that I'll be able to use the da Vinci again," said one fourth-grader from Grace Christian Academy in Minden, Nev. One-day he just may. 

Parents and teachers of the 18 little visitors who drove from Minden on Thursday managed to keep third and fourth graders in-line during a two-hour tour at Barton Memorial Hospital. With wide open eyes, the questions soared and the excitement was building just before they made their first stop to the operating room.

Famously garlicky, nutty and slightly spicy, Barton Auxiliary’s Cheese Balls have arrived.
One creamy swipe across a piece of sourdough bread or dipped with a cracker, and anyone with a discerning palate can tell the difference between store-bought and these homemade delights.

When Kathey Merten decided to have her baby at home with a midwife, she knew there would need to be a lot of trust involved. The chances of anything going wrong were slim, but if an emergency did h...

Flexibility is a commonly overlooked part of your child's fitness and health. While speed, strength and endurance can be more easily shown or practiced flexibility is a little less obvious. One com...