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Finding the Balance
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Balance is such an important factor in health that the human body evolved several distinct systems to keep itself upright in all kinds of shaky situations. When one or another is compromised, the others kick in more efficiently…
SoHum Health Welcomes Dr. Seth Einterz
SoHum Health is pleased to announce that there is a new Doctor in town! Dr. Seth Einterz will begin serving patients at the Southern Humboldt Community Clinic in Garberville on September 3rd. Dr. Seth, as he likes us to call…
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Photo by Maxwell Ridgeway on Unsplash Driving one’s own car may become a thing of the past within many of our life spans, but until then, spending long periods of time behind the wheel can create some patterns in the…
SoHum Health Closes Escrow on Sprowel Creek Campus
Written by Rob Eskridge and Ryan Stock, Growth Management SoHum Health and Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District (SHCHD) proudly announce that escrow has closed for purchasing the College of the Redwoods campus located at 286 Sprowel Creek Road in Garberville.…
Amy Terrones recognized for work in child abuse prevention
Congratulations to Amy Terrones, Southern Humboldt Family Resource Center Coordinator, for being recognized for her work in child abuse prevention! The Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council of Humboldt County held its annual awards celebration recently at the Humboldt County Office…
Laboratory Gets COLA Accreditation
Photo by Michael Longmire on Unsplash Jerold Phelps Community Hospital’s Laboratory Department recently earned COLA accreditation as a result of its long-term commitment to quality. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations,…
Running Makes the Heart Grow Stronger
Photo by sporlab on Unsplash Join Mendocino County in the annual Avenue of the Giants Marathon! Avenue of the Giants Marathon began in May 1972 in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The course takes you through Humboldt’s luxurious groves of…
Taking Action Against Anxiety
Photo by C.Valdez on Unsplash One of the most common mental illnesses in the U.S. is anxiety. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, “Anxiety disorders are affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and…
CT Scanner Going Over Big
By Keith Easthouse, reporting for The Humboldt Independent If you build it, they will come. That the take-home message with regards to the Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District’s new CT scanner, an important diagnostic tool that has proven a popular…
Affordable Healthcare
Photo by PublicDomainPictures on Pixabay In case we haven’t said it enough, thank you SoHum for renewing the parcel tax that supports our Community Healthcare District! The final election results show that Measure F passed with over 75%. I can’t…