Posts in 2018

Mary Washington Hospital Named One of the Nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by IBM Watson Health Fredericksburg, VA (November 6, 2018) – Mary Washington Hospital was named yesterday as one of the nation’s 50 Top ...

What do you do if someone is having a seizure? Dr. Soni from MWMG Neurology took some time recently to sit down with us and talk about seizures - what can cause them, what to do if someone is having one, and what to expect after it happens. ...

Light up a Life Event Raises More Than $30,000 in Support of Hospice, Palliative and Grief Support Services Luminaries filled the courtyard at The Village at Spotsylvania Towne Centre as Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) Hospice Services ...

Did You Know? Nearly half a million Americans die every year from smoking-related disease. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Cigarette and Tobacco Facts Cigarettes contain more than 7,000 chemicals; at least 69 ...

Early Detection Saves Lives Lung cancer used to be an almost automatic death sentence because it was often caught too late. Today, that’s beginning to change thanks to advances in screening and detection that can find lung cancer ...

Fredericksburg, Va. – (October 22, 2018) – Mary Washington Healthcare is pleased to welcome a new practice to the Mary Washington Medical Group family. On October 22, 2018, the Sentara Pratt Medical Group practice located in ...

Medical Weight Loss Surgery When all else fails in the battle to drop those extra pounds that push your weight into the obese range, it may be time to consider medical weight loss, also known as “bariatric surgery”. What is ...

The American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2017 to 2018: 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women and 470 cases will be diagnosed in men. In addition, 63,410 cases of in situ breast ...

Fredericksburg, VA (October 10, 2018) – Mary Washington Hospital Foundation (the Foundation) is pleased to announce a gift of $5 million by its Chairman Joe Wilson and his wife, Mary Wilson, to establish an endowment to support the ...

Arthritis is actually an umbrella term for about 100 different diseases that affect the joints and surrounding tissues. The Arthritis Foundation estimates more than 54 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States have some form ...