• Listing of area doctors
• Resources for seniors
• Emergency numbers
• National Library of Medicine
• Healthfinder: Your guide to reliable health information


Update 7/5/05
• Hypnosis can help smokers quit
• Healthy eating doesn’t have to include meat
• Brain scans to determine memory loss debated
• Heat and humidity can be deadly

Health Archive
• Washing hands key to keeping germs at bay
• Determination is woman’s tonic for adversity
• Many don’t know mental illness treatable, beatable
• Stretching can help keep sports-loving youngsters injury free
• Gardening’s rewards reaped even by beginners
• Assertiveness yields self-respect, respect from others
• Teaching children restraint can help fight obesity
• Training strengthens seniors mentally, physically
• Device to help stutterers yields dramatic results
• Healthy eating a lifestyle, not a ‘diet’
• Thinking outside the (lunch)box
• Skipping breakfast can hurt kids’ learning ability
• Facing source of anxiety can help banish fears
• Secondary infertility always frustrating, often treatable
• Hand-washing a habit best learned early
• Pool safety demands year-round vigilance
• Proper sleep, diet, fewer activities can ease kids’ stress
• Caution required to keep picnic food safe
• Breaking from routine important for mental health
• Early, frequent visits can help calm kids’ dentistry fears
• Make safety first priority when grilling
• Genetics, personality play major roles in addictions
• Hepatitis C more common than most people realize
• Good housekeeping can help fight indoor allergies
• Solid friendships take work, but the rewards are worth it
• Easing into fitness routine can limit injuries
• Proper treatment can guard pets, kids against parasites

 

 

 

 


Emergency phone numbers

You can also call 911 in all communities in
Washington and Wood Counties

 



DENTAL
•• Southern Ohio Dental Clinic

DOCTORS
•• Dr. Kurt J. Palazzo, MD
•• Dr. Kris Sobieraj

HEALTH CLINICS
•• Quick Care
•• Asthma and Allergy Center
•• PMR Clinic
•• Pain Center

HOSPITALS
•• Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
•• St. Joseph's Hospital

RESIDENTAL CARE FACILITIES
•• Heartland of Marietta

IN HOME CARE
•• Care Help
•• Optioncare
•• Gentiva

WOMEN'S HEALTH
•• Women's Care Center
•• Stephen Stanley
•• Peter Fillzof, M.D. FACOG

OPHTALMOLOGY
•• Marietta Ophthalmology
•• Parkersburg Preffered Practice

ORTHOPAEDIC
•• Parkersburg Othopedic Associates
•• Dauphin Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
•• Henshaw Orthopedics Inc.

INFORMATION
•• Planned Parenthood

SERVICES
•• The Medicine Shoppe
•• Stout Pharmacy
•• Candian Drugs
•• Morris Sales

Community
Antcioch
Barlow
Belpre
Beverly
Brownsville
Caldwell
Dart
Deerwalk
Devola
Dexter City
Dunham
Fearing Township
Graysville
Little Hocking
Little Muskingum
Lowell
Lower Salem
Marietta
Moss Run
New Matamoras
Newport
Noble County
Oak Grove
Parkersburg
Reno
Salem Twnsp
Sardis
Staneyville
Vienna, W.Va
Warren Twnsp.
Watertown
Waverly
Wesley
Williamstown
Wingett Run

 

 

 Fire
(740) 934-2551
(740) 678-2413
911
(740) 984-2525
(740) 934-2551
(740) 732-2424
(740) 473-2929
911
(740) 373-1211
(740) 732-2424
(740) 678-2555
(740) 373-8600
(740) 934-2510
(740) 989-2192
(740) 473-2929
(740) 374-6060
(740) 585-2525
(740) 373-3131
(740) 473-2929
(740) 865-2222
(740) 473-2621
(740) 732-2424
(740) 373-2322
911
(740) 373-3511
(740) 585-2525
(740) 483-1300
(740) 373-8600
911
(740) 373-0832
(740) 749-3141
911
(740) 551-2222
911
(740) 473-2929 		Police
(740) 472-1612
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 984-2611
(740) 472-1612
(740) 732-5892
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 472-1612
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-4141
(740) 373-2833
(740) 865-2345
(740) 373-2833
(740) 732-5631
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
(740) 472-1612
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 373-2833
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 373-2833
911
(740) 373-2833

Other emergency numbers
• Washington County Emergency
Management Agency: 373-5613.
• American Red Cross: 373-0281.
• The Salvation Army: 373-4043.
• Federal Emergency Management
Agency: 1-800-525-0321.

Other law enforcement numbers
• Ohio Highway Patrol: 374-6616.
• Wood County Sheriff: (304) 424-1834.
• West Virginia State Police (Parkersburg): (304) 420-4600.
• Washington County Sheriff’s Office: 373-2833.


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