New! Online Health and Wellness Resources at www.Heywood.org

Nov. 28, 2011 - PRLog -- Gardner, MA –  Heywood Hospital in Gardner is excited to announce new online Health and Wellness information has been added to www.Heywood.org. The hospital recently launched an easy to navigate Health and Wellness resource which includes a knowledge base and tools to help patients and community members with their everyday wellness needs.

Consumers will find information on diseases and conditions, tests and procedures, natural and alternative treatments, medications, interactive health tools, medical news and research, and a medical dictionary.  In addition, there are featured articles on timely health topics, fitness information and recipes.

Popular health tools are available including Body Mass Index and Calorie Energy Needs calculators, as well as risk assesment calculators for Depression, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, Fitness Assesment and Sleep Disorders.

To provide the most up-to-date information on timely topics, a health news feed is updated 24/7 on the home page of www.Heywood.org.

This easy-to-read health and wellness information is evidence-based and reviewed by medical professionals to provide a safe, reliable and effective health resource.  

To use Heywood Hospital’s new Health and Wellness tools or get the latest health news visit www.Heywood.org.

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Heywood Hospital is an independent, community-owned, non-profit 134-bed acute-care hospital located in Gardner, MA. Heywood Hospital provides a broad range of high quality medical, surgical, obstetrical, pediatric, transitional care and behavioral health services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Our Centers of Excellence include the Watkins Center for Emergency and Acute Care; the LaChance Maternity Center; and the Heywood Heart Center, an affiliate of the Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence at UMass Memorial Health Care. In addition to the main campus, Heywood Hospital has two satellite facilities, the Winchendon Health Center in Winchendon and the Heywood Rehab Center in Gardner, as well as a number of primary care practices in the region. Heywood Hospital also operates a school-based health center, the Murdock Health Center at the Murdock Middle High School in Winchendon.