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What is surgical weight loss? Is surgical weight loss the right choice for me? What are the types of surgical weight loss? How do you prepare for surgery? What are the risks? Will my insurance cover the surgery? What are some benefits to having surgical weight loss? Why should I choose Mary Washington Hospital? Do you use robotic surgery equipment? How can I find out more?

We had the opportunity recently to sit down with Eileen Dohmann, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer; Kim Smart, Grant Manager for the Mary Washington and Stafford Hospital Foundations; and Gail Perkins and Sarah Alley, Forensic Nurses at MWH. The Forensic Nurse program is funded in part by the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation and Mary Washington Healthcare, as well as community par...

Jody Long, RD, Diabetes Educator with Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Services, sat down with #insideMWHC to give us her top 10 tips for navigating the holidays with diabetes. Tip 1: Dealing with a holiday table full of delicious food Tip 2: Eating out Tip 3: Dessert options to bring to an event Tip 4: Foods to avoid Tip 5: The dreaded food police Tip 6: Finding time to exercise Tip...