We Are Valley Podcast

September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month and according to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 44,000 in the US will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2024. In honor of this important recognition month, we sat down with Valley endocrine surgeon, Nicole Zern, MD to discuss how thyroid cancer is found, diagnosed, and treated.

If you are curious about what the thyroid does, when you might need to consult a specialist, and what treatment options are, this episode is for you!

More Resources:

Endocrine surgery at Valley

American Thyroid Association

Day-to-day lifestyle components like movement and food are important for preventing injury and illness, but knowing how to start can be overwhelming. We sat down with Thomas Hammett, DPT, Director of Operations for Valley's Lifestyle Medicine & Fitness clinics to talk about the Lifestyle Medicine approach. This episode covers:

• What is Lifestyle Medicine
• What services does Valley offer through our Lifestyle Medicine clinics and why it's unique
• Reasons to consider making Lifestyle Medicine services part of your health plan
• How to get started accessing services

Ready to learn ways to incorporate Lifestyle Medicine into your routine? Join us for an upcoming HealthyCares session.

Learn more about services and see contact information for our Lifestyle Medicine & Fitness locations by visiting our services page and locations page.

In celebration of Pride Month we recently sat down with Valley's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) managers Ada Cohen and Priyanka Choudhury to talk about initiatives and projects happening at Valley to make sure both our patients and workforce feel cared for.

In this episode we talk about:

• What EDI stands for and why we use EDI instead of DEI
• How we're celebrating Pride and some of the ways we celebrate diversity all year long
• Current projects that focus on Health Equity and why they are important
• How you can use a framework we use to bring equity into your work

As Ada states in this episode, "At first, talking about equity, diversity and inclusion can be uncomfortable, and that's not a bad thing! We're all on this journey together."

We couldn't agree more! If you are interested in seeing more examples of the equity diversity and inclusion work here at Valley, we encourage you to sign up for our monthly Community Cares newsletter for news and resources, and follow us on our social media:

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Your social media pages may be telling you how important it is to prioritize "self care," but is it possible to achieve a sense of well-being when it feels like one more thing on an unmanageable to-do list? We sit down with Valley's Director of Well-Being, Dani Dutro, to talk about the small shifts you can make in your life that will make a big difference.

Topics we tackle include the value of radical acceptance, identifying burnout, and how to know when someone’s self-care “quick fix” may be too good to be true, plus how to find the willpower to take the first step in the right direction.

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your health.

Preventive healthcare is all about catching things early before they become concerning. For this episode, we talked with Dr. Kial Wiley about how you can partner with your primary care provider to monitor your health at regular intervals and make sure your health factors are on the right track.

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your health.