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Harvest of the Month

Access to and education about healthy foods is critical to good health, that’s why St. Peter’s has invested in helping connect groups across our community to opportunities for nutrition education ...

Healing Arts: New Exhibit at Holter Museum of Art Features Patient Artwork

May 18, 2021

Holter Museum and St. Peter’s Health Partner to Bring Art Classes to Patients Experiencing Mental Health Crises Today, the Holter Museum of Art announced the opening of a new exhibit ...

Health Challenges

St. Peter’s believes in fostering a supportive, positive climate of fun and camaraderie which in turn helps people adopt or maintain a healthy way of living. Our challenges are designed ...

Health Coaches for Hypertension Control Program

The Clemson Institute for Engaged Aging developed an evidence-based program called Health Coaches for Hypertension Control (HCHC). This program has been proven to help improve the health of folks diagnosed ...

Health Equity Steering Committee

At St. Peter’s Health, we believe that health equity is crucial to creating a positive, healing environment that aligns with our core values. Our commitment to health equity speaks to ...

Health Matters: Addiction is a disease, and it's treatable

Many today are all too familiar with drug or alcohol addiction. Whether personally, or through a loved one, most of us have experienced the pain of addiction. Addiction is generally recognized when individuals compulsively use a substance despite adverse consequences. But is it really a “disease” you can treat medically? For decades, many seemed uncertain. So did I before medical ...

Health Matters: Alcohol myths and misconceptions

The last year of the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard! With all the stress of the last 12-plus months, many people are turning more frequently to a glass of wine, liquor or beer to get a break. You may even notice for yourself that the frequency or amount of alcohol you consume has gradually crept higher as the pandemic wears ...

Health Matters: All about concussions

By Physical Therapist Dale Koch, PT MS, NCS and Trauma Coordinator Jenn Lambertson, RN, BSN in the Helena Independent Record on August 28, 2019. It is estimated that approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A TBI is caused by some ...

Health Matters: All about the Delta variant and vaccination

You can't open a newspaper or look at social media without seeing information about the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. As a laboratory scientist I have to clarify that SARS-CoV-2 is technically the virus, whereas COVID-19 is the disease caused by the virus. But for purposes of this article, we’ll call it COVID-19. The Delta variant's rapid rise is capturing headlines, and ...

Health Matters: Aren’t you sweet enough?

“Life is short, make it sweet” is a quote displayed artistically in countless bakeries and cupcake shops to entice us to consume edible sweets. According to recent research, Americans have certainly taken heed because sugar consumption in the U.S. has increased more than 20 percent over the last three decades. Recent recommendations suggest reducing sugar consumption to no more than ...