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UKIAH – Mendocino Community Health Clinic Inc. (MCHC) is pleased to announce that Cristina Cruz, LCSW, has joined its integrated behavioral health team.
Cruz received her bachelor's degree from the University of El Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her master's degree in art therapy from the College of New Rochelle in New York and, in 2005, her master's in social work from San Francisco State University.
Cruz brings to her work a broad experience in working with children, adolescents and their families, and with victims of domestic violence.
About her new position, Cruz said, “I am looking forward to joining with MCHC’s mission to make sure that all people have access to the support they need to live happy, healthy lives. My new position will bring me in contact with a wide variety of people, and a strong team of professionals. I look forward to working with the community that MCHC serves and being part of the team.”
Fluent in both Spanish and English, Cruz is available to meet community needs at MCHC centers in both Lake and Mendocino counties. To make an appointment, call 707-472-4682.
A locally governed nonprofit health care corporation, MCHC operates three community health centers. Its mission is to provide access to excellent health care services for the most vulnerable people in its communities.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A bone-density exam is painless, quick, very informative and able to diagnose osteoporosis or any loss in bone-density.
The bone-density exam office is conveniently located on the Sutter Lakeside Hospital campus at 5132 Hill Road East in Lakeport.
Exams are scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:20 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the outpatient lab office building (to the south of the main hospital building).
A bone-density exam, which measures density in the hip and spine, is noninvasive and exposes patients to lower levels of radiation than a bone scan. The radiation exposure is less than that of a chest X-ray.
This test is particularly important to menopausal women who are at high risk for rapid bone loss, which may lead to osteoporosis.
Bone loss can be caused by hormonal changes, chemotherapy or simple aging. If diagnosed, it can almost always be treated, in the hopes of preventing further bone loss.
For more information or to make an appointment, please contact the Sutter Lakeside Hospital Medical Imaging Department at 707-262-5030.
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