CANANDAIGUA – Thompson Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.  The award recognizes Thompson’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally...

CANANDAIGUA – Thompson Health is honoring all those touched by cancer at its sixth annual Colors of Hope and Courage, on Thursday, June 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Inn on the Lake, 770 S. Main St. in Canandaigua. 
Colors of Hope and Courage encompasses all forms of cancer, not only celebrating survivors but acknowledging the journeys of their loved ones as well. All who have been touched by cancer – men...

CANANDAIGUA – Get a total body-mind workout at Gentle Yoga, hosted by Thompson Health every Wednesday, May 8 – June 26. Classes are held from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Thompson Conference Center at F.F. Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua.

Led by Rick Lynch of the Finger Lakes Yoga Center in Canandaigua, Gentle Yoga is designed to improve...

Canandaigua – Ferris Hills at West Lake is hosting a community bridge party on Friday, May 10.

A buffet luncheon will be served starting at 11:30 a.m., followed by a bridge game from 1 to 4:30 p.m. 

The cost is $10, and includes lunch. Prior registration and payment are required, as seating...

CANANDAIGUA, NY- The community is invited to stop by the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center on Thursday, April 25, for the 8^th annual “Spring Fling.”

Gifts for Mother’s Day, graduations and more will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lobby of the Continuing Care Center, 350 Parrish St., during the arts/craft sale. It will feature approximately a dozen vendors as well as a bake...

Thompson Hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department will hold free varicose vein consultations on Tuesday, April 23, from 4 to 8 p.m.

These free consultations, with vein specialist Dr. David E. Lee, will be held by appointment only.

Through advanced technology, Lee and Thompson’s other vein specialists can rid...

The Thompson Guild will present The Kentucky Derby Day on Saturday, May 4, at Finger Lakes Casino & Racetrack on Route 96 in Farmington.

Held from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the pavilion, the event will feature:

·         An elegant, four-course...

With diabetes affecting an estimated 8 percent of the population, Thompson Health is offering self-management classes on a monthly basis.

These group classes, which require a physician referral, are facilitated by a registered dietitian and a registered nurse certified as a diabetes educator. The classes each consist of two, three-hour sessions held on the same day with a lunch provided in...

A clinic that for four years has provided care to uninsured and underinsured community members will now be operated by the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center, a not-for-profit primary care center headquartered in Rochester and widely recognized as one of the first Federally Qualified Health Centers in the country.

Now called Jordan at CCIA (Canandaigua Churches In Action), the clinic originally opened in 2009 at 120 N. Main St.,...

Ferris Hills at West Lake’s four chefs will compete Saturday, April 20, in the independent living community’s third annual Top Chef Competition, and community members are invited to help judge the competition.

The chefs will be vying for the Carol Francis Top Chef Award, named in memory of a woman who cooked at Ferris Hills for many years.