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Welcome! We’d like to introduce you to the Cayuga Center for Healthy Living (CCHL), a program of Cayuga Medical Center located at the beautiful Island Health Center on the Cayuga Lake Inlet. CCHL is a vibrant, innovative program designed to help people with chronic health challenges make productive lifestyle changes and enhance their ability to live a full and active life.

If you want to:
Lose weight
Become more active
Get help managing a chronic condition such as heart disease or diabetes
Live more healthfully with diabetes
Learn to reduce stress
Quit smoking

we can help you reach your goal.

What we believe

Issues of stress, diet, exercise, and smoking are key factors in the development of many serious health problems and account for 75 percent of all health care costs. With these costs skyrocketing, many Americans are turning to disease prevention and wellness promotion through lifestyle changes as the best investment in their health. It’s clear that “disease care” — going to the doctor and the hospital when you become ill— is an inadequate approach to health management. And medical technology, however advanced it may be, cannot address all of our health problems.

Everyone at the Center for Healthy Living is passionate in our commitment to help you cope more effectively with your existing health challenges and avoid problems in the future. Our Healthy Lifestyle Program gives you tools to make those changes that may have proved difficult to make on your own. We help you to live a healthier life in your environment.

How can we help you?

• Individual and group counseling sessions with our medical team
• Classes to help you develop health-enhancing life habits
• Follow-up checks to help you stay on target with your new skills
• Screenings/referrals when appropriate
• Co-management, with your physician, of chronic illness

For more information on Cayuga Center for Healthy Living, please visit our website.