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May 21, 2012
Hospitals Launce Advanced MRI
St. John River District Hospital and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital are pleased to announce the launch of a new diagnostic imaging service: Advanced MRI.
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April 30, 2012
Keep Your Muscles Young
As you sit there on the couch, do you ever wish you could go back and start all over as an athlete? Who doesn't envy the professional athlete who signs a $250 million contract? But, we're talking about the recreational athlete who works out five or six days a week for the sake of good health.
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April 23, 2012
A Full-Service Experience in an Outpatient Surgery Setting
For more than half of his career, local surgeon Krishna Valjee, MD, worked exclusively in the hospital providing a broad array of services including outpatient surgeries and procedures. That changed a little less than a decade ago, when the doctor became a partner in Lakeshore Surgery Center, LLP, in Fort Gratiot Township.
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April 16, 2012
Volunteers: The Heart & Soul of Peoples' Clinic for Better Health
Ask Martha Koerber why she started volunteering at the Peoples' Clinic for Better Health, and she's quick to point to one person: Ila Shoulders.
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April 2, 2012
Is it Dementia? Or Delirium?
At 85 years of age, Gerald was active and mentally alert until he fell on his front steps and broke his hip. In the hospital for surgery, he suddenly became confused and disoriented.
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March 26, 2012
Event Supports Patients in Need
The St. Joseph Mercy Foundation is pleased to announce that the Tenth Annual premiere community fundraiser "Vineyards of the World" wine tasting event to benefit the Peoples' Clinic for Better Health was held Friday, February 24, 2012.
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March 12, 2012
Across the Miles: Who’s Caring for Your Aging Loved One in an Emergency?
When Debbie Rows first received a call from St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron, she thought it was a simple staff courtesy telling her that her mother had recently been seen in the hospital’s emergency room (ER). She couldn’t have been more wrong.
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March 5, 2012
Keeping Colon Cancer at Bay
Because she was conscientious about colon cancer screening, Annette's cancer was detected at an early stage. Now that she has been successfully treated, she knows she must be equally conscientious about keeping colon cancer from coming back.
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February 27, 3012
Multi-Tasking: Is it for Seniors?
Envy is probably not the emotion seniors most feel when they see a young person at a family get-together, texting on a hand-held device while listening to music through earphones and talking.
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February 13, 2012
“Vineyards of the World” Celebrates 10 Years Supporting Peoples’ Clinic
At 52 years of age, Betty takes 23 medications and suffers from a wide-range of health issues including cardiac and pulmonary problems, diabetes and arthritis.
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February 6, 2012
St. Joseph Mercy’s Newest Robotic Surgery Designed to Benefit Hip Patients
In a time when other hospitals are making budget cuts and trimming services, one local hospital continues to invest in the community and the future with a new, sophisticated robotic surgery service.
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January 30, 2012
Sleep Problems of Later Life
Sharon was in her late 60s when she started waking up every day at 5 a.m. She now knows that it’s impossible for her to get back to sleep so she has accepted that as the start of her day. Charles gets up at least three times every night to use the restroom. Usually, he can get back to sleep, but he rarely feels like he gets enough.
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January 23, 2012
New Robot Enhances St. Joseph Mercy Emergent Stroke Care
Count to 100 and in that time two people will have suffered a stroke. That’s 750,000 strokes a year.
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January 16, 2012
St. Joseph Mercy Launches Advanced Bariatric Surgery Center
In another bold move to improve the health status of the community, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital is pleased to announce that Zubin Bhesania, MD, and Anthony W. Boutt, MD, have joined with the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) in providing bariatric surgical services.
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January 9, 2012
Robotic Surgical Services Expanded at St. Joseph Mercy
Once again leading the region in health care technology advances, St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron (SJMPH) is pleased to announce the expansion of the area’s only state of the art robotic surgical service.
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