Snacks can be part of a healthy diet; they can provide an energy boost and supply essential vitamins and minerals. So if you tend to snack, here are some tips to help you make the best choices: Snack only when…
Roughly one in five Americans struggle with tinnitus – typically described as a constant or intermittent ringing sound that people hear in one or both ears. It’s a problem that strikes our nation’s veterans particularly hard, according to the American…
The roles and responsibilities of Memorial Medical Center’s volunteers may have changed over the past 50 years, but one thing has not: each volunteer’s commitment to making Memorial a great place to receive care. “Nobody has volunteers like those at…
When Billy Ruyle could not sign his name at work or even grasp the pen, he realized he had a problem that was bigger than just a cold. Billy grew up in a small town, just south of Springfield. After…
Jim McCoy is a familiar face at Taylorville Memorial Hospital. Diagnosed in 1983 at the age of 29 with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), Jim has required monthly infusion treatments to help sustain a healthy immune system. Without those treatments, his…
A new sculpture recently installed in the garden courtyard on Memorial’s lower level is the first of several pieces that the donor hopes will help enhance and humanize the hospital environment for patients and their guests. Titled “Modern Woman” by…
Karla Dirks was looking forward to a great road trip to St. Louis with her sister, but it ended with an injury followed by more bad news. While attending a Cardinals’ playoff game in 2011, Karla fell and hit the…
Two years ago, Gretchen Plotner was visiting her son in Florida when her left knee started going out. “It was becoming difficult to even walk,” said the 77-year-old Lincoln resident. “I knew I needed to get home and see my…
The first pipeline stent procedure, which offers an alternative to open brain surgery for patients with large aneurysms, in the region was performed in December at Memorial Medical Center. Augusto Elias, DDS, MD, a neurointerventional radiologist with Clinical Radiologists, S.C.,…
Stan Zielinski went through “many, many years of denial” before he realized he could no longer put off his knee surgery. And now, after having both knees replaced in separate procedures six months apart about five or six years ago,…