Issues with reflux? Male over the age of 50? April is National Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, and this type of cancer affects about 17,000 people per year. Risk factors can also include obesity, family history, heavy alcohol or tobacco use…
There’s a reason they call it labor – childbirth is painful. But strategies to manage pain can ease discomfort. One question many first-time parents ponder is whether or not to use pain medication or to go through natural labor. Regardless…
A living donor is someone who chooses to give an organ, usually a kidney, to someone while they are alive. Becoming a living donor is an act of generosity and gives hope to many people who await a kidney transplant.…
You wash your hands frequently to avoid getting sick, especially as influenza season nears its height. But are you washing them long enough? That quick wash of a few seconds with soap and water may not help as much as…
One in every 4 deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease, the leading killer of both men and women nationwide. While we hear a lot about preventing heart disease with a healthy lifestyle, structural heart disease is…
Let’s face it—a lot of us just want to lose that last 5 to 10 pounds. But, for many more, managing our weight is a bigger deal than just fitting into our skinny jeans. Even normal daily activities like playing…
If you have a serious wound, or a wound that is slow to heal, hyperbaric oxygen therapy could help put you on the road to recovery. The Wound Healing Center at Memorial Medical Center offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy to residents…
David Stewart, 61, started cycling as part of a transition from running marathons to competing in triathlons. He rode at least twice a week, covering between 40 to 50 miles. His weekly cycling group had just logged mile 27 of…
Telling your children that you have a life-threatening illness is tough enough the first time. Laura Beth Pemberton had to do it twice. Three years before she discovered a lump in her left breast in June 2017, which led to…
Mona Bartz’s Sunday School class calls her most Sunday mornings to sing a hymn with her over the phone. The 74-year-old hospice patient hasn’t let a terminal cancer diagnosis derail her bubbly personality that connects with everyone she comes in…