Each year, more than 350,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. Early intervention by CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and defibrillation can save lives. According to the American Heart Association, compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 beats per…
Each year more than 600,000 people die from heart disease, mostly from coronary artery disease or CAD—the most common type of heart disease. Frequently, CAD sufferers are not aware they have it until they have a heart attack. “Coronary artery…
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…
At just 20 years old, Christina Geisler needed a kidney transplant. It started in late 2010 when the Gillespie native noticed her urine was discolored. In January 2011, she was rushed to the hospital and immediately went on dialysis. She…
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…
It’s the middle of the night and your child, who had been sleeping soundly in his own bed, has found his way to your bedroom. You allow him to climb in bed with you for some comforting and, more often…
When Springfield resident Roger Kadow began attending physical therapy, his goal was simple: regaining enough mobility to walk down his hallway at home and let out his dogs. But when he learned that he would be taking part in an…
Strokes come in all shapes and sizes—just ask Tim Cowan. He’s survived several. “In summer of 2014, I was calling in an order for food, and it just came out gibberish,” said the 57-year-old Springfield, Illinois, native and Memorial employee.…
Five people in Illinois have been identified by the CDC with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella infantis (along with more than 85 others in 29 states). Eating or preparing chicken purchased raw (including ground, pieces and whole chicken) has…
If you spend time online, you’ve seen the stories. Moms asked to cover up or stop breastfeeding in public as to not offend people around them. While health experts and most of society agree “breast is best” when it comes…