Living an Independent Life: Avoiding Amputation
With each passing year, millions of Baby Boomers join the ranks of senior citizens. Many of them live fulfilling lives, enjoying the greater freedom they have to spend time seeing the people and taking part in the activities that they love. For others, the so-called “golden years” are less than golden because they are dominated by difficult health problems.
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Living an Independent Life: Preventing Stroke, Vascular DementiaMethodist Medical Center is providing a series of articles to help
people live more independent lives as they age. This article features
information from David Stanley, M.D., a board-certified surgeon and
wound treatment specialist on the Methodist staff.
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Living an Independent Life: Cardiac RehabIn this article, Sharon Ollis, manager of Methodist’s cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program, discusses the role of cardiac rehab in helping people with certain heart conditions enjoy a better quality of life.
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MMC’s New PET / CT Scanner Technology Now a Reality for Cancer PatientsMethodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge has recently added state-of-the-art PET/CT technology for detecting and diagnosing a number of cancers including those of the breast, colon, head and neck, and lungs.
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'Never Give Up,' Long-Time Wound Patient Urges OthersNine years is a long time for someone to
suffer from a painful, non-healing wound. Yet, it was exactly what
22-year-old Anna Brown of Seymour endured. Anna was born with a condition called spina bifida and has used a
wheelchair her entire life....
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MMC Adds 3 Peds Therapists to StaffMethodist Therapy, a service of Methodist
Medical Center of Oak Ridge, has expanded its pediatric therapy staff
with the addition of a senior speech-language pathologist, an
occupational therapist, and a physical therapist.
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MMC Announces Family Classes for NovemberMethodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge has added a breastfeeding basics class to its schedule of family classes. In November, moms are invited to attend the “Quick-Start Breastfeeding Class” on Monday, Nov. 9, 16 or 23 at 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in the hospital’s family birthing center.
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Neurosurgery at MMC Gets Patient Back on Her Feet, Out of Grizzlies’ PathCriste Tiegs has come a long way thanks to neurosurgery at Methodist Medical
Center of Oak Ridge...
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MMC Adds New Service for Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Welcomes New Physician
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge is offering new electrophysiology (EP) and cardiodiagnostic services, and is welcoming a new electrophysiologist, Greg D. Olsovsky, M.D., to its medical staff.
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5-Bypass Heart Surgery at MMC Gives Retired Educator New Chance at LifeDr. Robert Smallridge, retired director of Oak Ridge Schools, took one of the most important tests of his life, an echocardiogram and heart catheterization, which revealed that Smallridge had five major blockages in his heart. He was immediately admitted to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, where Dr. William Hall performed a five-vessel bypass surgery the following day...
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