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WellSpan Good Samaritan doctors wash cars to promote heart health


WellSpan Good Samaritan doctors wash cars to promote heart health

eNewspaper: It’s like the newspaper, only paperless. Get a copy of the newspaper delivered straight to your digital door with eNewspaper. Lebanon Daily News Four cardiologists and other WellSpan Good Samaritan volunteers were on duty just off Route 422 on August 10 to raise awareness among residents about heart and circulatory problems. On Saturday morning, […]

Marion Co. man celebrates 32nd anniversary of life-saving heart transplant


Marion Co. man celebrates 32nd anniversary of life-saving heart transplant

MARION COUNTY, Mississippi (WDAM) – Loyd Whaley turned 72 less than two weeks ago. Many would say this is an important milestone for a man who doctors did not expect to reach adulthood. August 13 marks the 32nd anniversary of Whaley receiving a life-saving heart transplant after being told his heart function was only at […]

Women in Texas accuse hospitals of denying necessary treatment to life-threatening pregnancies


Women in Texas accuse hospitals of denying necessary treatment to life-threatening pregnancies

DALLAS – An Arlington hospital is mentioned in one of two federal complaints filed by Texas women who say they were denied necessary care for their failed pregnancies. Both women say they suffered life-altering injuries as a result. Kyleigh Thurman, 25, is one of two Texas women filing a complaint in federal court claiming her […]

Arizona golfer who collapsed meets nurse who saved his life


Arizona golfer who collapsed meets nurse who saved his life

The Arizona man collapses while playing golf was allowed to meet the nurse who saved his life. It was a simple Facebook post from Scott Erdmann’s children wanting to find this lifesaving nurse. “I wanted to know who saved my life,” he said. Erdmann had just finished a round of golf at Las Colinas Golf […]

Keller 21-year-old receives life-saving kidney transplant


Keller 21-year-old receives life-saving kidney transplant

KELLER, Texas – More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, most of them waiting for a kidney. A man from Keller who was suffering from end-stage renal failure received good news and a kidney last week. “I was surprised that they actually found one. Apparently the kidney came from Houston and […]

Book review: Is the brilliant surgeon a “good sociopath”? Chicago private detective Annalisa Vega has her doubts


Book review: Is the brilliant surgeon a “good sociopath”? Chicago private detective Annalisa Vega has her doubts

Professor Maura Delaney’s book “The Good Sociopath” will soon be released. She cites neurosurgeon Dr. Craig Canning as her main example. The publisher has even put his photo on the cover. Canning is arrogant and lacks genuine emotions (though he can fake them well), but his exceptional surgical skills have saved hundreds of lives. Canning […]

Aging for amateurs: The first day of school ushers in a new world | Health


Aging for amateurs: The first day of school ushers in a new world | Health

School time brings excitement, fear and, for us in other years, nostalgia. For some of us, the first day of school—the day we entered new territory—was the first such “threshold experience” in our memory. We will probably not forget that day even 60 or 70 years later, because it was the archetype for many more […]

Berkeley County ranks 3rd in SC for highest life expectancy


Berkeley County ranks 3rd in SC for highest life expectancy

canvas Counties with the highest life expectancy in South Carolina Life expectancy in the United States has increased, by nearly seven years over the past half century. (The average life expectancy was 70.8 years in 1970 and is projected to be 77.5 years in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) There […]

Good Samaritan awarded 5 stars by CMS


Good Samaritan awarded 5 stars by CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released their Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2024, and CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney was awarded the highest possible honor. Good Samaritan was one of only five acute care hospitals in Nebraska and the only hospital west of Norfolk to receive a five-star rating. The […]