Tag: medicine-complex-care
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Pain and Insomnia – breaking a vicious cycle
There is a vicious cycle between pain and insomnia. Learn more about the relationship and how you can better manage your symptoms...
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Learning to walk again
“My back pain was excruciating,” recalls Bob Bristo of Georgetown. “Then I began to experience weakness and paralysis in my legs. It kept getting worse until I could barely wiggle my toes.”
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Optimizing patient flow to improve outcomes
Keeping patient populations together can improve care and communication with families. A project at two HHS hospitals is looking to master this art.
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Veteran no longer must ‘push through the pain’
As a veteran, Chris Teer was focused on pushing through the pain. It's what he had done his whole life. But that strategy wasn't working. His pain was...
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Nurses reconnect decades after near death experience
Shelley Vanderwal's first time at Hamilton General Hospital was decades ago. She was only ten years old and her parents were told she likely wouldn't...
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Robotic pets delight patients with dementia
Patients at St. Peter's Hospital are now benefitting from a new type of pet therapy. The process isn't all that different, but the pets are. They're robotic...
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