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Chronic Pain Management Sessions Life-Changing for Patients
Files: 21881.jpgMedia Contact: Brad HallerIntense, six-week sessions held at Mercy PainManagement CenterBen Mendola was praying for a heart attack. His marriage had ended, he’d lost his home and...
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Carbon Monoxide Warning
Files: 21936.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannA simple CO detector can save your lifeAs temperatures plummet and heating bills rise, people may turn to alternate sources of heat – and that’s prompting a...
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Mercy Recognized as Tech Brainiac for Innovation
Media Contact: Nancy CorbettShawn Haggard with a scanner inside Mercy’sConsolidated Services Center. Product barcode iscritical to the Unique Device Identifier (UDI)system and tracking medical...
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Bringing High-tech Virtual Health Care to Rural America
Files: eICUMedia Contact: Nancy CorbettAs an example of Mercy's virtual reach,Mercy's electronic intensive care unit allows medicalspecialists in St. Louis, Mo., to remotely monitorpatients in rural...
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Talking to Kids About Scary Events
Tags: ChildrenFiles: 22511.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannMercy’s four-state area is reeling after the abduction and murder of 10-year-old Hailey Owens. She was taken by a stranger while walking near...
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ROi, Mercy's Supply Chain Company, Signs Agreement with Second East Coast System
Files: 22536.jpgMcLeod Health campus shotMedia Contact: Nancy CorbettMcLead Health campus in Florence, South Carolina.By ROi's Kathie WoehrmannMcLeod Health, based in Florence, S.C., has signed a...
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Family Finds Care Close to Home
Tags: ChildrenFiles: 22595.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannSophia Greenwalt's cancer battle brought her to Mercy KidsShe’s only 15 years old, but Sophia Greenwalt has raised and given away thousands of...
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A Healthy Reunion
Tags: Sports Medicine/OrthopedicsFiles: 22607.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannLocations: Mercy Orthopedic Hospital SpringfieldSisters Jan Senkbeil and Judy Howell reunite for surgeriesMost family...
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Straight Talk for Teens About Drugs
Tags: ChildrenFiles: 18394.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannMercy hosts a free drug forum for teensIf you think your children won’t listen to your warnings about drugs and alcohol, maybe they will...
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More Potassium? Orange or Banana?
Tags: Sports Medicine/OrthopedicsFiles: Orange or BananaMedia Contact: Nancy CorbettBy Mercy's Tina RockholdSurprise! Oranges have more potassium on average than bananas.“Reach for the orange,”...
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End Your Summer Bite-Free
Tags: ChildrenFiles: TickMedia Contact: Kate MillerLabor Day may mark the end of summer, but there’s still time for tick bites unless families take precautions. The end of summer and beginning of fall...
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Clinical Trial for Dissolvable Heart Device
Tags: HeartResearchFiles: 20494.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannPractices: Mercy Clinic Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery - WhitesideThe Absorb mesh tube is designed to dissolve into the bodyThe...
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Health Care Enrollment Help at Mercy
Files: 20654.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannHealth Insurance Help at MercyIt may be the first opportunity some Americans have had to get health insurance, but the Oct. 1 opening of the Missouri Health...
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Mercy Offers Six-Week Workshops on Living a Healthier Life
Files: 22768.jpgMedia Contact: Brad HallerSessions across southwest Missouri target chronic conditionsAre you tired or hurting all the time? Don’t let chronic health problems drive what you can and...
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Skilled Care Helps Patients Transition from Hospital to Home
Files: 22844.jpgMedia Contact: Brad HallerSkilled care helped Jimmie Norris getback to his passion: quiltingThe well-known craftsman was shipping his patchwork state by state when a heart attack put...
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Dr. Robert W. Steele Heads Home to Arkansas
Files: 22916.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannDr. Robert W. SteeleAfter 17 years of service in Springfield, Mercy pediatrician and president of Mercy Hospital Springfield, Dr. Robert W. Steele, has...
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“Know Your Numbers” Health Fairs in Cassville and Aurora
Files: 23016.jpgMedia Contact: Brad HallerAre you at risk of having diabetes, heart disease or other chronic conditions? It may be time to “Know Your Numbers,” the focus of two health fairs coming to...
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Twin Sisters Give Birth on Same Day
Tags: Mother/Baby SpringfieldFiles: 23183.jpgMedia Contact: Sonya KullmannSisters Andrea Elliott and Jessica Penrose gave birth on the same dayWhen Jessica Penrose learned she was going to have her...
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Mercy to Host Retirement Reception for Aurora Doctor
Files: 23463.jpgMedia Contact: Brad HallerBeing a doctor in a small town can have a big payoff. Just ask Mercy Hospital Aurora’s Dr. Joseph Bizek, who has decided to retire after 38 years.Dr. Bizek, a...
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Nerve Damage and Diabetes
Tags: Diabetes/WoundMercy ClinicFiles: Blood Test Finger PrickMedia Contact: Bethany PopeGood control of blood sugar can help prevent diabetic peripheral neuropathy.MISSOURI – Pain, tingling and...
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