• Testing and treatment for hypothyroidism may be the answer to a patient’s fatigue
    Testing and treatment for hypothyroidism may be the answer to a patient’s fatigue
    April 1, 2022
    by Thomas Moraghan, M.D.
    One in every 5-10 patients seeing a family physician complains of fatigue, and one in every 10-20 Americans has hypothyroidism.
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  • Keeping an eye on 40 years of innovation in treatment of macular degeneration
    Keeping an eye on 40 years of innovation in treatment of macular degeneration
    March 1, 2022
    by Karen Martin
    Each year, Healthnetwork Foundation honors a select group of our partner physicians with Service Excellence Awards to thank them for their superb service and recognize them for their groundbreaking contributions to medicine.
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  • Staying ahead of a racing heart
    Staying ahead of a racing heart
    January 1, 2022
    by Healthnetwork Foundation Staff
    Some people live for years with AFib without problems or symptoms. Others may experience heart palpitations, lack of energy, lightheadedness, fainting, chest pain or pressure, or shortness of breath even at rest.
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  • New treatments help kids with chronic stomach pain
    New treatments help kids with chronic stomach pain
    November 1, 2021
    by Ajay Kaul, M.D.
    Imagine that your 11-year-old daughter or granddaughter, once a bubbly, active little girl, is crippled with chronic stomach pain. The family has tried everything—nothing is working. Where do you go?
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  • When patients feel like hostages
    When patients feel like hostages
    October 1, 2021
    by Greg Burke, M.D.
    When the Mayo Clinic Proceedings published an editorial titled “When Patients and their Families Feel Like Hostages to Healthcare” in August 2017, the title was not only provocative but also true.
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  • How science and philanthropy re-programmed cancer treatment
    How science and philanthropy re-programmed cancer treatment
    September 1, 2021
    by E. John Wherry, Ph.D.
    By virtue of your connection to Healthnetwork Foundation, you have the opportunity to hear directly from our nation’s top medical leaders, scientists, and researchers.
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  • 5 strategies make pain management easier
    5 strategies make pain management easier
    August 1, 2021
    by Dr. Leslie Massoglia
    Years of experience with patients suffering from chronic pain have revealed that the following strategies yield the greatest benefits for reducing pain and maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle.
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  • Gut microbiome – interior digestive ‘city’ and how to navigate it
    Gut microbiome – interior digestive ‘city’ and how to navigate it
    July 1, 2021
    by Ali Rezaie, M.D.
    Over the last 15 years medical researchers have discovered that digestive health matters far more than we used to think.
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  • When stroke strikes, act FAST
    When stroke strikes, act FAST
    June 1, 2021
    by Dr. Richard Rowe
    Strokes kill more than 100,000 Americans annually and cause permanent disability in hundreds of thousands more.
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  • Know your real health picture
    Know your real health picture
    May 1, 2021
    by Kate Martin
    2021 must see the return to being proactive about personal health. During the pandemic, everything from mammograms, blood pressure checkups, and physicals got canceled. Many never rescheduled.
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  • For enhanced physical health, tend to spiritual side
    For enhanced physical health, tend to spiritual side
    April 1, 2021
    by Paul Carson, M.D.
    Catholics believe that the human person possesses an integrally connected body and soul. Yet modern medicine almost exclusively focuses on the body and leaves “spiritual matters” to one’s personal inclinations. But science is revealing that what we do with our spiritual lives strongly impacts the health of our bodies, and health care professionals should pay heed.
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  • Make exercise an executive decision
    Make exercise an executive decision
    March 1, 2021
    by Richard A. Cartabuke, M.D.
    At work, you’re responsible for many people. You’re in relationships, and you’re integrated in a community where your choices influence others. My challenge to you is this: be the CEO not only of your own health, but also of those in your sphere of influence.
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  • God offers the salve for stress
    God offers the salve for stress
    February 1, 2021
    by Sister Maria Diana Dreger, O.P., M.D.
    It’s a beautiful day. All is well with your family and business. You’re out for a hike, and suddenly, through the trees, you see a large bear. And worse, he sees you.
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  • Be alert to dangerous mental health cues
    Be alert to dangerous mental health cues
    January 4, 2021
    by Karen Martin
    At Healthnetwork Foundation, our mission is better medicine for all, which includes making referrals for major illness and facilitating philanthropy to advance medical research. Today, we share key components of a webinar on mental health issues in the time of COVID-19.
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  • Battling the bulge - trimming obesity in children
    Battling the bulge - trimming obesity in children
    December 1, 2020
    by Kim-Doan Katrina Nguyen, M.D.
    Childhood obesity has been increasing since the 1980s. According to the CDC, it now affects 13.7 million — nearly 20 percent — of American children. Obesity is defined as a body mass index above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex based on a 2000 CDC growth chart. That means nearly 20 percent of children today are as obese as the 5 percent most obese were 20 years ago.
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  • Getting the A-B-Zzzs of sleep
    Getting the A-B-Zzzs of sleep
    November 1, 2020
    by Kate Martin
    Getting enough sleep is one of the easiest, cheapest, most natural things you can do to improve your health. And yet, 40 percent of U.S. adults cut their sleep short.
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  • Make prudent business calls during a pandemic
    Make prudent business calls during a pandemic
    October 1, 2020
    by Barbara Golder, M.D., J.D.
    One of the greatest challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is the array of conflicting, ever-changing, sometimes mutually exclusive medical opinions.
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  • Vertebral fracture? ... Got your back
    Vertebral fracture? ... Got your back
    September 1, 2020
    by Julia Brasfield, M.M.S., PA-C
    If you are over 60, chances are you know someone who has had a compression fracture in his spine. Almost 700,000 patients are diagnosed with these fractures each year.
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  • OB-GYN offers tips on supporting those grieving pregnancy loss
    OB-GYN offers tips on supporting those grieving pregnancy loss
    August 1, 2020
    by Christopher Stroud
    Pregnancy loss is a painful ordeal that poses unique dilemmas for all involved: spouses, family, friends, even employers. Approximately 20 percent of pregnancies end in loss, typically before the 12th week.
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  • Cancer diagnosis inspires walk on the Camino
    July 1, 2020
    by Kate Marin
    For some people, a cancer diagnosis feels like the end. For Leslie, it was a chance to make a difference while funding research to help others.
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