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February 2013: Are You Heart Healthy?
With a little effort, anyone can improve the health of their heart and live a longer and more active life. Most people know that weight is often associated with overall health, but many people don’t realize how important maintaining a normal weight really is to achieving and holding on to good health.
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Watch dedicated Weiss volunteer and centenarian, Etta Schiller, on CBS Channel 2, Someone You Should Know
Etta Schiller has been volunteering at Weiss Memorial Hospital for more than 40 years. She turned 100 years old in August and is still going strong.
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Read about the exercise classes that are helping seniors improve physical fitness at Weiss, as seen in Medill Reports
Exercise physiologist Paul Radzki leads four weekly classes, designed to improve seniors’ physical fitness, at Weiss. Nearly one-third of baby boomers are obese and another 36 percent are overweight, according to a recent poll.
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April 2011: Spring Rain and Joint Pain—Does Weather Affect the Bones?
Since the time of Hippocrates, physicians have recorded their patients’ abilities to correlate joint pain with changes in the weather, particularly the onset of rain or inclement weather. Even today, many patients present anecdotal evidence of this perplexing experience.
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Read about the grand opening of the Chicago Spine Center at Weiss in NAON News
Weiss Memorial Hospital celebrated the grand opening of the Chicago Spine Center at Weiss with an open house and ribbon cutting on Nov. 1, highlighting its seven spine surgeons. The Chicago Spine Center at Weiss, part of the Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss, is an innovative new facility with academic specialists in spine surgery, pain management, rehabilitation medicine, physical therapy and occupational therapy with comprehensive nursing care and case management.
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