The Importance of Colorectal Screenings
If you are turning the big 5-0 this year, your health should be your priority. Even if you aren’t ready to sign up for an AARP membership card, you should undergo a colorectal cancer screening because your chances of developing the disease increase considerably after...
Cheryl’s Back Surgery Story
Cheryl Williams endured increasingly debilitating back pain for three years before finding relief. The Chicago woman first tried conservative treatments: pain medications, physical therapy, and epidural injections, but nothing worked. The pain intensified in her lower...
Starting Over: Patient Learns to Walk Again after Startling Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
Every day at 5 p.m., Julius Marbury would look up at the clock in his room. He knew that within minutes, his wife and daughter would walk through the door, asking about the work he’d done that day to re-build his strength. Their visits to his 4th floor room in the...
Reversing a Trend Among Young Baseball Players
Across America a majority of Tommy John elbow surgeries – also known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction procedures – are being performed on teenagers. According to an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine report (2007 to 2011), nearly 57...