Family finds perfect fit for parents’ care needs at The Gardens of St. Francis

WHEN LUCKEY, OHIO RESIDENT Jane Welling’s dementia had advanced to the stage where she needed intensive memory-care services, her family investigated a wide variety of care facilities to find one that would not only keep her safe, but also conscientiously and diligently attend to her other care...

My experiences as a volunteer ombudsman

IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME to be a volunteer ombudsman since I enjoy working with older adults and being of service to people in the community.

When children have cancer

EACH YEAR IN THE US, an estimated 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer. This means that approximately one in 285 children in the US will be diagnosed.

No Greater Gift

REWIND TO FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1999. It was a 100-degree, blisteringly hot day in Toledo. Kandy Takas was shivering under a blanket, unable to get warm. Her mom, Pat, drove her to the emergency room at St. Charles Hospital where a doctor told Kandy, “You are one sick young lady.

SOUND ADVICE

In this monthly column, audiologists from Northwest Ohio Hearing Clinic offer “Sound Advice” on issues affecting hearing and hearing health. Q: My daughter is scheduled to have ear tubes put in her ears. We are going on vacation a week later. Can my daughter swim with ear tubes?

Mercy Health targets brain tumors with advanced Gamma Knife® technology

THE BRAIN is the central processing unit of the human body, a highly complex, sensitive organ that controls all bodily functions, interprets the world around us, and is the source of every thought and emotion we have.

UTMC takes collaborative, individualized approach to AFib treatment

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, OR AFIB, is the most common form of heart arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), affecting an estimated 5 million Americans, many of whom may be unaware that they even have the condition.

The benefits of choosing The Toledo Clinic Cancer Centers

FROM THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS and active treatment through what could be many years of survivorship, cancer care is a highly complex endeavor, demanding the coordinated efforts of multiple experts and specialists to not only fight the disease itself, but also to manage the many potential symptoms and...