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Today’s radiation therapy offers superior safety, accuracy, and outcomes

Ahmed Akl, Md

Thursday, March 11, 2021

RADIATION THERAPY is a long-established, highly effective tool for treating various forms of cancer that yields results similar to surgery while sparing healthy tissue and organs.

Mercy Health dermatologist sheds light on phototherapy

Erin Heuring, Md

Thursday, March 11, 2021

PATIENTS WITH CERTAIN DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS that have not responded to conventional treatments may be able to achieve significant improvement in their symptoms through painless, totally noninvasive phototherapy treatments, now offered at Mercy Health Dermatology under the directorship of Erin...

UTMC poised to meet the challenge of depression in older adults

Dionis Kononov, Do

Thursday, March 11, 2021

DEPRESSION IS A COMMON ISSUE among older adults that can have a dramatic impact on their health, well-being, and quality of life.

SOUND ADVICE

Randa Mansour-shousher, Aud, Ccc-a

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Q: My husband was involved in a pretty serious automobile accident where the airbag deployed. He is very lucky to be alive and walked away from the accident with what we thought was little harm.

Life Connection of Ohio serves families and saves lives through organ donation

Kara Steele

Thursday, March 11, 2021

DID YOU KNOW that everyone has the power to say “yes” to saving eight lives through organ donation and healing 125 more through tissue donation?

New Executive Director to Lead Genacross Lutheran Services Foundation

Mike George,

Thursday, March 11, 2021

GENACROSS LUTHERAN SERVICES has announced the appointment of Michael A. George, CFRE, as Executive Director for the Genacross Lutheran Services Foundation. As a member of the senior leadership team of Genacross, Mr.

CANCER CONNECTION IN OUR COMMUNITY

Jean Schoen

Thursday, March 11, 2021

“‘CANCER’ IS A WORD, not a sentence.” So many of us associate cancer with impending death, but this is just not the case anymore. Numerous people are living many years with Stage 4 or advanced cancer.

Mercy Health offers leading-edge alternatives to traditional thoracic surgery

Karl Borsody, Md

Thursday, March 11, 2021

THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH to thoracic surgery, which involves making a large incision in the chest and cutting through bone and muscle tissue, has long been used to treat or repair a wide range of conditions.

UTMC among first hospitals participating in national COVID-19 drug study

Michael Ellis, Md

Thursday, March 11, 2021

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER is one of the first sites in the country to enroll patients in a National Institutes of Health study aimed at identifying promising COVID-19 treatments worthy of larger, more in-depth clinical trials.

How to apply for your newborn’s social security number

Erin Thompson

Thursday, March 11, 2021

GETTING YOUR NEWBORN a Social Security number is important for their future. If your child is born in a hospital, the easiest way to apply for a Social Security number is right at the hospital.

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