The warm rays of the sun are calling as summer approaches. But don’t be lulled into a sense of complacency and forget to take measures to protect your skin from the summer rays. Here are some sunscreen tips to allow fun in the sun.
My son has horizontal red lines on his lower back. They look like stretch marks. What are these things and will they go away?
Migraines are painful headaches often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light.
Mark Hallett, MD, MBOE, has been promoted to chief operating officer for Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.
The Safe Sitter Program provides education to children between the ages of 11-13. This class teaches injury prevention and treatment, CPR, management of problem behavior and the business side of baby-sitting.
When asked about the most common form of cancer, most people think of breast, lung, prostate, and colon. While these are all common and deadly cancers, with over 2 million cases a year, there are more cases of skin cancer than all other types of cancer combined. Luckily most skin cancers are easily treated and rarely fatal. But awareness, detection and early treatment are as important for these cancers as the big four listed above.
This morning Dorothy Erdmann, President/CEO of Shawano Medical Center, released this statement in response to the City of Shawano announcing an agreement on the current Shawano Medical Center building. In 2013, ThedaCare began construction of ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano. The new $50 million facility, planned to open this fall, will replace the 84-year-old Shawano Medical Center and create a local center for convenient, coordinated health care.
ThedaCare Medical Center-New London was honored for the second year in a row as a Top 20 Best Practices in Financial Stability by the National Rural Health Association.
ThedaCare Physicians-Waupaca was recognized as one of the top 15 clinics in Wisconsin for exceptional care for patients with hypertension, or high blood pressure.
On Wed., June 17, former rehab patients will gather with hospital staff from 5- 8 p.m. at Jefferson Park in Menasha to celebrate everyone’s achievements at the center’s annual Alumni Picnic. This is the 33rd year the center has hosted the picnic and more than 350 former patients, family members and staff members are expected to attend.
On Wed., June 3, at 8 am, ThedaCare staff and the general public will gather near the Encircle Health campus on Capitol Drive to watch the uppermost steel beams of the new ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center be lifted into place. This “topping off” ceremony is a modern custom traced back to ancient Scandinavians who placed a tree atop a new building to appease tree-dwelling spirits displaced during construction. ThedaCare is excited to celebrate the big moment with its staff, community and The Boldt. Co. construction crew.
The services at the wound care program at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca are growing. The department now offers ostomy care and has extended hours to meet a growing demand for wound care.
Recently you may have seen or heard reports of out breaks of “bird flu.” In Minnesota there have been over five million domestic turkeys and chickens that have died as a result of the outbreak. Many of the birds have been destroyed due to exposure to the virus. There have not been any known human cases though the bird flu can have some implications for humans.
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