Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus, which is spread via blood. Today most infections come from sharing needles or other devices for injecting drugs. However, 3 out of 4 cases of hepatitis C infections occur in Baby Boomers, or people born between 1945 and 1965.
ThedaCare will host a free vein seminar and screening presented by Fox Valley Plastic Surgery. During the session on Wed., July 16, attendees will learn about five different options for treating veins large and small.
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed and cause of death due to cancer in Wisconsin men. In fact, 1 in 6 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. It continues to be crucial to speak with your doctor about proper prostate cancer screenings, such as a PSA or DRE.
38-year-old Phil Tjernagel has a brain tumor. His wife Beth shares an amazing experience they had thanks to ThedaCare’s Community Hospice Foundation and its Hopes and Dreams program
One of ThedaCare At Work Occupational Health’s services to the City of Appleton is management of firefighter surveillance exams, which assess any ill health resulting in the line of duty and also determine an individual firefighter’s fitness for continued duty. A significant amount of detail goes into the exam findings and, with limited time to review results, firefighters usually get a bottom line outcome: ”You pass this year.”
Part of our mission of improving health for the communities we serve means going beyond the walls of our facilities. ThedaCare At Work and its Occupational Health team are great examples of this philosophy in action through their work with local businesses — more than 3,000 in all!
My career in EMS started in 1988 when my wife and I graduated from EMT basic class. Four of us from Poy Sippi attended EMT basic class in Wautoma at the courthouse.
Warm weather is finally arriving and it’s been great to see so many people outside enjoying the weather and getting physical activity.
ThedaCare has named Mark Hallett, MD, chief clinical officer. In this newly designed role, Dr. Hallett will be responsible for providing clinical and administrative leadership to improve safety and quality as well as physician leadership development throughout ThedaCare.
Employees with the City of Waupaca are looking at healthy lifestyles a little more positively.
On Wed., June 11, the Donate Life flag will be raised at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah to honor the lives of those people who have given the selfless gift of organ, tissue, and eye donation.
Join us for the 2014 Back Draft bike Tour, a bicycle ride for burn injured youth.
Saturday, June 7th at Riverside Park in Neenah. Proceeds Benefit the Theda Clark Foundation.
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