Jonah Wagner did something in early February he wasn’t sure was going to happen: He attended a class at the University of Wisconsin‒Oshkosh. Wagner was riding his motorcycle at a high rate of speed last August 3 when he wasn’t able to negotiate a curve and his brakes locked up, sending him directly into a fence post.
Swinging a club with a sore shoulder is no fun. Shoulder injuries – along with low back, wrist, and elbow – are the most common injuries for golf players.
Hospice patients, their families and volunteers in the Shawano area are celebrating one year of pet therapy with an August training program for new volunteer pets and their handlers
Community Health Network (CHN) and Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital (WRCMH) systems, which include non-profit community hospitals and clinics in Northeast Wisconsin, will begin integrating into ThedaCare on June 30.
When skin cancer strikes, early detection leads to the most successful outcomes. A dermatologist will offer a free, private screening for skin cancer to those who are uninsured or under insured, and who have a concern of skin cancer.
ThedaCare and its physicians will present the first-ever Chicken Chase beginning at 9 a.m. on Sat., June 21. The route starts and ends at Darboy Community Park at the intersection of Noe Road and Midway Road. The park is home to Chickenfest, which is sponsored annually by the Kiwanis Club of Darboy to raise funds for the various community projects that it supports.
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.
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