September 29, 2016
My son Tanner, 5 at the time of the accident, had always ridden with me while I mowed our lawn. Our lawn mower is a zero-turn mower with the deck below your feet. On Mon. Sept. 7, 2015 (Labor Day), Tanner was standing between my legs while we finished mowing the grass in our front yard down a small incline. For some unknown reason he jumped off the front of the mower. (He normally told me he wanted off and I would stop so he could.)
September 28, 2016
The ThedaCare new “Journey” web page is now live. The page – www.thedacare.org/journey – is designed to support community engagement and share information to keep community members and partners apprised as ThedaCare explores the possibility of bringing its two Fox Cities hospitals into one premier, regional healthcare destination.
September 27, 2016
Kathryn M. Stam, CNM, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as a certified nurse midwife. She is a member of the staff at the Kaldas Center for Fertility, Surgery & Pregnancy.
September 22, 2016
Unintentional falls are often a big worry for people over the age of 65, with statistics from the Centers for Disease Control showing that 1 in 4 fall each year. While every fall does not result in an injury, 1 in 5 does cause a serious injury to the head or a broken bone. Falls are also the leading cause of injury deaths among seniors.
September 20, 2016
Kelly Adams, MD, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She is a member of the staff at Women’s Health Specialists.
Tatyana Gerachshenko, MD, PhD, has joined ThedaCare as a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. She will practice at ThedaCare Orthopedic Care in Neenah with an interest in inpatient and outpatient comprehensive stroke rehabilitation.
September 16, 2016
If you’ve been tuned into ThedaCare even a little bit, you know we’re focused on making health care better. Finding ways to improve has been in our DNA for more than 100 years. From cancer care to new imaging technology to open heart surgeries to neonatal intensive care and more, we’ve expanded services and tried new ideas.
Meningitis is an infection that causes swelling of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord, so it can be a devastating illness. One of the most significant bacteria to cause this infection is Neisseria meningitidis. This germ kills 10-15 of every 100 people who contract the infection, and of the survivors, 10-20 of those 100 will be left with disabilities. That is why prevention is the key.
September 15, 2016
ThedaCare welcomes Shannon Schmidt, MD, a physician specializing in hematology and oncology who will practice at ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center in Appleton.
September 14, 2016
ThedaCare welcomes Kevin O’Donnell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine. He will practice with ThedaCare Orthopedic Care at multiple locations.
September 9, 2016
“Kids are more likely to break things than sprain things,” says Dr. Douglas Connor of ThedaCare Orthopedic Care. “Kids are not just little adults. What might cause an ankle sprain in an adult is much more likely to cause a fracture in a child.”
September 6, 2016
A huge congratulations to Heather Epley, lead RN at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah’s birth center, who recently received a 2016 Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice.
August 31, 2016
Dr. Kevin O’Donnell grew up in southern New Jersey in the Pine Barrens region, a heavily forested area of coastal plain that remarkably resembles northeastern Wisconsin in climate and foliage. “It’s not the New Jersey most people hear about. I grew up in a farming area and played baseball and soccer as a kid and football in high school.”
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