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Thoracic Conditions

Thoracic conditions affect the organs inside your chest, or thorax. At Blessing’s Heart & Vascular Center, our cardiothoracic team expertly diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your heart, lungs, esophagus and other chest organs. Thoracic…

Heart Surgery

Certain heart conditions may require surgery. We understand that this can be intimidating. At Blessing’s Heart & Vascular Center, you are in the skilled hands of our specialized heart surgery team. You can feel confident about your care. Heart…

Man finds relief from one of the “costs” of farming

Farming is a tough business. It’s not just the weather, commodity prices, and fertilizer, feed or seed and equipment costs. As if the stress of all that wasn’t enough, the physical activities required in farming take a toll on the human body.

MRI-Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy

MRI-ultrasound fusion technology can help target lesions and potentially reduce the risk of missing high-grade or under-staging tumors for active surveillance. MRI-Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy What…

Gestational Diabetes

When your blood sugar (glucose) levels rise during pregnancy, it is called gestational diabetes. Having gestational diabetes does not necessarily mean you will have diabetes forever. Often, the condition will go away after your baby is born. But it…

Blessing Health System and Hannibal Clinic Announce Affiliation

QUINCY, IL…. Blessing Health System and Hannibal Clinic announced today that they have signed an affiliation agreement which will allow them to work more closely together to enhance clinical programs and services, to improve access to quality healthcare, and to lower healthcare costs.

Medical Weight Loss, Part 2

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Behavioral Center Referrals and Admissions

We work closely with primary care doctors, therapists, schools and other institutions that refer patients to the Blessing Behavioral Center. You’ll get the care you need as quickly as possible with our streamlined referral and admissions process.…

Man ignores embarrassment and worry, faces cancer and is winning

Alan Hurd has his sights set on becoming a competitive archer. Rectal cancer has caused him to put down his bow, but Alan kept his target in sight. “No matter what, I was going to stay positive,” said the 40-year-old father of three from Bowling Green, MO, about the day in 2021 when he received his diagnosis. “Thinking negative can make you sicker.”

Medical Home

What is a Medical Home? A “medical home” is a medical office or clinic where a team of health professionals work together to provide a new, expanded type of care to patients, focusing on prevention and wellness. Having a medical home feels like…