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Meet two special ladies connected at the heart

Mary Eustace and Sandee Marcinek share a bond. While they didn’t know each other for the first 70-plus years of their lives, the first time they met, they felt a connection.

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.”

Daylight Saving Time means it’s time to check AEDs

Clocks spring forward an hour Sunday, March 8. As Daylight Saving Time arrives, people are encouraged to check batteries in their smoke detectors. In addition, it’s important for those responsible for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in publicly used buildings including businesses and stores, schools, clinics and churches, to check those potentially life-saving devices.

Blessing Health System shines spotlight on organ and tissue donation

Interested members of the public are invited to gather with Blessing Health and Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network staff at a flag raising to mark Donate Life Month. The flag raising takes place at the flag pole in front of Blessing Hospital at 10 am, Friday, April 12.

People get over sore throats, don’t they?

Dale and Sherri King thought so until late June 2023 when Dale developed a sore throat. He was diagnosed with strep throat and took a 10-day course of antibiotics. They did not help.

New heart procedure at Blessing Hospital

A new minimally invasive procedure at Blessing Hospital means more patients can stay in the area to get potentially life-saving heart care.

A life-long cough may have saved this woman’s life

Candy Tretter has enjoyed good health for most of her life, except for what she calls “this stupid little cough.”