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The Emergency Center is safe: Heart attack and stroke are not

Two national surveys show the number of heart attacks and the number of stroke cases being treated in U.S. hospitals have dropped by nearly 40% since the pandemic was declared.

What this doctor does after work is a mystery

Which American mystery author do you think created the captivating scene below?

Man finds life-changing pain relief by accident

Most people have experienced the agonizing pain of leg cramps, the sudden and involuntary contraction of a muscle. Charles Mast knows the feeling too well.

New heart procedure reduces stroke risk and fear

Talk with Jim Waterkotte for a while and you know he is one of a kind. But not in every way. Jim had taken a blood thinner for 10 years. So do as many as three million people each year in the United States. Jim took the blood thinner to control life-threatening clotting associated with his heart’s abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (Afib).

Labor and Delivery FAQs

Whether you are expecting your first child or your fourth, you may have questions about what’s to come. To ease your mind, our maternity care team answers your most common questions about the labor and delivery experience at Blessed Beginnings, our…

Man learns – and feels – how much knee replacement has improved

Daniel Wert has had both knees replaced. While the procedures took place several years apart, the difference in his experiences is best described as night and day.

Dedication, divine intervention and determination leads woman to Blessing Cancer Center

As a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Jean Abbott has had her share of experience with illnesses and accidents. She knows what she wants and needs from healthcare providers – answers. “It’s my body. I want to know what you are going to put in to it and why you are going to put it in there,” the 68-year-old Quincy resident said.

This is no way to lose weight

Woman relies on positive attitude and trust in her doctors to face ovarian cancer

Julie O’Leary says she has led a “blessed” life. She is one of six siblings, the mother of three, a grandmother of four and the wife of Edward for 30 years.

Where do the best go when they need care?

Shon Stark is a winner. “I always try to be the best at everything I do,” the 18-year-old said.