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Celebrating Small: The Latest in Heart Care at Blessing

John Hammock, MD, FACC, FHRS, cardiac electrophysiologist, Blessing Physician Services, cannot believe the size of the Micra pacemaker. Officially, it is one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker, comparable to a large multi-vitamin.

Strike Out Breast Cancer Bowling Registration

Get your team registered for the 16th annual Strike Out Breast Cancer event on April 24-25 at the Tangerine Bowl in Quincy!Fill out your team's information below, including individual team members and their t-shirt sizes. Registrations will be taken…

Finish line to a lifetime dream gets closer for a Blessing Hospital volunteer

Rich Avoletta will be on the east coast July 30 competing in triathlon.

From mushroom hunting to world travel: Celebrating a life-changing anniversary

Mary Eustace is a leader. In December 2019, she was the first Blessing Hospital patient to have her damaged aortic heart value replaced through a minimally invasive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR. Over the next 12 months, 32 other people, ages 54 to 94 from throughout the Tri-State area, experienced the life-changing effects of TAVR.

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…

Meet a lady who turns up the heat

According to caregiver.com, as we age our bodies become sensitive to cold temperature. Among the reasons for that is a decrease in the metabolic rate that leaves aging bodies unable to generate enough heat to help maintain the normal temperature of 98.6 degree.

Blessing Corporate Services

Blessing Corporate Services (BCS) provides a strategic vision and develops new service opportunities for each member of the Blessing Health System. BCS develops and plans new initiatives and assists in obtaining the necessary resources to implement…