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Your FAQs About Diabetes Answered
November 10, 2021
Read Time: 14 Minutes Kim Richardson, BSN, RN, a diabetes care and education specialist with the Phelps Health Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) program, answers frequently asked questions about diabetes. What is the difference ...
Know the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
November 1, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Fawad Virk, MD, FACC Phelps Health Heart attacks (or myocardial infarctions) occur when there is a complete or partial blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle. The blockage can ...
5 Reasons to Get a Mammogram
October 28, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Jinna Lisenbe, AGPCNP-BC Phelps Health A mammogram is an X-ray picture of your breast. Mammograms are used as a screening tool to detect early signs of breast cancer. Except for ...
Do You Know the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?
October 13, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Kan Huang, MD, PhD Phelps Health Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Approximately one in eight women in the US will be ...
Discussing Cancer Biomarkers with Dr. Thomas Guerrero-Garcia
October 4, 2021
Read Time: Eight Minutes Thomas Guerrero-Garcia, MD, a medical oncologist and hematologist with the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI), and Paige Marsolais-Heitman, director of marketing and public relations at Phelps Health, talk about ...
Phelps Health Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve STEMI Treatment in South-Central Missouri
September 28, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes The American Heart Association presents Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for implementation of quality care for severe heart attack patients ROLLA, Mo. – Phelps Health has received the American ...
Phelps Health Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment
September 28, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus award for commitment to prioritizing quality care for stroke patients ROLLA, Mo. – Phelps Health has received the American Heart ...
Healthy Living and Wound Care
September 22, 2021
Read Time: Seven Minutes Candy Sadler, AGNP, WOCN, who specializes in wound and ostomy care at Phelps Health, talks about how healthy living relates to wound care. Candy is an adult-geriatric nurse practitioner (AGNP), who ...
Preventing Coronary Artery Disease Starts With Diet, Exercise
September 8, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, and coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease. Someone in the United States has a ...
How Were COVID-19 Vaccines Produced So Quickly?
September 3, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes Brian Kriete, MD, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) physician with Phelps Health, shares information about COVID-19 vaccine safety and the speed of the vaccination rollout. “I know there's been a ...