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What to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines for Teens
September 3, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes Check out these helpful tips about the COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 and up. The [COVID-19] vaccines have been shown to be very effective at preventing illness due to COVID-19 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...