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The Summer 2014 Issue Stories New Briefs Lori Platt, MD - Spirit of Courage, Message of Hope Lifesaving Diagnosis A Focus on Total Health Shhh!  We're Fighting Cancer Click Here to View the Magazine…

The Spring 2014 Issue Stories New Briefs Methodist Nurses - Special People, Special Care Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center - Healing for Body, Mind and Spirit Good Neighbors for Good Health A Tradition Worth Keeping  Click Here to View the Magazine…

The Summer 2013 Issue Stories New Briefs Alive!  Lee Vogt's Rescue from Death by Aortic Dissection LSVT Big and Loud Journey to South Sudan - A Medical Mission Trip of Faith and Healing Earning an A+ in Philanthropy Click Here to View the Magazine…

The Spring 2013 Issue Stories New Briefs Like Mother, Like Daughter One-in-a-Million Births at Methodist Women's Hospital Travel Well - First Stop:  Methodist Travel Clinic Caring for Patients, Caring About our Community Click Here to View the Magazine…

For some couples, having a baby is an easy process. The male partner provides the sperm, and the female partner provides the egg and uterus. In same-sex relationships, however, the process is more complex.  A lesbian relationshipIn a lesbian relationship, the simplest path to concepti…

Countless choicesIf you’ve been wandering the pharmacy medicine aisle, wondering which of myriad of choices of pain medication is right for you… you’re definitely not alone. So many of my patients ask me, with all of the choices out there, how do they find the right medicine for relief? While e…

Have you ever heard of “prediabetes”? Yes, it’s a real thing, and it’s a growing health issue in our country. It's estimated that 84 million American adults have prediabetes. In fact, nine out of 10 people with prediabetes don’t even know they have it.   How Prediabetes Deve…

Flu season is hereIt’s hard to believe, but the flu season is already officially here. Our Methodist Physicians Clinic providers are already seeing cases of the cold and flu. That’s why I tell my patients – if you are or will be pregnant this flu season, the time to get your vaccine is now.  Pr…

So what’s a “dab?”I’ve seen lots of kids doing a “dab” when they’ve conquered an impossible feat or gotten something right. What they may not know, is that it’s also the right way to stay impossibly healthy.In doing a “dab,” a person drops their head towards their elbow while raising their opposite …

  A life cut short “What people noticed first about Jenyi was her beautiful smile and beautiful eyes, but the most beautiful thing about her you couldn’t see. It was Jenyi’s heart.” Sheila Knudsen eyes shine with joy and sorrow when she speaks of her daughter, Jenyi Knudsen-Bergsten. Jenyi…