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Weekend doctor: Colon cancer causes and prevention

Posted by LizGH on March 30, 2019 - 6:00am

By Douglas Yoder, MD
Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio
The American Cancer Society estimates approximately 145,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer in 2019, and both men and women have an approximately 1 chance in 20 of being diagnosed with this cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Statistically and depending on the year, it is either the second or third leading cause of cancer death among Americans. This disease has unnecessarily impacted and shortened many lives.  

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Arrival of the butterflies

At the Bluffton Hospital Founding Mothers Dedication Wall
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2019 - 2:53pm

Butterflies fill up a wall just outside the maternity area at Bluffton Hospital. The wall is all about honoring mothers.

The Founding Mothers Wall provides an opportunity for area residents to honor or remember their mother or someone else’s mother, says Sophie Miller, development associate of the Blanchard Valley Health Foundation.

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Bluffton Hospital Memorial Wall established

Will commemorate hospice patients
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2019 - 2:57pm

The Blanchard Valley Health Foundation, in collaboration with Bluffton Hospital and Bridge Home Health & Hospice, divisions of Blanchard Valley Health System, recently designated a memorial wall in Bluffton Hospital to commemorate those who have received hospice care at the facility.

The first plaque was purchased by Bill Watkins, former president and chief administrative officer of Bluffton Hospital and Blanchard Valley Medical Practices, and his siblings to memorialize their mother, Helen.

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Weekend doctor: Allergy immunotherapy

Posted by LizGH on March 23, 2019 - 6:00am

By Amber Patterson, MD
ENT & Allergy Specialists of Northwest Ohio
If you or your child suffers from spring allergy symptoms, you may want to consider prevention tactics. Allergen avoidance and allergy medications are the first steps in managing allergies. If these are not completely providing symptom relief, or you prefer minimizing long-term medication use, consider allergy immunotherapy (IT).

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Weekend doctor: Stop the bleed

Posted by LizGH on March 16, 2019 - 6:00am

By Douglas Yoder, MD
Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio
Bleeding has been identified as one of the three leading causes of preventable trauma deaths before reaching the hospital, responsible for up to 40 percent of all deaths from trauma. Bleeding quickly catches our attention.

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Here are births for January and February from Bluffton Hospital

Posted by LizGH on March 12, 2019 - 2:37pm

Here are the births so far this year reported from Bluffton Hospital.

Jan. 7 – Andi Marie, daughter of Zachary and Lisa Schelenberg, McComb

Jan. 17 – Graham Neil, son of Neil and Faith Stechschulte, Ottawa

Jan. 17 – Camrynn Jhene, daughter of David and Shannon

Jan. 19 – Bria Rosalee, daughter of Todd and Kelsey, Ada

Jan. 23 – Emma Lynne, daughter of Joshua and Stephanie Lehman, Pandora

Jan. 23 – Tyler Reid, son of Tyler Biederman and Rainee Taylor, Beaverdam

Jan. 23 – Jaxon Tyler, son of Jacob and Rosie Ford, North Baltimore

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