Blanchard Valley Health System

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By Mary Beth Brown
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Beyond MedSpa

Acne and post-acne scarring can be troublesome for teens and adults of all ages regardless of gender. Active acne can be influenced by certain medical conditions or as a result of individual processes. These may include excess oil production, bacteria and/or hair follicles clogged by oil and dead skin cells. It may also be influenced by excess activity of androgen hormones that are produced by both males and females.

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Here are the births for December at Bluffton Hospital, including Emerson Lee Rosebrook, born on Christmas Eve:

Dec. 6 - Hardison Roger White, son of Charles and Jessica White, Arlington

Dec. 6 - Emmalaya Jean Routson, daughter of John Routson Jr. and Viola Owens, Lima

Dec. 13 - Owen Edward Kubske, son of Jacob Kubuske and Elizabeth Chaney, Lima

Dec. 17 - baby boy born to Curtis and Courtney Sebender, Upper Sandusky

Dec. 24 - Emerson Lee Rosebrook, son of Zachary Rosebrook and Lucy Flores, Leipsic

With enhanced imaging and lower radiation

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EasternWoods Outpatient Center, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), recently updated its PET/CT scan technology to improve patient experience. This diagnostic system will allow providers to give more accurate diagnoses with 3D imaging, enhanced imaging with wider fields of view and improved lesion detectability. Additionally, patients will receive less radiation and complete scans in a faster amount of time. 

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By Christian Steiner, MD
Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio

“You are so bipolar.”

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By Kasey Hume
Advanced Aesthetician at Beyond MedSpa

How massage therapy can help

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By Carol Baumhardt
Massage Therapist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, an affiliate of Blanchard Valley Health System

Raise your hand if you enjoy having a headache. Silly, right? Nobody likes the pain, frustration and lost time a headache can bring. Yet many of us suffer from them, including children. The National Headache Foundation reports that 1 in 5 U.S. children ages 5 to 17 are prone to headaches. Fifteen percent of those who are prone have headaches labeled as tension and five percent are diagnosed as migraine.

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