Freeman Medical Musings Blog

<p style="margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">If you struggle with obesity, the adjustable gastric band (</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">LAP-BAND)</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size</body></html>"></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Every November, we recognize <b>National Hospice and Palliative Care Month </b>helping our community understand how important hospice and palliative care can be before you or a loved one are facing a medical crisis.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p>Every October, Freeman celebrates National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) – a time when we recognize our dedicated Freeman physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) who help transform people’s lives by restoring and improving their motion.</p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There is a significant gap in emergency behavioral health care in our community. Our community, like many others, has had good options for addressing behavioral health crises. Ozark Center maintains a Crisis Line (800.247.0661) that offers hotline counseling or in-person assessment. Local emergency rooms have always provided behavioral health assessment for urgent matters 24/7.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:17.25pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">September is Prostate Health Month</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">, also known as <b>Prostate Cancer Awareness Month</b>, a time</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

At least 2.7 million Americans are living with atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to the American Heart Association. AFib, affects the heart’s ability to pump blood normally and causes blood to pool in the left atrial appendage and potentially clot. Some patients are prescribed blood-thinning medications, such as coumadin, to prevent a blood clot, but patients who have a bleed risk are at a higher danger when taking blood thinners.

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Although the birth of a baby is an expected event, the delivery of a baby who needs intensive medical care is often unexpected. Occasionally, obligations at home and work mean families cannot visit the hospital each day to spend time with their new bundle of joy.</span></span></span></span></span></p>

<section id="article-banner"><p>Your doctor would like to run some tests – you've had your blood drawn and your sample has been sent off to the lab. You met the phlebotomist who drew your blood sample, but have you ever wondered who actually receives your sample and conducts the tests?</p></section>

<section id="article-banner"><p>Our kidneys are incredibly high-tech filters. They are constantly monitoring and working to keep our bodies as healthy as possible. Kidneys filter our blood and keep the things we need, like water, sugar, proteins and electrolytes, and discard the things we don’t need, like urea, ammonia and drug metabolites, which make up our urine. Kidneys are high-tech filters because they do so much in addition to filtering.</p></section>