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Blog Posts in April

Washington Hospital Endocinologist Offers Tips During Foot Health Awareness Month

28-Apr-2015

Proper Foot Care is Critical for Anyone with Diabetes Diabetes can literally knock you off your feet. High blood sugar levels associated with the disease can destroy the body’s small vessels and damage nerves, raising the risk for foot problems. April is Foot Health Awareness Month, a good ...
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Use Washington Hospital's Network of Free, Convenient Drop-Off Sites for Unused Medication

21-Apr-2015

Keep Drugs Out of Our Water Today, nearly everyone in California is worried about water, and rightly so. Will we have enough to meet our needs in the years to come? But, there are other important water-related issues we should also be concerned about. For example, water quality experts and ...
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Seminar Discusses Advance Directives, Hospice & Palliative Care

21-Apr-2015

The great Indian leader Mahatma Ghandi, whose profound messages influenced the world, offered the advice, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Most of us don’t want to think about the inevitability of death, let alone prepare for it or talk ...
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Painful Back Conditions Threaten Quality of Life for Many Americans

14-Apr-2015

Upcoming free public seminar will explore options for diagnosis and treatment Back pain is one of the most common medical problems for Americans today. According to the National Institutes of Health, in a three-month period, 25 percent of adults in this country experience at least one day of back ...
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Total Knee Replacement Restores Woman's Mobility

14-Apr-2015

Patient Walks Same Day as Surgery, Expresses Joy and Gratitude Kathi Ramirez, age 62, was no stranger to physical adversity. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1980, she was accustomed to pushing herself to overcome physical limitations. As a senior account executive for an international ...
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Unsung Medical Specialty Offers Less Invasive Alternatives to Surgery for Growing List of Conditions

7-Apr-2015

At Washington Hospital, community physicians and specialists team up to offer lower risk, image-guided treatment For many years, patients and the medical community have looked to surgery as the best way to treat many medical conditions. For example, surgery has often been the treatment of choice for ...
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Restore Lifestyle Balance To Tune Up for Summer

7-Apr-2015

New Year’s Resolutions are far behind and summer is just around the corner. The time in between — Spring Break as it were — is a great time to tune up one’s health and wellness routine. “Restoring Balance,” a new Lifestyle Management program offered by the ...
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