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Beating the Odds: A Pastor’s Journey Through Advanced, Lifesaving Heart Care

When Pastor Vic Comstock, 63, arrived at a hospital near his home in Moberly, Missouri, he thought he was battling pneumonia. Vic faced a series of life-threatening complications, including sepsis, respiratory failure, and dehydration.

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Before Life-Changing Spine Surgery at Christian Hospital, a Grandfather Answered Doctor's Challenge

When Kumar Vasudevan, MD, a WashU Medicine neurosurgeon at Christian Hospital, meets with patients to discuss if spine surgery is right for them, he shares that their path to pain relief starts before he puts on his surgical scrubs and extends after the operation is complete.

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Back to Living

Donald thought he was out of pain relief options until one doctor suggested a spinal cord stimulator

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Spinal Cord Stimulation Helps Diabetic Neuropathy Patient Get Active Again

Deirdre Parnell was diagnosed with diabetes more than eight years ago. She then began experiencing pain in her feet, which spread to her legs and hands. Eventually, the pain grew so intense she had to take a leave of disability at work.

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Couple Finds Life-Changing Pain Relief at Parkland Health Center

Bruce and Andrea Slaner both turned to the Pain Management Center at Parkland Health Center, for help with chronic pain. Today they are living pain-free and getting back to life, together.

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If you’re living with chronic pain, you’re not alone — and you don’t have to deal with it

As annoying — and agonizing — as it can be, pain is a common and important signal from your body. It’s a sign that something needs attention, and, once you’ve given it that attention and the pain lessens, its absence is an indication that you’re healing.

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Ross Procedure

Growing up, Christopher Bryant couldn’t compete in sports or run due to a heart murmur.

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Memorial Hospital Belleville Receives American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center Accreditation

Memorial Hospital has ‘proven exceptional in treating patients with heart attack symptoms’ according to the organization

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Take Control of Your Heart Disease Risk

How go the New Year’s resolutions? Unfortunately, most people who make a New Year’s resolution fail to keep it. Vague goals of “getting healthy” typically go by the wayside before the end of January. Instead, stick with specific targets that are realistic and achievable.

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Metro East Vascular Access Center

The main goal of the Metro East Dialysis Access Center (DAC) at Memorial Hospital is to provide safe, quick, and effective dialysis interventions.