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Healing Beyond the Surface
On a summer evening in 2024, Robert Layton went from relaxed to worried with a lift of his leg.
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Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Wound Care Center Recognized for Clinical Excellence in Patient Satisfaction and Wound Healing Rates
Physicians, leaders and clinicians at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital are proud to announce the Wound Care Center at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital has been awarded the prestigious Center of Distinction award by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services.
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Women’s health: How you can live a healthier life at any age, starting now
It’s no secret that when women are healthy, families and communities thrive. But from menstruation to menopause, women face many distinct — and sometimes complex — health events that require care, understanding and partnership from a health care provider.
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What is a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment?
Watch Summer Chaudhry, MD, medical director of Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s Breast HealthCare Center, talks about breast cancer risk assessments.
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What is Secondary Infertility?
Think of the word “infertility,” and you might picture a couple without children struggling to get pregnant or stay pregnant. But there is another set of people — those who have successfully conceived and given birth to one or more children — who struggle with infertility, too.
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Are Mammograms Effective? Debunking Myths About Diagnosing Breast Cancer
Still, there are some myths surrounding mammography. As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, recognized each October, we reached out to Sadaf Chaudhry, MD, medical director of the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, to debunk several of them.
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Missouri Baptist Medical Center Mammography Van Provides Breast Health Screenings
One in every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
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Seeing Pink Is a Great Mammogram Reminder
As much as the red of changing leaves and the orange of Halloween pumpkins, pink has become one of the colors of fall.
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Finding Expert Wound Care Close to Home
As Stephen Price stood alone filming the sunrise along Yellowstone National Park’s Beaver Ponds Trail, he reflected on what had been a perfect trip.
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BJC Hospitals Caring for Newborns Earn Safe Sleep Designation
The statistics are devastating: Sudden unexpected infant death is the No. 1 cause of death in babies age 29 days to 1 year old.