Mercy Health’s Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) is expanding breast cancer treatment options for patients with the availability of endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy (E-NSM). This minimally invasive surgical approach can offer eligible patients less visible scarring ...
Through the American Heart Association’s Heart of Tri-County campaign, Steven Weeden, and Brandon Sklenar, volunteer co-chairs, will lead community-wide efforts to help ensure every individual in the greater Youngstown region has the opportunity for a full, healthy life. Heart of Tri-County engages companies, community leaders and individuals to make a lasting impact across the four chambers of the American Heart Association’s work: discovery, advocacy, access and knowledge. Weeden is the assistant vice president and banking center manager at the Canfield office of WesBanco Bank. ...
Q. I just read your article on aspirin against sunburn. For some people it may have negative health risks. For me, the aspirin discovery was a lifesaver. I’ve been using aspirin for decades. I first read about research being done in England on aspirin and the possible protection from skin cancer over 60 years ago at lunch on a Friday. That same afternoon, I needed to spend up to four hours in the bright sun with no protection other than my clothes. (Back then, sunscreen wasn’t common.) I took the four recommended aspirin, put on a tank top and went out into the sun. Of all the ...
DEAR ANNIE: I have a friend I’ve known for more than 30 years. He is a good person, loyal and generous, and we share a lot of history. The problem is that he has absolutely no sense of when he has lost a room. At dinner parties, he can take over the entire conversation with a story that lasts 15 or 20 minutes. And these are not short, lively stories. We get every street name, every person’s first and last name, what someone ordered for lunch, what year it happened and usually several side stories before he finally gets to the point. By then, everyone else has stopped trying to ...
DEAR HELOISE: I read the letter about the reader in Florida, who can no longer take baths. I have been in a wheelchair 25 years and have a solution for her. She can buy a bathtub lift chair online. This powered chair lowers you gently down into the water and brings you up out of the water. It’s miraculous and life-changing. I use the grab bars to get in and out of the tub and back into my wheelchair. You just have to charge the remote for a few hours, then it’s good for about six baths before you have to charge it again. It’s wonderful to be able to take a bath again. I’ve ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m writing regarding the recent column that mentioned frequent nighttime urination. I had a similar problem and awakened several times to urinate each night. About a year ago, I started using a CPAP for sleep apnea. Immediately after starting to use the CPAP, my nighttime urination frequency decreased. It’d range from sleeping completely through the night to waking up twice, with an average of waking up once per night. Building off a prior column, my hypothesis was that better sleep led to a more stable production of the natural diuretic that the body makes at ...
