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A Prophylactic Double Mastectomy: Could it Be Right for You?

May 17, 2013 Conditions and Treatments

In a heartfelt column in the New York Times, actress Angelina Jolie spoke out about her decision to have a prophylactic double mastectomy in order to significantly reduce her chances of developing breast cancer. Ovarian cancer took her mother at the age of 56 and was a constant threat looming in the distance for the [...]

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Women Health Series: What Should I Worry about When I’m In My…20s?

May 14, 2013 Women's Health

One of four articles in a series about what to expect at different stages of womanhood. As a woman leaves the teenage years and enters into her 20s, she is sure to encounter many changes. Not only is she becoming more independent in her world, establishing more mature relationships and possibly planning her family, she [...]

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Get Ready for the Rays: Protect your Eyes this Summer

May 9, 2013 Wellness and Prevention

Flip flops, sunscreen and sunglasses. It’s that time of year again when the sun shines, and everyone knows it. As you sit outside to enjoy a good book, attend a sporting event, or relax by the pool, there’s one thing you don’t want to forget—your sunglasses. It turns out that all sunglasses are not created [...]

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Celebrate our Nurses, National Nurses Week and Scott & White’s Top 25

May 6, 2013 Inside Scott & White

by Cyndy Dunlap, RN, MPA, NEA-BC, FACHE; Chief Nursing Executive, Scott & White Healthcare; Chief Nursing Officer, Scott & White Memorial Hospital Nurses serve with passion, commitment and fortitude and each year we celebrate their work by honoring them during the weeklong celebration; National Nurses Week. Merriments begin every year on May 6 and end [...]

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Mythbusters: Organ Donation

May 2, 2013 Community involvement

Scott & White Healthcare has been performing organ donation since 1997, beginning with kidney transplant. Since then, we’ve successfully transplanted more than 500 kidneys. Scott & White Healthcare also offers pancreas, heart and lung transplants. Cinda Courtney, Transplant Coordinator at Scott & White Healthcare, busts some myths about organ donation. MYTH: My doctor will hasten [...]

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No Gym? No Excuse. Get Your Exercise On.

April 29, 2013 Exercise

We all have excuses, especially when it comes to exercise. One of the common roadblocks preventing many from getting healthy is the three letter word: G-Y-M. Some see it as a place of torture where they are embarrassed to sweat alongside others. If you are intimidated by going to a gym, don’t give up. There [...]

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Special Fund Established to Help Victims of West, Texas Tragedy

April 22, 2013 Community involvement

In the days and weeks ahead, the people of West, Texas and the surrounding area affected by the recent disaster will encounter short and long-term needs. The Scott & White Healthcare Foundation has established a special fund to help provide support for patients, families and the community. Concerned citizens can text “WEST” to 56512. In addition, [...]

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Overcoming the Hearing Aid Hurdle

April 15, 2013 Wellness and Prevention

There comes a point in life where you may not realize what you’re missing out on. Over time, the muffled noises you hear become normal. You are unaware that your hearing is slowly slipping. You may miss a knock at the door or your TV volume may be slightly higher, but are these signs of [...]

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Physical Therapy for Urinary Incontinence

April 8, 2013 Women's Health

Laugh and you leak? Unlock your door and you leak? Rush to the bathroom and you leak? Urinary incontinence can be one of the most embarrassing aspects of aging. Urinary Incontinence As women get older, the muscles, ligaments and nerves in the pelvis often weaken, in some cases causing urinary incontinence, says Wilma Larsen, MD, [...]

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Those Tricky Triglycerides

March 28, 2013 Healthy Eating

You already know you need to have your cholesterol checked regularly. If you have a sweet tooth, you may need to know your triglycerides numbers, too. Catherine McNeal, MD, PhD, Internist and specialist in lipid disorders at Scott & White Healthcare, details how a high triglyceride count can be a marker for a lifestyle that [...]

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