If you’re struggling to get back into your daily routine following your COVID-19 illness, you are not alone. The St. Elizabeth Healthcare rehabilitation team knows that COVID-19 recovery can take time – one day you’re feeling like yourself again, and the next you can barely get out of bed. At St. Elizabeth, we saw a need in our community for …
At the age of 90, Roy “Bud” Smith still had a lot of living to do. But Bud was at a crossroads with his health. With a failing heart valve from aortic stenosis, he needed open-heart surgery. Between his age and the possibility of a difficult recovery, open-heart surgery wasn’t an option. Without intervention, Bud likely only had months left …
Although it’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States, yet there are still many unanswered questions about the virus. One of those questions is whether there’s a link between vitamin D and COVID-19. Some experts claim that having low vitamin D levels could put you at risk for more severe symptoms from COVID-19. But …
Intermittent fasting has risen in popularity as an effective diet and fitness tool. It has gotten a lot of attention during the pandemic as an accessible at-home diet option for people who usually spend their workdays in an office. Surprisingly, intermittent fasting has been around since the early days of humans. Hunter-gatherers didn’t always know where their next meal would …
If you have severe hearing loss and your hearing aids aren’t helping the way they once did, you may benefit from a cochlear implant. Cochlear implants do not cure hearing loss, but they provide an opportunity for the severely hard of hearing or deaf to identify the sensation of sound by directly stimulating the hearing nerve. Nathan Wiebracht, MD, of …
Most of the headlines around COVID-19 have focused on respiratory side effects and symptoms — coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. But new evidence shows that the virus’ effects may go beyond the lungs. It may also have an impact on brain and mental function. “There’s still so much that we don’t know about COVID-19, but we’re seeing some patients …
Kenny Moore’s progressing heart failure left him unable to walk a block without becoming fatigued. His health was also declining. His heart was not pumping efficiently, and fluids were building up in his body. His doctors gave him some choices. To improve his quality of life he could get on a heart transplant list or get a ventricular assist device …
Brittany Sorrell was well prepared for her third child’s arrival — and then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, turning her carefully thought-out birth plans upside down. Brittany, a former Educational Specialist at St. Elizabeth Healthcare and mom to two boys, knew she would be in great hands once she arrived at the Family Birth Place. “But the closer I got to …
For many people, the idea of joint replacement surgery can seem daunting. It may conjure thoughts of a long hospital stay or a painful recovery. But what if that surgery didn’t require a hospital stay? What if it meant you would be up and walking shortly after the procedure? With same-day joint replacement surgery, all that is possible. “Most patients …
