After months of delaying most of your medical appointments due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, you may be wondering if you can finally get the joint replacement you need. St. Elizabeth Healthcare and the orthopaedic surgeons from OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine practicing at St. Elizabeth Healthcare don’t want you to continue to live in pain. “We don’t want …
In today’s ever-changing COVID-19 health crisis, it’s hard to know how to move forward with regularly scheduled appointments and procedures – as well as how to address any healthcare concerns that have arisen during the last few months. At St. Elizabeth Physicians Urogynecology, we know this is a challenging time. We are here to help in any way – and …
Written by Barrett J. Brunsman St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s hospital in Fort Thomas could be the first in the world to start dosing Covid-19 patients with an experimental drug that might prevent the respiratory illness from causing further lung damage. CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting of Covington is coordinating the study of the drug PUL-042, which is made by an emerging …
Like many things during this pandemic, our approach to support services for cancer patients is changing. We understand these services are even more valuable during this uncertain time, so many have moved online. “It is important that our patients still receive the integrative oncology experience, even while at home,” says Dwinelva Zackery, Director of Integrative Oncology at St. Elizabeth Healthcare. …
Although we are still learning a lot about how people with heart disease are affected by COVID-19, one connection is clear. The pandemic is changing how people without symptoms of COVID-19 are seeking care for other health problems they may be experiencing. “We continue to care for patients who need our help and we are still performing necessary procedures,” says …
When physicians present at medical conferences, we usually start with a slide disclosing any potential conflicts of interest to our audience. I probably need to disclose two things here. First, I’m an infuriating and inexhaustible optimist. Second, I’m a cancer doctor but also a recent cancer patient myself, and I understand intimately how it feels when your world unexpectedly spins …
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) is posing a challenge for cancer patients and cancer survivors who are immunosuppressed (immunocompromised). Cancer – and the therapies used to treat it – often weakens the immune system, reducing the body’s ability to fight infections like COVID-19. This challenge is made even greater due to the fact that, while the nation is being told to …
