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31 Jul

The Greatest Loser - Week 8!

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GREATEST LOSER TOP 10 TEAMS:

1. Next of Kin (-63.6 lbs)
2. Piggly Wiggly's (-62 lbs)
3. Oldies But Goodies (-33 lbs)
4. Pharmacy Phatties (-32.5 lbs)
5. Fluffy Divas (-25 lbs)
6. And the Beat Goes On (-19.6 lbs)
7. Heart Throbs (-19.2 lbs)
8. Pity the Scale (-17.7 lbs)
9. The Sweetest Thinners (-16 lbs)
10. The Winners (-15.6 lbs)

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 351 LBS!
AWESOME JOB!!

 

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24 Jul

The Greatest Loser - Week 7!

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GREATEST LOSER TOP 10 TEAMS:

1. Piggly Wiggly's (-62 lbs)
2. Next of Kin (-58.6 lbs)
3. Oldies but Goodies (-30 lbs)
4. Pharmacy Phatties (-27.5 lbs)
5. Fluffy Divas (-25 lbs)
6. Heart Throbs (-18.2 lbs)
7. The Winners (-15.6 lbs)
8. Crazy 8 (-14.4 lbs)
9. For Better Naked Tomorrows (-14 lbs)
10. Pity the Scale (-13.7 lbs)

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: -323 LBS

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22 Jul

What are probiotics and how can they improve our health?

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Utica Park Clinic Family Medicine physician, John Owens, DO, is addressing the topic of probiotics today on our blog and explaining how they can help improve your health.

 

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18 Jul

The Greatest Loser - Week 6!

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GREATEST LOSER TOP 10 TEAMS:

1. Piggly Wiggly's (-63 lbs)
2. Next of Kin (-53.6 lbs)
3. Oldies but Goodies (-28.2 lbs)
4. Pharmacy Phatties (-25.5 lbs)
5. Fluffy Divas (-25.0 lbs)
6. Heart Throbs (-17.2 lbs)
7. The Winners (-15.6 lbs)
8. Crazy 8 (-14.4 lbs)
9. For Better Naked Tomorrows (-14 lbs)
10. Pity the Scale (-13.7 lbs)

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 313 lbs!

 

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17 Jul

Video: Inside the Wound Care Clinic at Hillcrest Medical Center

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Today we are taking you inside the Wound Care Clinic at Hillcrest Medical Center and introducing you to some of the staff who care for patients with acute and chronic wounds. The clinic serves patients in an outpatient setting with a team including physicians with expertise in general surgery, internal medicine, and podiatry, as well as nurses and technicians who are specially trained in wound and ostomy care.

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15 Jul

A Bridge Between Patient and Medical Care – The Palliative Team at Hillcrest Medical Center

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Karen Kochell, APRN-CNP, ACHPN, recalls a moment she will likely not soon forget. Sitting among the children of one of her patients as together they made the decision to take their mother off life support, Karen says she felt the hand of the eldest adult child reach out to hers. “He said, ‘Karen, are you OK?’” she remembers. “’You have the toughest job.’”

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10 Jul

The Greatest Loser - Week 5!

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GREATEST LOSER TOP 10 TEAMS:

1. Piggly Wiggly's (-55 lbs)
2. Next of Kin (-47.6 lbs)
3. Fluffy Divas (-25 lbs)
4. Pharmacy Phatties (-24.5 lbs)
5. Oldies But Goodies (-21.4 lbs)
6. The Winners (-15.2 lbs)
7. Pity the Scale (-14.7 lbs)
8. Crazy 8 (-14.4 lbs)
9. Heart Throbs (-14.0 lbs)
10. For Better Naked Tomorrows (-13 lbs)

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: -278 LBS!

 

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08 Jul

Silver Elite - Important, Timely Health Information for Seniors

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Linda Navab, 71, begins physical therapy at Kaiser Rehabilitation Center at Hillcrest Medical Center a few minutes past 1:30pm following lunch and visiting with other patients. She’s recovering from hip surgery resulting from a condition she originally learned of at a Silver Elite event with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Darnell Blackmon.  “He was lecturing on this certain knee condition and I thought, ‘Boy, that sounds serious,’” she says.

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