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Dec
Archives for Heidi Prescott-Wieneke
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Dec
Lung cancer survivor grateful for care, radiation treatment option, from her oncologist and Beacon team
With every cancer diagnosis comes many questions, including what treatment options the patient has. Surgery was the only option for Lori Isack when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020. But when her cancer returned earlier this year, Lori learned about an alternative. That alternative was a highly focused radiation...
05
Dec
Beacon Children’s featured in investigative report on caring for families amid national pediatric unit decline
The Lewis family drives an hour-and-a-half from their home in Gary to Beacon Children’s Hospital at least once a month, oftentimes more, to receive lifesaving treatment for three of their five kids. “We shouldn’t have to drive 60 miles out of the way to get the care we need,” their mom...
03
Dec
Beacon doctor explains why your joints hurt in colder weather and how to treat discomfort
If you have been feeling increased joint pain the past few weeks, you can blame it on weather. Falling temperatures can make your arthritis feel more painful and stiffness worsen. Joint pain is fairly common, and it can happen at any age, although people over the age of 50 are more...
01
Dec
Medical Minute: Beacon physician offers update on increasing COVID-positive patients at hospitals
This week, we spoke with Beacon Medical Group President Dale Patterson and members of our Beacon Infection Prevention team about the status of COVID at Beacon and in our community. We have recently seen an increase in: COVID-related emergency department visits at Beacon Community flu-like illness rate (patients reporting fever along...
29
Nov
RSV and kids: Beacon Children’s medical director talks about uptick, ways you can keep your family healthy
RSV infections are increasing across the country, including here in our region. We sat down with Dr. Kate Dutkiewicz, Beacon Children’s Hospital medical director, to talk about the recent uptick in pediatric RSV cases and hospitalizations and explain how this year is the same or different from previous years. Here’s...
22
Nov
Beacon specialists care for a proud grandfather and devoted “dog dad” who conquers peripheral artery disease
It was in July of 2023 that Steve Dewey first began feeling a soreness in the back of his right leg. Over the course of just a couple weeks, it went from a sense of mild irritation to a pain severe enough to keep this active 75-year-old man from walking...
22
Nov
Back pain getting you down? Here’s what you need to know from a Beacon family doctor
The fall and winter months can be tough on backs when many of us are outdoors doing chores like raking leaves and shoveling snow. At some point in our lives, most of us -- 84 percent, in fact -- will experience back pain. And while the pain nearly always goes away...
21
Nov
Project teams celebrate first concrete pour for new Memorial Patient Tower with Miraculous Medal Ceremony
Last week, a Miraculous Medal Ceremony took place at Memorial Hospital of South Bend to inspire the construction team to complete the new Memorial Patient Tower safely. The ceremony and medal tossing into the fresh concrete is a long-standing tradition for The Walsh Group at the first pour on its job...
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Nov