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New technology makes repairing aortic aneurysms easier, Part Two

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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On Wednesday, in a Special Medical Moment just before 6:00, we told you about a deadly condition called AAA.

AAA stands for "abdominal aortic aneurysm," which is a bulging balloon of blood that can rupture and cause death.

The weakness can be hereditary or from disease, but treating it has been invasive and dangerous.

Now, a new way of treating AAA in Michiana is saving lives and getting people ba

New technology makes repairing aortic aneurysms easier

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or AAA, is the third leading cause of death in men over 60.

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body and carries blood from the heart to organs over time it can bulge and rupture, causing immediate death.

Technology at the new St. Joseph Medical Center is making repairs easier and saving lives.

Seventy-seven-year-old Fred Martin of Mishawaka considers himself a lucky man. He nearly died in Korea, but has been healthy ever since, until he recently had nagging back pa

Allergies rampant in Michiana right now

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Allergy season is in full swing and Michiana doctors are seeing the effects.

They say they're seeing a stream of people coming in with itchy, eatery eyes, runny noses and sneezing... all the typical allergy symptoms.

Allergy season started in April.

We've gone through tree allergy season already and now in June, are in grass season. Doctors describe it as having gone from the frying pan to the fire, so to speak. Dr. Jim Harris from the South Bend Clinic says, "I think the best advice is that you can get relief. You shouldn't have to suffer.

There's always something you can do. If it's not something you can come up with over the counter or talking to your pharmacist about , then your doctor or even an allergist would be the way to go to try to sort out what the problem is and finally get some relief from that as well."

Dr. Harris

Allergy season could be worse than usual this year

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

SOUTH BEND — The itchy, watery eyes. The sniffling and sneezing. It's allergy season, but this year's warmer temperatures could mean a long season for those who suffer from the springtime symptoms.

Dylan Nylund suffers from springtime allergies. "Compared to last year, I think this year's been a lot worse,” he said.

He usually keeps things under control with medication, but this season Dylan's symptoms have come on strong, and earlier than usual.

"It's been pretty bad,” he said. “Last week was real bad. I think that's when the season started." So Dylan visited Dr. Jim Harris at the South Bend Clinic.

Harris says Dylan isn't alone, as he's seeing an increased number of allergy patients thanks to a spring that is warmer usual.

"We had an early season this year with the pollen counts,” Harris said. “First the trees coming out,

If you're getting 'too many' infections, you could have a genetic problem with your immune system

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

KALAMAZOO — For some people, a simple infection is far from simple.
Julie Fetch is one of those people.

Fetch, 37, has a primary immunodeficiency disease (PIDD), an umbrella term that refers to more than 150 conditions in which some part of the immune system is genetically flawed and can’t fight off infection the way it’s supposed to.

Up to 1 million Americans — or one out of 300 — are affected by PIDD, but their disease often goes undetected because they have no unique symptoms, according to the Immune Deficiency Foundation. Their symptoms may appear as ordinary infections, often of sinuses, ears, lungs, the gastrointestinal tract or joints.

For Fetch, the difficulty in fighting off infections has meant that an ear infection settled into the mastoid bone, behind the ear, and required two major surgeries, and a bout with H1N1 flu led to convulsions a

Here comes the sun

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

More Americans are being treated for nonmelanoma skin cancer.

By KIM KILBRIDE

Tribune Staff Writer

Dr. Holly Hake Harris, a dermatologist at the South Bend Clinic, is heartened by one of the latest trends in Hollywood.

More natural looking — less fake-baked — skin is hot in some circles these days. Think Nicole Kidman and Victoria Beckham.

Still, the dermatologist said, for the past 50 years a tan has been a sign of health and wealth. And that’s not something that’s likely to radically change — at least as far as the masses are concerned — any time soon.

Patients continue asking her every day if getting just a little tan is so bad.

Her answer is an unequivocal “yes.”

While every sun

Man from Poland Travels to Michiana for INBONE total ankle surgery

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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The South Bend Clinic and Goshen Center for Cancer Care join forces in fight against cancer!

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Contact Bridget Levitz
Public Relations Coordinator Goshen Health System

(574) 535-2776 (office)

blevitz@goshenhealth.com

Contact Julie Lockard

Senior Director Marketing & Physician Recruitment

The South Bend Clinic

(574) 239-1525(office)

jlockard@southbendclinic.com

For immediate release: April 22, 2010

MISHAWAKA Ind. – The fight against cancer just got even stronger. The South Bend Clinic and Goshen Health System’s Goshen Center for Cancer Care today announced a collaborative venture to deliver a model of cancer care to the South Bend/Mishawaka area that has not yet been available.

The venture will b

WSBT: New cancer treatment center to open at Edison Lakes

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

By HEIDI PRESCOTT, Tribune Staff Writer Story
Created: Apr 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM EDT

MISHAWAKA — Two area health care providers announced a collaborative venture today to open a new cancer treatment center at Edison Lakes in Mishawaka.

This center, which will serve as a small cancer hospital with in-patient beds, is slated to open in August.

Cancer Care Partners is the name for the venture that has been nearly two years in the making by the South Bend Clinic and Goshen Center for Cancer Care.

The partners will lease the current Del Pilar Medical and Urgent Care Center at 301 E. Day Road from a South Bend development company that will purchase and add onto the building.

Del Pilar’s practice will be relocated to another existing building at Edison Lakes.

WNDU: Local cancer treatment centers announce partnership

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Mishawaka, IN

Thursday to make cancer treatment even easier and more effective for patients.

Posted: 6:07 PM Apr 22, 2010

Reporter: Jeff Blevins

Email Address: jeff.blevins@wndu.com

Two local cancer centers announced a new partnership Thursday to make cancer treatment even easier and more effective for patients.

Center for Cancer Care and the South Bend Clinic announced at a news conference Thursday afternoon, they're opening a new treatment center in Mishawaka.

Doctors are calling it a true integrated center where all of a cancer patient's doctors, surgeons and other medical staff will work under one roof and can collaborate on a treatment plan.

“We can save lives, shorten the course of cancer treatment, lessen some of the confusion and complications, complexities of how you deal with cancers, R