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What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Influenza (flu) season is in full swing across the country, with 19 states reporting a high-level of flu-like-activity. Unfortunately, that’s not the only virus on the rise this time of year. It’s also the peak period for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – a condition that affects mostly children and can be quite serious. HCA…
Hip pain forces tennis star Andy Murray into retirement
Last week, 31-year-old Scottish tennis star Andy Murray announced he will retire from tennis because of a right hip injury. Murray told reporters he had been experiencing chronic hip pain for years before undergoing surgery in 2017, but the pain persisted even after the procedure Below, Dr. Anay Patel, MD, a joint replacement and hip…
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Four HCA Healthcare hospitals among top teaching hospitals in the country
Four HCA Healthcare hospitals were named Top Teaching Hospitals of the Year by the Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit watchdog organization. HCA-affiliates MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida, Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas, all were…
HCA-affiliated physician becomes patient in successful joint replacement
Did you know that more than seven million people in the United States will have a knee or hip replaced during their lifetime? Last year alone, more than 70,000 people had joint replacement surgery at an HCA Healthcare facility, including Dr. Jeffrey Kozak, a spinal surgeon at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, TX. After sustaining…
Hurricane Harvey: Where are they now?
Many of our readers are familiar with Stephen Kimmel, MD, a pediatric surgeon at HCA Healthcare’s Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, and his Hurricane Harvey experience. What you don’t know is the effect the historic storm had on Dr. Kimmel and his family. At 10 pm on Aug. 26, 2017, Kimmel received a phone call…
Is your teen ‘juuling’? Here’s what you should know.
It’s easy to hide. It’s addictive. It’s the new, viral trend to hit schools and part of what the FDA has declared a teen vaping epidemic across the country. What is juuling? Juul is a type of electronic cigarette – one of the more popular brands – and inhaling it is known as “juuling.” The…