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If you or a loved one has been admitted to Midland Memorial Hospital, you may have met a physician called a “hospitalist.” Many patients naturally wonder: “Why is this doctor taking care of me instead of my regular doctor?” Hospit...
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A lzheimer’s Disease is a topic that receives considerable attention both from the scientific community and popular media, but despite the remarkable scientific breakthroughs over the past decade, there remain many unknowns about ...
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Prevention, treatment, and education are essential as West Texas confronts addiction and the growing threat of fentanyl. T he Permian Basin is widely recognized as one of the nation’s economic engines, fueled by the oil and gas in...
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What are seasonal allergies and how can they be treated? As residents of West Texas, many of us are all too familiar with seasonal allergy symptoms. Many experience the common symptoms of sneezing, itchy, runny nose, nasal congest...
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You can't recruit your way to a healthy hospital. On this episode of Healthcare That Makes You Proud, the presidents of UT Permian Basin and Midland College explain what it takes to build a workforce instead. The short version Rec...
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I was ten years old the day I turned blue and collapsed at school, struggling to breathe. For months, I had been rapidly losing weight despite eating everything in sight, and I was literally dying of thirst. The school nurse calle...
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Many women are familiar with menopause, but fewer understand perimenopause — the transitional phase leading up to it. According to medical experts, perimenopause is a natural stage of life marked by changing hormone levels and shi...
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When should you go to the emergency room, and when is something else the better call? The director of Midland Memorial's ER walks through it, including the part everyone finds most frustrating. The short version Urgent care handle...
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Per the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), every 40 seconds someone in the United States suffers a stroke. That’s nearly 800,000 Americans every year affected by this sudden, potentially deadly e...
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For many, a glass of wine at dinner or a beer with friends is a standard part of socializing. Often without intent the line between “social drinking” and “dependence” can often become blurred. Understanding that line isn’t about j...