Liberty Hospital Connections Magazine • November 4 2024

Fighting back by looking good

While three of the women here are bald (nothing has grown past a quarter inch anyway), they also laugh, smile, commiserate and encourage as one woman experiments with various headgear. She volunteered to
be the model, so they try wigs, scarves, even an orange T-shirt that’s tied to look like a turban.

Liberty Hospital Connections Magazine • November 4 2024

Former patient now matches others with robotic surgery

Pain tends to have very bad timing. At age 27, Elizabeth Carpenter was married, working, going to school, all while trying to keep up with her three-year-old. Not a lot of time for endometriosis.

Children's Mercy Kansas City • November 4 2024

Skin-to-skin ‘kangaroo care’ improves lives of premature babies (and their parents)

Cords and wires. Feeding tubes, IVs, a PICC line. A room full of nurses, a respiratory therapist, extra pillows. Brianna Schmitz was surrounded when she first got to hold one of her premature twin sons, yet felt terrified as he was transferred into her arms.

Seasons • November 23 2021

How an older adult walks could predict and identify some dementia types

Forgetting what day it is. Misplacing the car keys. A little more confusion than normal.

Diagnosing dementia often starts with some telltale signs, but unfortunately these subtle symptoms are easy to ignore.

Seasons • November 20 2021

‘Nasal vaccine’ to be tested in clinical trials to treat Alzheimer’s

Following its recent success (and drug approvals) over the last decade fighting cancer, immunotherapy is now hoping to take on Alzheimer’s.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston announced the launch of a new human clinical trial that will measure the effectiveness of an immunotherapy drug on the complex neurologic disorder.

Seasons • November 11 2021

Could ibuprofen unlock the secrets to battling RSV in seniors?

Respiratory illnesses can be mild and relatively harmless, like the common cold, or they can prove to be dangerous – life-threatening, even – especially in older adults.

Patient Resource Women's Cancer Guide • July 10 2015

Caregiving advice for men

She’s no medical expert. Neither are you. But together you’ll make lots of decisions – with the help of your health care team, of course – and your job is to help her decide and then support her decision.

Liberty Hospital Connections Magazine • September 16 2009

Tennis Training Program Serves up Winning Regimen

It turns out developing a killer backhand doesn’t start on the tennis court but in a gym with a medicine ball.