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Breakthroughs Fall 2016

September 15, 2016

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In this issue: Strong at Heart, Winning the Diabetes War, Welcoming Dr. Steve Vasilev, No More Knee Pain.

Breathe Easier by Understanding COPD

Understanding and treating COPD

Brain Food

What you eat affects your cognitive functioning

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Cardiac surgery close to home

A partnership with USC brings advanced cardiac surgery to the South Bay.

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Providence Little Company of Mary: proud to be named a 2019 Honor Roll award recipient for patient safety

Honor roll hospitals must meet a rigorous threshold and have had a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A for the past three reporting periods.

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Spotlight on our Women & Children’s Clinical Institute

The Institute ensures that patients receive greater gynecological health, safer deliveries and healthier newborns.

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A birth story

A new mother found the support she needed at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance.

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Not Your Father’s Back Surgery

Most back pain sufferers don’t need surgery, but for those who do, today’s back procedures are almost unrecognizable from surgeries 20 years ago.

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St. Jude is Making Strides in Hip Surgery

Kyle Hart was home for winter break when he went for what the committed cross-country athlete considered an easy, warm-up run—just five miles. But the pain in his hip, which had been steadily growing

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Questions about pregnancy and child development? There’s an app for that.

Download Circle by Providence to your smartphone at no cost and get connected to a comprehensive network of local, Providence-approved resources and tools for mothers and moms-to-be.

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What to expect when delivering at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance

Kathy Marafino, RN, manager of labor and delivery and the mother-baby unit, answers questions about what to expect when delivering at the hospital.

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Providence Little Company of Mary Bariatric Wellness Center receives national recognition

Patients seeking surgical treatment for obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance.

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Our Family Caring for Your Family: St. Jude’s Motto Finds New Meaning

A father’s importance and influence is often unmistakable. And that is especially true for the McCoys. “Our dad not only gave us a love of medicine, he provided a powerful example of how to do it

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Mission Hospital Expands Heart and Vascular Institute with TAVR: An Innovative Heart Valve Replacement Procedure

Mission Hospital announced it has expanded its comprehensive Heart and Vascular Institute to offer the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure.

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Learning to walk again, step by step

Robotic exoskeleton helps patients relearn to walk at Providence Little Company of Mary San Pedro.

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Making the Pain Stop

An allergic reaction to a commonly inhaled medication left 13-year-old Cera feeling like she had “been burned from the inside out”— and the pain continued to grow worse. Within a few months, the young

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Rehabbing Injured Hearts

This year, nearly 800,000 Americans will have a heart attack and another 550,000 will receive a diagnosis of heart failure.

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Advancing Cancer Treatment through Research

Ongoing research and clinical trials are creating breakthroughs in cancers once thought insurmountable—and St. Jude is a leader in bringing these benefits from the lab to the bedside. Through partners

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Chasing a Cure for One of the Deadliest Cancers

As a professor and chairman of the Cal State Los Angeles Mechanical Engineering Department, Darrell Guillaume spent his days explaining complex concepts. So, when he began losing control of his speech

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Providence Little Company of Mary Rehabcentre: Restoring independence one step at a time!

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro’s Acute Rehabilitation Center provides intensive therapy and expert medical management to the South Bay Community.

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Preventing cancer with a much-needed vaccine

The Partners for Healthy Kids van at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers San Pedro and Torrance is devoting resources to improve HPV vaccination rates in the South Bay.

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St. Joseph Hospital’s Cancer Center earns national re-accreditation with commendation

The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment at St. Joseph Hospital has received nationally recognized re-accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC).

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Alicia Kirkman, RN honored with October 2019 Daisy Award

The DAISY Award program is an opportunity for colleagues, patients or their loved ones to recognize a nurse for exemplifying excellence and compassion.

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