By Steve Howell, PT, M.Ed. Doctors and nurses talk every day with patients about rehabilitation, and especially patients who need total hip or knee replacements because that is when the real work begins. It is general knowledge that physical therapy guides in the recovery process, but a comprehensive “prehabilitation,” program can be the key to a quick and full … [Read more...] about For Total Hip or Knee Replacements, Think ‘Prehabilitation,’ Not Just Rehabilitation
Prevention of Orthopaedic Conditions
By Boyd W. Haynes III, MD Prevention of illness is an important part of our work with the patients we serve. Many of the mostly common and costly conditions that are seen today can often be prevented, such as adult onset diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart disease, high cholesterol, etc. When we ask patients to eat a nutritious balanced diet, maintain a healthy weight … [Read more...] about Prevention of Orthopaedic Conditions
A Leap Forward in Diagnosing Prostate Cancer
By Raman Unnikrishnan, MD Detecting prostate cancer can be notoriously difficult, as can deciding whether to treat or simply monitor confirmed or suspected malignancies. Thankfully, a new diagnostic technology called fusion-guided biopsy is improving our ability to find the more aggressive cancers that do require early intervention. Unlike older screening tools, the … [Read more...] about A Leap Forward in Diagnosing Prostate Cancer
Bon Secours
ENHANCING AND EXPANDING CANCER CARE IN HAMPTON ROADS … the Bon Secours Cancer Institute at Harbour View In 2014, the Bon Secours Cancer Institute at DePaul opened its doors, a $20 million investment heralded as offering “a comprehensive continuum of interdisciplinary care and treatment to cancer patients in Hampton Roads.” The Institute, which includes a team of radiation … [Read more...] about Bon Secours
Robert Lancey, MD
Heart Health Academy at Bon Secours When cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Robert Lancey joined Bon Secours Heart & Vascular Institute in 2013, he brought with him an innovative program that had its roots two decades earlier at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. “I was teaching off-pump cardiac surgery to classrooms of visiting surgeons, operating with a camera to … [Read more...] about Robert Lancey, MD
