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What began as a middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom turned into a nightmare—and then a miracle—for 83-year-old Chillicothe resident Shirley Eskew. After getting out of bed, Shirley slipped and fell. “I just hit the concrete hard,” she remembers. Things got blurry after that, but she did manage to call for help and get to the emergency room at Hedrick Medical Center.

General Surgery | Ventral Hernia
A Prospective Study Evaluating the Clinical Outcomes of Ventral Hernias treated Robotically with OviTex® Reinforced Tissue Matrix
 

Jim Mitchell faced a dilemma — miss rehearsal for a play he was producing during crunch time, or risk having a heart attack. Read his story.

Breast Cancer | Solid Tumors
Phase 1a/1b Study of the PI3Kα:RAS Breaker BBO-10203 in Subjects with Advanced Solid Tumors (The BREAKER-101 Trial)

For many married couples, dinner is routine: a quiet conversation across the table, the clink of silverware, and the comfort of an ordinary evening. But for Gayle Seward, 71, even sitting through a meal became unbearable due to chest pain.

Megan remembers when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer—Megan was 6, her mother was in her mid-30s. It seemed too early for both of them to experience that trauma.

After discovering she had an uncommon somatic gene mutation, Laurie Hamilton became determined to help those after her by participating in clinical trials and investing in scientific research for advanced breast cancer.

Sally was working when she felt a pain in her chest so bad it felt like someone punched her.

CHILLICOTHE, Mo.

After dealing with a scary episode and overcoming her own heart issues, Dixie started an effort to educate the women in her life about heart attacks.