Posted: 1/25/2012 4:17:18 PM by Main Line Health
Maude White was a physically fit ice skating instructor who loved her job and worked 20 plus hours per week at the Philadelphia Skating Club. She loved her job, hesitant to leave the rink despite debilitating hip and back pain.
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Posted: 1/25/2012 3:54:42 PM by Main Line Health
Janet Perper and Scott Reynolds were both beginning to feel the effects of a busy and active lifestyle. Luckily, Lankenau Medical Center surgeon Carl Deirmengian had the solution to their problems.
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Posted: 1/25/2012 3:48:52 PM by Main Line Health
Jerry Covey had always been in great shape, but he knew something was wrong when his severe heartburn didn't go away and he began to feel like something was caught in his throat when he swallowed.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:16:27 PM by Main Line Health
The night before St. Patrick's Day 2011 will remain etched in Christy and Bryan Parthemore's memories forever.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:06:31 PM by Main Line Health
Denny Willson of Devon will always remember the date November 11th. It's when he experienced the most frightening even he had ever encountered in his life.
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Posted: 1/18/2012 4:49:51 PM by Main Line Health
For Barb Phillips and her husband, Chris, who never planned to have children, a positive pregnancy test came as a big surprise. But this was only the beginning of a long and emotional journey to motherhood.
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Posted: 1/11/2012 3:11:39 PM by Main Line Health
Rebecca Mayer, a patient at Bryn Mawr Hospital, developed a personal blog that chronicles her battle with Stage 3 lung cancer. Rebecca also served as the subject of an award-winning photo taken by her social worker, Bryn Mawr Hospital oncologist Beth Bell, that graced the cover of the 2011-2012 Expressions of Hope calendar.
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Posted: 10/24/2011 12:58:55 PM by Main Line Health
To say that Hilda Bradney has always been in excellent health is another huge understatement. In fact, when she was admitted to Paoli Hospital in 2008 at the age of 69, Hilda did not even know how to swallow a pill.
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Posted: 10/24/2011 12:53:46 PM by Main Line Health
"If anyone is standing in front of me for five minutes, I say, do you know how healthy your heart is? I am determined to help people,” says Laurie. “I don’t want anyone else to find out the way I did. I’m one of lucky ones. I believe I was spared for a reason. I don’t sit on my laurels. I’m gonna get the message out. "
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Posted: 10/24/2011 12:51:29 PM by Main Line Health
Every year, Dana D’Angelo Crothers celebrates two birthdays. On June 5, 2009, she turned 29. Then on October 9, she turned seven. Because every year, Dana celebrates not only the day she was born, but the day she was given a second chance at life.
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Posted: 7/24/2012 9:40:16 AM by Main Line Health
Ann Levandoski and Pamela Zbylicki, both of Scranton, are the types of sisters that can finish each other's sentences. Both gym teachers and four years apart, the two have always had a close bond and preferred to do things as a teeam rather than separately, which meant parties, holidays, and, recently, partial knee replacement surgery.
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Posted: 7/12/2012 2:29:23 PM by Main Line Health
When Buffman’s motorcycle veered off the road in early May and he ended up with fibular and tibular fractures, a meniscus and ACL tear, bruises on his left thigh and hip, a ruptured spleen and six fractured ribs, he could think of only one place he wanted to go for rehabilitation.
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Posted: 4/30/2012 2:40:17 PM by Main Line Health
Jeff was 38, active and making regular visits to his cardiologist, but that didn't stop him from collapsing in the middle of his morning workout.
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Posted: 4/30/2012 2:03:18 PM by Main Line Health
Paoli Hospital has the most experienced robotics team in Chester County. Together, physicians have performed more than 500 surgeries, including Bernadette's.
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Posted: 4/19/2012 5:27:38 PM by Main Line Health
As the first of its kind in Chester County, the Holloway Breast Health Center at Paoli Hospital is committed to providing women with all the necessary tools to maintain good breast health. With a focus on education, screening, and early detection, the Center’s goal is to stop breast cancer before it has a chance to affect a person’s life. Yet, throughout the Center, a woman will find a positive, encouraging emphasis on wellness, not just disease.
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