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• New affiliation benefits patients with hand, upper extremity conditions

  02/13/2013 | In the News, IU Health Physicians, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, Surgery | IU Health, IU Health Methodist

  INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s largest health system has joined forces with one of the nation’s largest hand and upper extremity centers to offer patients a wider range of options for their orthopedic care. Indiana University Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, one of the nation’s top orthopedics programs according to U.S.News and World Report, recently entered into an agreement with the Indiana… Read More

• Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Temporary Visitor Restriction Policy During

  01/18/2013 | General News, In the News | Riley Hospital for Children

  Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health joins the Marion County Public Health Department and other Indianapolis-area hospitals in announcing a temporary hospital visitation restriction policy effective Friday, January 18. This effort will limit visitors to IU… Read More

• A Healthy Start: Get Ahead of Concussions

  11/27/2012 | In the News, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, Pediatrics | IU Health

  In a "Healthy Start" segment on WISH-TV 8 Indianapolis's Indy Style, Dr. Tamika Dawson-Knox discussed concussions and the importance of prevention and proper treatment. http://www.iuhealth.net/portal/IUH/findadoctor?paf_gear_id=6900001&paf_dm=full&paf_gm=content&task_name=displayBio&contactId=9387&history=1… Read More

• IU Health Bloomington partners with YMCA

  10/03/2012 | Community Outreach, In the News, Southern Indiana Physicians | IU Health Bloomington

  IU Health Bloomington and Monroe County YMCA announce collaboration at Northwest YMCA BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (October 3, 2012) – As part of a larger national trend toward YMCA and Hospital collaborations, IU Health Bloomington and the Monroe County YMCA today announced a first-of-its-kind local partnership. Within the new northwest YMCA will be space dedicated to IU Health for physical therapy, orthopedic… Read More

• Team: Bariatrics featured on WNDU-TV

  06/14/2012 | General News, In the News | IU Health Goshen

  One week following bariatric surgery at IU Health Goshen Hospital, Suzzanne Bloom—who suffered from Type 2 diabetes—has seen her blood sugars drop significantly. They are now within normal, and her insulin dose is less than half of what she needed prior to surgery. WNDU-TV followed Suzzanne into the operating room. View her story by following the related link.  Read More

• Hybrid OR-IU Health Goshen saves money and improves safety.

  04/05/2012 | In the News | IU Health, IU Health Goshen

  Just as Hybrid cars are becoming more popular because they offer more options than traditional autos and can save money, many hospitals are getting on board with hybrid operating rooms. And the reasoning is the same. IU Health Goshen Hospital recently installed a Hybrid Operating/Xray procedure room that is one of only one hundred in the United States, but the number is expected to climb rapidly. Interventional… Read More

• Neenah Woman Gets Multi-Organ Transplant

  01/14/2012 | In the News, Transplant | IU Health

  Neenah, Wis.- Less than 24 hours after Nikki LeFebre of Neenah was notified late Friday afternoon that she was officially on the transplant list for four organs — a stomach, pancreas and small and large intestines — an amazing thing happened. LeFebre and her husband, Ben, were awakened about 3:30 a.m. Saturday by a call from the Indiana University Health Transplant Team that they had organs… Read More

• Ind. Woman Donates Kidney to Her Former Boss

  01/01/2012 | In the News, Transplant | IU Health

  RICHMOND, Ind.— An Indiana woman who donated one of her kidneys to her former boss says she hopes it gives him many healthy years with his family. Richmond residents Susan Preston and Bruce Dodds are both recovering from their Dec. 7 surgeries at the IU Health University Hospital in Indianapolis, where Dodds received one of Preston's kidneys. Three weeks after the surgery, Dodds told the… Read More

• Local Restaurants Become “Healthy Restaurants”

  11/18/2011 | Community Outreach, In the News | IU Health Bloomington

  Bloomington, Ind. - Sixteen local restaurants received the “Healthy Restaurant Bloomington” designation this month as part of a community effort to ensure healthy choices, are easy choices. The participating restaurants were evaluated based on 32 criteria for promoting a healthy environment and lifestyle. The program was initiated by the Active Living Coalition (ALC) of Monroe County, a… Read More

• Savoring the taste of life, without the salt

  10/24/2011 | In the News, Transplant | IU Health

  Most people who make changes in their daily diets — if they're able to make changes at all — do so primarily to look better and feel better. The stakes are much higher for others. For them, the ability to implement a new lifestyle is the crucial difference between the dream of growing old and the distinct possibility of dying young. When Erik Williams learned in November of 2006 that… Read More

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