A Family Of Boone Nurses

By Erin Wegner Growing up, Danielle Major would hear her cousin Grace Westfall talk about how much she wanted to become a nurse, just like her Grandma LeAn Smith. From a very young age, this was what Grace wanted to do, and she never wavered on her desire to become a nurse. Grace’s Grandma, LeAn,…

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Physical Activity At Any Age

Physical Activity At Any Age

By Jenny L. Workman, Community Wellness Manager If you’ve spent the first half of your life as a couch potato, and think it’s too late for exercise to do your body and mind any good, think again! Years of research studies confirm that exercise can lower risk for an early death, even if you wait…

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Tips For Safe Baby-Wearing

Baby Wearing

By Tara Phillips, RN, IBCLC, Boone Family Birthplace Nurse And Lactation Consultant Baby-wearing is not only popular; it’s beneficial for your newborn. But with so many options out there, it can be hard to know which is best for wearing your baby. Before you buy a carrier, check out these tips! Baby-wearing has been proven…

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Cleaning Out Your Medicine Cabinet

Cleaning Out Your Medicine Cabinet

By Jessica Park If your daily prescriptions share space with medicine you stopped taking years ago, it’s time for a clean sweep! A shelf of half-empty pill bottles doesn’t spark joy and could be dangerous. Medicine can expire as its ingredients break down over time, making it less effective. Some expired medicine can even host…

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Lab Tested

Boone Health Lab

By Jessica Park In January 2020, Drew Wilkinson, Director of Boone Health Laboratory Services, Ambulance Services and Emergency Department, had one thing on his mind – bringing Boone lab services to more communities. New outpatient draw sites were scheduled to open in Columbia and work was about to start on a location in Mexico, Mo.…

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Early Detection

Travis Fitzgerald

By Madison Loethen Travis Fitzgerald has always spent a lot of time outdoors. He grew up in Southern California and says sunburns were part of everyday life for him as a kid. Now he is a married father of 3 and his family loves to spend time together outside. Getting checked for skin cancer was…

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Getting His Voice Back

Speech Therapy

By Erin Wegner After Gary Cannaday was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years ago, his voice became raspy and quiet. He noticed people had a hard time understanding what he was saying. He was also noticing new difficulty organizing his thoughts and maintaining conversations with friends and family. One of thescarier things he began to…

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A Premature Blessing

NICU

By Hannah Robertson The greatest blessings in life arrive when we least expect them. That was the case for theMoore family, whose latest addition arrived almost 8 weeks before her December 19 due date. Carlene Moore was taking a shower after a day of Halloween-related activities on October 24 when she first started feeling contractions.…

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Angie and her Boone Angels

Angie Lewis

By Madison Loethen Boone Health Pulmonary Clinic Patient Service Representative Angie Lewis was doing one of her favorite things in the world – spending time with her family – when she became concerned that one of her family members was becoming ill. “I was worried about him, so I took him to Boone Convenient Care…

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A Matter Of The Heart

By Hannah Robertson One day in March 2021, Rickey Harvey was attending a Heart Health Check his wife, Susie, had signed him up for. He had no symptoms but was prompted to attend the Heart Health Check given his family health history. He has relatives who have Factor V Leiden, a genetic blood-clotting disorder due…

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