Posts by Madison Loethen
Revival of the Fittest
In October, Boone Health Medical Group opened a new clinic in Mexico, Mo. But although new to Boone, the Medical Park clinic has deep roots in Audrain County, with a long history of providing care to patients. Boone Health Medical Park – Mexico was originally founded in 1996 as a multispecialty group with a pulmonologist,…
Read MoreA New Teddy Bear to Love
No parent wants their kid to have to go through surgery. We certainly didn’t, but my husband Kyle and I were faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to have our 11-month-old go through an ear tube procedure. Our little Everly had four somewhat back-to-back ear infections. She would get a cold, get…
Read MoreSupporting Those Who Served
By Madison Loethen Around Veterans Day every year at Boone Hospital Center you will find a beautiful mural where employees share their well wishes and thank-yous to veterans. Those murals were made by Lead Orderly Amber McLelland who is a veteran herself. Amber enlisted in the year 2000 at just 17 years old. Her sister…
Read MoreBoone Health Community Wellness
By Jenny L. Workman, Community Wellness Manager Boone Health Community Wellness is our outreach program which supports health and wellness programs and screenings for mid-Missouri companies, communities in our service area, and Boone Health employees. In the 2000s, Boone Hospital Center established a community outreach program called WELLAWARE that provided community health screenings, health fairs,…
Read MoreScreening for Colorectal Cancer
By Lucy Shaffer, CGRN The age for a colonoscopy screening was previously recommended to happen when you turned 50. After an increase of patients diagnosed with colon cancer in people younger than 50, the recommended age for a screening colonoscopy was lowered to 45. Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths among…
Read MoreHospice Supporting Families
By Madison Loethen Nothing can truly prepare you for the loss of a loved one, but the Cox family will tell you the Boone Health Home Care & Hospice team offered the support they needed during that difficult time. 85-year-old Connie Cox was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma in April 2021 and given a 6-month life…
Read MoreMeet Pearl Lariosa, MBA, BSN RN, CMSRN
I was born and raised in Cebu, Philippines. After receiving my Bachelor’s in Mathematics, I was a research analyst for 2 years. Working with nurses during a research study led to a change of heart – I pursued nursing and graduated in 1988. 2022 will be my 34th year as a nurse. I emigrated to…
Read MoreWhat to Expect After a Concussion
By Hannah Williams, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist at Boone Therapy Your niece collided with an opponent at a soccer game. Your friend was rear-ended on the Business Loop. You fell from a ladder and hit your head. What do the three of you have in common? Probably a concussion! A concussion is a mild traumatic…
Read MoreBreastfeeding a Newborn: What’s Normal?
By Emily Nusbaum, RN, IBCLC, Boone Family Birthplace Breastfeeding is a normal and natural part of delivering a baby. Our bodies produce breastmilk as a result of hormones and continue to produce as our babies nurse. New parents are often surprised to learn that breastfeeding can be confusing or hard – shouldn’t things that are…
Read MoreMaintaining Normalcy Through Cancer
By Madison Loethen 49 -year-old married mother of two Nancy Gillig remembers getting the call that changed her life. She had just undergone a routine mammogram at Boone Health’s Harris Breast Center when an abnormality was found. That led to her getting an ultrasound and then a biopsy. “I got the call, and they told…
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