The Power to Tell Your Story

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Former 800-pound woman overcomes fall that strands her alone on apartment floor for three weeks with support of hospital staff and weight loss surgery.

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Noah Gochanour, 8, of Michigan, recently started complaining about pain that wouldn’t go away. Beaumont Children’s Hospital doctors evaluated Noah and discovered the reason for his pain and discomfort: Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare cancerous tumor in his shoulder.

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Research finds an association between positive post-radiation therapy biopsy results and subsequent clinical outcomes in men with localized prostate cancer.

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Ken Peters, M.D., presented three papers at the International Neuromodulation Society’s 12th World Congress in Montreal. He and his team have had success in treating bladder issues and pelvic pain through a technique called neuromodulation. His presentations all addressed patient care issues.

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Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak urologists are studying the safety and potential effectiveness of a treatment for male stress urinary incontinence, using a man’s own muscle cells. The goal of the study is to strengthen the muscles controlling urination and control leakage after prostate cancer surgery.

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Brittany Brown has watched her daughter, Amaree, 6, struggle with hundreds of seizures every day for the past six years. Now, a new treatment is providing hope.

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Marv and Rhoda Perlin fell in love as teenagers, graduated from college together, got married, became teachers and raised three sons. After 61-years of marriage, the couple is now in their 80s and still do everything together, including getting their hips replaced.

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A plastic created from cornstarch combined with a volcanic ash compound could help heal broken bones.

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Just after Denis Chubanyuk was born, people in his Russian hometown told his mother to bury him in the backyard. Eventually, a doctor diagnosed him with Apert’s syndrome. It’s a genetic condition where the skull fuses prematurely and prevents the brain from growing. A nonprofit organization connected the family with Beaumont Children’s Hospital. Then, Denis and his mother flew to America for a surgery that changed and saved his life.

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Tony Price, 61, had virtually no lung capacity. His kidneys were shutting down. Sepsis, a potentially life-threatening infection, was setting in. He was dying and would not survive an ambulance ride. A helicopter saved his life. He remained in the hospital for more than three months, but checked out this week and is now home for the holidays.

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Therapy dogs interact with patients, staff and visitors at hospitals to help brighten their day.

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After doctors removed a tumor on his spinal cord, Desmond Davis could not walk. Then, in September 2015, a Lokomat therapy machine gave Desmond more tools to teach his body to walk again. It looks like a high-tech treadmill with a strong harness to provide support and robotic braces to help move the patient’s legs. In the beginning, the machine assisted his legs most of the time. The Lokomat includes a video screen that responds to Desmond’s movements and makes physical therapy feel like play. After working with the Lokomat for more than two months, Desmond can move his legs without much help from the machine.

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“Bariatric surgery helped me know what it is to feel full,” Piccin says. “Before that, my stomach was so stretched out. There was no bottom.”

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Beaumont Health recently launched the first of three technology pilot programs that enable patients to communicate with their physicians and care providers through virtual visits including e-visits, video visits and electronic check-ins.

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New clinic yields improved outcomes for patients encouraged to take active part in their own recovery

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Fetal imaging researchers at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, receive $1.7 National Institutes of Health grant that may lead to treatment for growth restricted babies.

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Could a one-a-day pill be the answer for women with stress urinary incontinence – a condition resulting in leakage with coughing, sneezing and laughing? Urologists at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan are seeking postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence, or SUI, for a research study of a compound that may strengthen pelvic floor muscle and reduce the leakage of urine.

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The 100 ton gantry has arrived in the United States from Belgium. It's a critical piece of the Proton Therapy Center which is under construction in Royal Oak, Michigan.

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Beaumont Children's clinical psychologist, Lori Warner, ph.d., a board-certified behavior analyst, Dr. Warner is also the director of the Ted Lindsay Foundation HOPE Center, and associate professor, Oakland University William Beaumont School, frequently speaks lectures on behavior management, toileting, feeding, autism diagnosis and treatment and parenting.

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It’s the most common reason people go to their doctors – back pain. Eighty percent of adults will experience low back pain some time in their lives. In fact, chronic low back pain affects nearly one-third of the nation’s population. Now a minimally invasive, nerve ablating procedure, recently cleared by the FDA, might give some people with chronic low back pain a new treatment option.

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In less than 24 hours, Beverly Harshaw, 67, of Highland Park, went from hopping on a bus every day to her full-time housekeeping job at the Somerset Collection in Troy, to becoming totally unresponsive, family members said. They rushed her to the Emergency Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak.

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Children are not mini adults. They think and process information very differently. This holds true when talking with them about a cancer diagnosis, whether it’s their own diagnosis or a sibling’s. It is important to consider the child’s age and ability to understand the information presented.

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New Mom's prognosis following rare heart surgery during pregnancy is excellent with daily dilligence

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Unique technology saves life of healthy 54-year-old who nearly dies after contracting aggressive, H1N1, flu strain. A former non-believer, he now promotes regular flu shots as prevention

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When the USPSTF recommended against prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in 2012, researchers began studying what effect this would have on diagnosing and treating prostate cancer.

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently awarded a $2.4 million grant to study a theory that could prevent thousands of C. difficile infections, relapses and deaths all over the world. Beaumont Health has developed a medical animation to help illustrate the research study.

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and other outpatient services available to community via new medical building

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Christine Goldberg, of Garden City, knew she needed to make changes and live healthier. She and her husband often purchased unhealthy, ready-made meals for their family. By her own admission, she “was never a cook” and “not confident” when it came to preparing healthier, homemade meals.

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Courageous, quick action by Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn employees protected others from harm when a man entered the hospital on March 8 and set himself on fire inside an elevator in the first floor lobby.

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Facts and other prevention and heart health tips and information are packed inside “The Heart-Healthy Handbook,” featuring 140-plus essays written by more than 60 Beaumont Health experts and published by Monterrey, California-based publisher, Healthy Learning.

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Prostate HDR brachytherapy typically takes two to three hours. Patients usually go home from the hospital the same day. In contrast to permanent seed, or low-dose-rate brachytherapy, with HDR, no radioactive material is left inside the patient after the procedure. Because the radiation dose is delivered directly inside the prostate, radiation exposure to nearby critical structures, such as the bladder and rectum, is minimized.

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Dr. Lamb and her colleagues developed a quick, simple test for Zika virus so easy to administer, you don’t even need a doctor. It’s a urine test that produces results in under 30 minutes

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Beaumont Research Institute investigators are hopeful that their study involving small molecules in saliva will help identify those at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

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Within just two weeks, 454 women and men from 46 states participated in the study, watching a YouTube video and completing an online survey.

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Researchers believe this is the first study of its kind to reveal the body’s systemic stem cell response to an ACL injury. Osteoarthritis affects more than 30 million adults in the United States. Many cases occur after trauma to a joint. It’s also a leading cause of disability.

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A discovery, described in a recent study by researchers at Beaumont Health, revealed ACL tears send a signal to stem cells throughout our body. This could lead to future breakthroughs to enable stem cells to repair injuries and reduce development of conditions like osteoarthritis.

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Proton therapy is a high-tech alternative to X-ray radiation. It offers greater precision to destroy cancerous cells, sparing adjacent healthy tissue with fewer side effects. Proton therapy uses atomic particles, traveling up to two-thirds the speed of light, to fight cancer. Beaumont’s center is one of just 25 operational proton therapy centers in the U.S.

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A research study to remove cancerous cells in the prostate using Magnetic Resonance Imaging guided technology is entering its final phase at Beaumont.

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Before the Cartiva implant was available, individuals who experienced severe toe pain from arthritis had no options for relieving the pain that would allow them to remain active.

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About two-thirds of U.S. adults will struggle with low back pain during their lifetime. ReActiv8 is a surgically-implanted device that delivers mild electrical stimulation to nerves in key lower back muscles. Unlike other nerve treatments, ReActiv8 does not mask a patient’s pain.

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A lung cancer screening program developed by researchers, “The Beaumont Health Experience” is one of 25 studies being presented by Beaumont radiation oncologists at ASTRO’s 59th Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-27 in San Diego.

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Published mammography guidelines differ on this and similar topics. With 1 in 8 U.S. women developing invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes, knowing when to have this potentially lifesaving screening is critical.

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Infectious disease specialist, Nicholas Gilpin, D.O., has been appointed chief medical officer for Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe.