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“Life is a gift.” We’ve said it so often that, for some of us, the thought has lost a little bit of its meaning. But in the hospital, where we daily confront the loss of life, there are some moments that serve as compelling reminder of what the gift of life truly means. So it […]
More than 40 million Americans suffer from varicose veins. For some, varicose veins are a cosmetic nuisance, but for others, they can be quite painful, and could be an indication of other circulatory issues. But what are varicose veins, and how can we really deal with them? Here to shed some light on this vascular […]
Numbers rule our lives. You check the temperature outside, click on digits on the remote to get to your favorite news station, check your speedometer as you drive. And, for many of us, you get on the scale to see how much you weigh. Briana’s Story: “I felt like I was always the one on the […]
June is National Cataract Awareness Month. According to the World Health Organization, cataracts cause 51 percent of world blindness. In my experience, this is definitely true. Fortunately, cataracts are treatable, and in the United States, cataracts only accounts for about 5 percent of blindness. This is mostly due to the wide availability of surgical treatment. […]
On the face of it, there wasn’t anything specific about Eileen Rooney Hausermann’s life growing up in Vermont that might have indicated she would one day be an organ donor. She grew up in Essex Junction, in a large, healthy family, with no hospital experiences as a child and young woman. And yet there were small […]
As Anthony celebrates the anniversary of his kidney transplantation, we sit in our office reflecting on our journey together. It was exactly a year ago when he was called in the middle of the night for a kidney transplantation. His wait was finally over. “One of the luckiest people” Anthony considers himself to be one […]
Dr. Marios Prikis, medical director of transplant at the UVM Medical Center and Rich Padula, manager of transplant services at the UVM Medical Center discuss the many ways in which lives are saved by organ donation and what they do to make the process as easy as possible for those on the waiting list. Listen […]
More than 80,000 people go to the emergency room each year due to lawn mower injuries. The numbers rise each year. This is troubling and alarming. Young children are at the greatest risk for devastating injuries, reconstructive surgery, permanent disfigurement and disability, or even amputation of a body part. Play an active role in preventing […]
I made the decision to be an organ donor by donating a kidney to my sister as soon as I received the news her kidneys were failing. I think for some people the question to donate is this easy: There simply is no question. My sister was facing a lifetime of dialysis or worse – […]
Four years ago at the age of 46, I “crash landed” into kidney disease. A visit to the doctor for what seemed like flu symptoms led me to the hospital and a diagnosis of Goodpasture’s Syndrome (a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the lungs and kidneys). It was the beginning of a long, tiring, […]
