Kaylee and Jesse Barr never thought having a baby would be such a challenge.
Since May 2017, the young couple started trying to have a family. Kaylee would conceive right away, but there would be a...
Farm injuries and death truly hit home with Mary Beth Voights, NP, Trauma program manager. Her grandfather drowned in a creek after a branch knocked him from a mower and her father survived a 65-foot ...
Sometimes patients need more than just the best medical care while they are being treated by Carle doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers. That is where the Spiritual Care team at Carle Health...
The pandemic has been difficult. Loss of routines, social isolation, uncertainty about the future… these topics are being discussed all over social media, broadcast on radio and television and ...
Listening to your body is the most important way to maintain your health, and it’s important to know when your body is changing.
For Will Hodge, a freshmen computer engineering student at the...
The Haile family celebrated Olivia’s birthday in August at a memorial garden created outside their Bloomington home. She would be 3 years old this year, had it not been for an umbilical cord inc...
According to popular folklore, the brighter the leaf colors in fall, the colder and snowier will be the winter. We enjoyed a vibrantly colored kaleidoscope of fall foliage and now as we welcome the wi...
When you talk about the effect music has on healing the spirit or bringing a sense of normalcy to life, just ask Audrey Vallance, a professional vocalist asked to organize the Creative Arts Music Prog...
Improving the work-flow for Medicare wellness visits.
Developing human resources guides for new team members.
These are just two examples of the work of Carle Health team members who were honore...
Cardiac events often differ in severity. The ability to identify these differences can help you take steps to prevent these cardiac events and best care for your heart after it happens.
Two heart c...
Snow had fallen and temperatures dropped on a recent Tuesday night outside Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Inside, weary team members were leaving for the day as nurses arrived for their 7 ...
The winter temperatures and limited access to sunlight causes concerns for anyone without a built-in community. This is especially important to consider for older community members when many seniors f...
“Don’t worry, it surprised me too!” confides Matt Jones, patient and part-time volunteer CPR instructor for Carle BroMenn Medical Center. “Until that day, when I closed m...
The path to living the healthiest lifestyle takes a different form for everyone. For some Carle Health patients, bariatric surgery is the best option for helping them live healthier lives. This treatm...
You can enjoy the Fourth of July weekend without spending time in a Carle Health Emergency Department, Convenient Care, Express Care or in discomfort at home.
It’s all about having fun while ...
Vision can be a very important part of the learning process. Scheduling an annual eye exam to determine the overall visual efficiency and health of a child’s eyes ahead of the new school year wi...
With school officially in full swing for many Illinois families, the seasonal shift and significant changes in a student’s schedule, routine and lifestyle can be a major adjustment.
Experts a...
Dessireé Zerpa Catanho and Sergio Diaz know loss.
Stillborn at 26 weeks of gestation, their daughter, Abby Diaz Zerpa, had a heart defect and a condition that was too severe for her little body to ...
For many, the holiday season can bring with it joy and cheer. However, as the winter months set in and the changes in weather and sunlight extend on, some people experience changes in mood and behavio...
When volunteer Jean Huddleston stepped off the elevator at Carle Foundation Hospital with her two sidekicks, a man waiting on the Labor and Delivery floor looked up with a big smile and said, “Y...
The likelihood of dying from lung cancer in men is more than prostate and colon cancer combined. In women, lung cancer deaths are more likely than breast and colon cancers combined.
The number of c...
Ed Crawley is not one to back down from a challenge. He started long-distance running at age 40, he built his daughter’s house with his own hands and he is the first patient at Carle Cancer Inst...
‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions as Carle Richland Memorial Hospital (CRMH) reaffirms its mission to deliver high-quality, accessible healthcare. But how we deliver care evolves ...
On a seemingly normal day during one of their many conversations, Carle patient Terry Harris’ wife Lisa asked an innocent question, “What’s that on the bottom of your shoe?”
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For some children and youth, mental health is a greater concern during summer. Others are at greater risk during fall and winter.
“Everyone is different,” Ashley Cosby, ATR, LCPC, thera...