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Unlocking the secrets to sound sleep: understanding and managing sleep apnea

Posted by Sarah Tyre on 1/8/24 8:57 AM

A good night's sleep is one of the most crucial factors for a long, healthy life. An inability to get a restful slumber can sometimes lead to dangerous health complications. Approximately 30 million American adults have sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which your breathing can repeatedly start and stop, inhibiting one’s ability to get a good night’s rest.

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Hello Healthy Podcast | Why is lung cancer on the rise among women?

Posted by Dignity Health Medical Group Staff on 11/28/23 2:20 PM

For Dignity Health's Hello Healthy podcast, Eric Peck, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon with Dignity Health Medical Group — Bakersfield discusses recent research that explains a rise of lung cancer in women under 50 years of age and the surgical treatment options available for lung cancer patients. Read the interview transcript below.

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Exposing lung cancer’s silent threat

Posted by Dignity Health Medical Group Staff on 11/27/23 10:44 AM

Lung cancer claims more lives than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Historically, lung cancer has been more common in older adults and diagnosed at an advanced stage. Younger women, however, are getting lung cancer at higher rates than men younger than 50, according to a report published in JAMA Oncology.

Costanzo DiPerna, MD a thoracic surgeon with Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group, shares insight and resources to help people understand risks, prevention, treatment options and the dangerous long-term effects of using modern “e-cigarettes.”

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Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group ENTs Perform 50th Inspire Procedure

Posted by Dignity Health Medical Group Staff on 7/11/23 4:57 PM

We’re pleased to share that our Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group Otolaryngologists, also known as Ear Nose and Throat specialists (ENTs), performed their 50th Inspire procedure. Congratulations to Scott McCusker, MD; Deanne Nyland, MD; Shoab Siddique, MD and Mike Desy, OR technician on achieving this milestone.

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Dignity Health Medical Group — Bakersfield physician provides minimally-invasive open heart surgery alternative

Posted by Sarah Tyre on 4/26/23 1:17 PM

When Kern County resident, Kimberly Marchant first found out she had a blood clot in her heart that needed to be removed, her first thought was “I don’t know how I’m going to do this.” Kimberly was thinking about how she would manage the recovery from open-heart surgery, the proposed treatment for her condition.

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