by Mariah Carnahan | Sep 2, 2020 | Press Release
Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk Sepsis affects 1.7 million people in the U.S. annually, but Americans still know less about this potentially life-threatening illness than they do about rare diseases, such as Ebola and malaria. Sepsis occurs when an overwhelming response...
by Mariah Carnahan | Jan 30, 2020 | Press Release
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and Wound Care One in every eight Americans older than 60 years of age have PAD. In all, PAD affects as many as 12 million people in the United States. Slightly more men than women have the disease. Due to the prevalence of PAD,...
by Mariah Carnahan | Dec 2, 2021 | Services, Weight Loss
Bariatric Weight Loss Is Weight Loss Surgery For Me? Weight loss is a journey, and at DeKalb Regional Medical Center, we are here to help you every step of the way. Steven Isbell, MD, board-certified general surgeon, and Eleanor I. Mathews, MD, perform a variety of...
by Mariah Carnahan | Mar 22, 2021 | Breast Health, Services, Women's Health
Breast Health Can Breast Cancer Risk be Controlled? Scientists and doctors don’t know exactly what causes breast cancer, but they do know certain factors are linked to it. Some of these risk factors can be controlled and others cannot. So, while all women are...
by Mariah Carnahan | Dec 2, 2021 | Cardiology
Cardiac Rehabilitation At DeKalb Regional Medical Center, we’re all heart. The cardiac rehabilitation services at DeKalb Regional Medical Center help people living with heart disease or who are recovering from a cardiac event like a heart attack or bypass surgery...
