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Aug 17, 2012 by Sallie Barker
Injured on a Friday night? Dr. Brandon Boyce will take care of you bright and early on Saturday. Beginning Saturday, August 18th, Dr. Boyce will offer a Sports Injury Clinic, catered to student athletes and others with non-emergency injuries. The Sports Injury Clinic will run from 8:30. -11a.m. at Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Surgery, 612 W. Gordon Street in Thomaston. “The Saturday Sports Injury Clinic is for pat...
Tagged: sports injury clinic, sports medicine, high school athletes, orthopedics
Aug 6, 2012 by Sallie Barker
While whooping cough is on the rise in metro Atlanta and U.S., doctors and nurses at Upson Regional Medical Center are taking proactive steps to keep the illness away from newborns. Whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness spread by coughing and sneezing, affects people of all ages, but is most serious in infants. It brings cold-like symptoms, followed by a long, severe cough that can last for weeks or m...
Tagged: whooping cough, pertussis
Aug 1, 2012 by Sallie Barker
Upson Regional Medical Center has announced the addition of a new orthopedic surgeon to its medical staff. A native Georgian, Dr. Brandon Boyce will have offices in Thomaston and Barnesville and will begin seeing patients August 15. “A community and service area our size will definitely benefit from an additional orthopedic surgeon,” said David Castleberry chief executive officer. “Having a new practice and new special...
Tagged: orthopedics, medical college of georgia, wofford college, west virginia university medical school, aspen sports medicine, sports injury
Jul 10, 2012 by Sallie Barker
If you are among the 50 million Americans living with chronic pain, a full and active life may seem like an impossible dream. But don’t give up. If the pain treatment you have tried doesn’t provide relief, Upson’s pain clinic may help. A typical pain clinic patient has limited mobility due to neck or back pain, which may radiate to extremities. Patients often have debilitating numbness or even tingling in their muscles...
Tagged: acupuncture, chronic pain, alternative therapy, pain clinic
Jun 18, 2012 by Sallie Barker
Just a year ago, Larry Ferguson was getting short of breath while doing the simplest of daily activities. Then, his doctor prescribed a little PR. Ferguson said PR changed his life. “I have lost 90 lbs., and no longer take a lot of the medications I used to have to take every day,” he said. “I can walk without difficulty and breathe much better." PR, Pulmonary rehabilitation, also called pulmonary rehab, helps ...
Tagged: pulmonary rehabilitation, copd, cardiology
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