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At University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, doctors are helping patients find relief from common and complex hand ailments.
“Our hands are the way we interact with the world and often we take them for granted until we have an injury,” says Jonathan Macknin, MD, a board-certified orthopedic hand surgeon at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals. Growing up playing the clarinet in the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony, and as a...
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At Dr. Danielle Shaper’s Finesse Footcare, patients are experiencing dramatic relief from foot pain with radial shockwave therapy
Radial shockwave therapy is one of the advanced treatments podiatrist Dr. Danielle Shaper has helped introduce to the Cleveland area at her Finesse Footcare. It works in sync with the body’s own natural healing processes to encourage tissue regeneration. The science behind the breakthrough modality is this: A handheld wand uses compressed...
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My happiest patients are...
Who are some of my happiest patients? They’re the people who have been told by other providers that the only way to treat their hemorrhoids is with surgery. They’re also the people who were informed they needed to take a month or more off work for recovery from that surgery. That’s right, I said a month. So, why are they so...
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Take this venous health quiz
Venous disease is a common condition affecting more than 30 million Americans. However, many people are not being treated because they haven’t been properly diagnosed or blame their symptoms on something else: “I’m just getting older.” “I was on my feet all day.” “I need to exercise.” “I must be dehydrated.” “It’s no big...
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Common questions about hearing
World Hearing Day is Sunday, March 3. My practice raises awareness and educates people in our community by attending public events, health fairs and senior centers. To reach more people, I thought I’d use this column to answer some common questions: Why are hearing aids so expensive?Before a device comes to market, it must go through years...
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