<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>HealthNews: South Texas Healthcare System</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="fall2010/style1.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="masthead"> <img src="fall2010/images/masthead1.gif" width="650" height="28" alt="HealthNews: South Texas Healthcare System"></div> <!-- masthead --> <div id="nav"> <img src="fall2010/images/issue.gif" width="162" height="44" alt="Fall 2010"> <p> <img src="fall2010/images/contents.gif" width="162" height="18" alt="Contents"></p> <a href="fall2010/index.html">Home</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story1.html">Tour the Designated Lead Trauma Center <br/>for Hidalgo County</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story2.html">Weight-Loss Solutions <br/>at McAllen Heart Hospital</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story3.html">Beyond Weight Loss...</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story4.html">Weight-Loss Surgery Reignites Romance</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story5.html">Calendar of Events</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story6.html">Thank You, <br/>Junior Volunteers!</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story7.html">Father Defeats Kidney Disease with His <br/>Son's Help</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story8.html">Pay Attention to the Signs of a Ministroke</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/story9.html">Give the Gift <br/>of Good Health</a> <div class="separator"></div> <a href="fall2010/past.html">Previous Issue</a> <div class="separator"></div> <div class="url"> <a href="http://www.southtexashealthsystem.com" target="_blank"><img src="fall2010/images/url.gif" width="140" height="40" alt="www.southtexashealthsystem.com" border="0"></a></div> </div> <div id="contentarea"> <img src="fall2010/images/masthead2.gif" width="488" height="90" alt="HealthNews: South Texas Healthcare System"> <!-- content --> <div id="topfeatures"> <div id="feature1"> <a href="fall2010/story1.html"><img src="fall2010/images/feature.jpg" width="280" height="181" border="0" alt="McAllen Medical Center"><p><img src="fall2010/images/featurehead.gif" width="280" height="90" border="0" alt="Tour the Designated Lead Trauma Center for Hidalgo County"></a></p> <div class="text">In this issue, you can get a special "tour" of the Emergency Department at McAllen Medical Center, the lead Trauma Center for Hidalgo County. The ED provides high-quality emergency care to tens of thousands of patients every year.<p>The medical staff is ready to respond quickly, 24/7, when patients need immediate trauma surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery or other emergency procedures.</div> </div> <div id="feature2-3"> <div class="text"> <!-- feature 2 --> <img src="fall2010/images/feature2.jpg" width="162" height="53" alt="Paula Kilgore, RN, CBN, Bariatric Director, April Lopez, RN, CBN, Bariatric Coordinator, Stephanie Canales, RD, LD, Bariatric Program Dietitian, Denise Mata, Patient Access Specialist"> <a href="fall2010/story2.html">Weight-Loss Solutions at McAllen Heart Hospital</a> <p>So if you're severely obese and conservative weight-loss strategies aren't working, it may be time for you to consider weight-loss (bariatric) surgery.</p> <!-- feature 3 --> <img src="fall2010/images/feature3.jpg" width="162" height="53" alt="Raul Salinas"> <a href="fall2010/story7.html">Father Defeats Kidney Disease with His Son's Help</a> <p>Raul Salinas, 60, developed kidney disease in his 50s. Salinas' kidney function declined so gradually over an eight-year period that he didn't notice any severe symptoms.</p> </div> </div> <div class="breaker"></div> </div> <div id="bottomfeatures"> <div id="features4-5-6"> <a href="fall2010/story3.html">Beyond Weight Loss...</a> <p>Unlike many people who are morbidly obese, Carlos Solis, 42, didn't struggle with his weight for his entire life -- rather, it was more of a recent event.</p> </div> <div id="sep"></div> <div id="features4-5-6"> <a href="fall2010/story4.html">Weight-Loss Surgery Reignites Romance</a> <p>Nora Admire, 36, was embarrassed and depressed that she weighed 300 pounds. She is a nurse in the intensive care unit and cardiovascular recovery at McAllen Heart Hospital.</p> </div> <div id="sep"></div> <div id="features4-5-6"> <a href="fall2010/story8.html">Pay Attention <br/>to the Signs of a Ministroke</a> <p>If you were warned that a stroke was in your future, you'd act to prevent it, right? 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