14-year-old Survives Serious Sledding Accident
Sledding accidents land about 20,000 children in the emergency department each year. Researchers found those ages 10 to 14 were more likely to sustain fractures while those 15...
Patient Stories
True patient stories that involve our patients experiences and lives after being involved in one of our many health services at CHI Health.
Three-time Breast Cancer Survivor
Vira Brooks had three sons in high school. And she had newly-diagnosed breast cancer. "I remember hearing the words, ‘You have cancer,'" she said. "Those words set you...
3-D Mammogram Catches Breast Cancer Early
When Carmen Campisi called to schedule her mammogram, she hadn't heard of the new 3-D technology, or tomosynthesis, at CHI Health Lakeside Hospital. A spur-of-the-moment decision to...
Beating Breast Cancer
“I think about it every day” Susan McArdle feels like she dodged a bullet. The 40-year-old mother of two young sons hadn't had an annual physical for...