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It’s Your Heart

It’s Your Heart By Chris Valentine, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services As she was working in the yard, Linda tried to ignore the dull ache in her shoulders and back. “I must have done something too […]

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Penrose-St. Francis Health Services on what you need to know about vascular disease – LIVING WELL Magazine

Vascular Disease – What you need to know

By Chris Valentine, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services
What if you had the opportunity to sit down with a vascular surgeon, have a cup of coffee and ask him about vascular disease? Would you seize the opportunity? I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Thomas Crepps, Jr., a vascular surgeon at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, and ask him a few questions to find out what all of us should know about vascular disease. […]

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Penrose-St. Francis Health Services talks women's health care – LIVING WELL Magazine

It’s no secret. Women’s health care is different

By Chris Valentine, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
There are conditions that exist only in women, such as pregnancy and menopause; conditions that occur more frequently in women, such as breast cancer and thyroid disease; and conditions that are biologically different in women, such as cardiac disease and osteoporosis. […]