Health information for you and your family
Health information for you and your family
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 VOLUME 6 ISSUE 3  
Blue Ribbon Panel Issues Its Report on the Future of California Pacific's St. Luke's Campus
http://www.cpmc.org/about/e-health/2008/q3-bluerib...

After months of public discussion, the Blue Ribbon Panel has submitted its recommendations to the California Pacific Board of Directors on how the medical center can best share responsibility for the health care needs of the San Francisco South of Market neighborhoods. Read full article.
  
Back Pain Shouldn’t Change Your Life
http://www.cpmc.org/about/e-health/2008/q3-backpai...

Back pain is one of the most common medical conditions affecting nearly everyone at some point in their life. Most back pain lasts only a few days, but chronic back pain may indicate something more serious then a strained muscle. Vera Burns had been experiencing severe chronic back pain for over a year. Spinal stenosis had pinched her sciatic nerves, limiting her normal activities. Spinal stenosis is a degenerative disorder resulting from the normal wear and tear on a person’s spine. Read full article.
  
August 13, 2008
California Pacific’s Paired Kidney Donation Program Busiest in U.S.
http://www.cpmc.org/about/e-health/2008/q3-pairedd...

The availability of kidney donors who can support the increasing transplant demand has frustrated the transplant community for decades. To address the organ donor shortage, California Pacific Medical Center implemented a Paired Kidney Donation (“swap”) Program in 2007. Since then, the Medical Center has rapidly become perhaps the busiest single center paired donation program in the country, says Steven Katznelson, M.D., medical director of Califoirnia Pacific’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program. Read full article.
  
Reconstructive Surgery: Transforming a Life
http://www.cpmc.org/about/e-health/2008/q3-amybuel...

Amy Buell was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, birth defects that occur when the right and left sides of the lip and the roof of the mouth fail to grow together as the baby develops inside the womb. Besides being unsightly, these defects can cause significant problems with a child’s feeding, teeth, speech and psychological development. But thanks to the efforts of St. Luke’s Chief of Plastic Surgery George Wu, M.D. and a team of other skilled medical professionals, Buell’s future is bright. Read full article.
  
Center for Patient and Community Education
Learning About Your Health
http://www.cpmc.org/learning/

California Pacific's Center for Patient and Community Education is an on-going program helping to expand and improve education for our patients and their families. Search our list of learning resources.
 
Classes You Don't Want to Miss...
Check our calendar of events for a complete listing
www.cpmc.org/events/calevents.cfm

  • Aortic Aneurysms: Prevention and Treatment Tue–Aug 14
  • Treatment Options for Back Pain and Spinal Disorders Sat–Sep 13
  • Hepatitis C Medication Injection Tutorial Every 4th Friday Next meeting: Fri-Aug 22
  • Mini Medical School on Women's Health Call the information and registration hotline 415-600-0504

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    CONTENTS
    Blue Ribbon Panel Issues Its Report on the Future of California Pacific's St. Luke's Campus
    Back Pain Shouldn’t Change Your Life
    California Pacific’s Paired Kidney Donation Program Busiest in U.S.
    Reconstructive Surgery: Transforming a Life
    Center for Patient and Community Education
    Classes You Don't Want to Miss...
    Community Health Resource Center
    The Health & Healing Center
    The Woodywoof Project
    Giving and Volunteering
    Summer HealthyKids Newsletter

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