Summer 2008 Vim & Vigor
  Summer 2008 Vim and Vigor  

Featured Southeast Stories in the Summer 2008 issue

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Opening Thoughts by our CEO James Wente

A Journey for the heart: Learn more about Southeast Missouri Hospital's Heart Hospital.

Serious Fun

Patients throw jabs at the virtual boxers on the video monitor, but this use of Wii is more than a video game -- it's recovery.

The Healing Power of HBOT

At Southeast Missouri Hospital's Wound Care Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) is used to treat 15 different diagnoses ranging from diabetic wounds to crush injuries and carbon monoxide posioning.

Get Wired

Topping the list of most popular baby names at Southeast Missouri Hospital in 2007 was Abby and Michael.

Making the Grade

Southeast Missouri Hospital ranks among the top 10 percent in the nation for cardiac surgery.

Assault on the Brain

Five percent of all patients with dementia-like symptoms may be affected by normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition treated by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Brain and Spine Center.

The Bionic Neck

If you have painful degnerative disc disease, the new Prestige Cervical Disc may be the answer.

They're Trucking

When his company offered smoking cessation classes, Billy Mercer was able to quit tobacco and get the wheels rolling on a life-long dream.