Franciscan Health Doc Pod

Talking to a person who has lost a loved one to suicide presents challenges beyond the discomfort we commonly feel in the presence of grief. Franciscan Health offers helpful tips to help you navigate conversations with suicide loss survivors in a kind, thoughtful, and responsible way.

Don’t wait for the “perfect moment” to ask about suicide; that moment will never come. Ask anyway. Because suicide is too important to keep secret. Franciscan Health QPR and mental health first aid instructor Tina Hoffman shares how to start the conversation about suicide.

What is the criteria for weight loss surgery; what is the recovery immediately after surgery and then the months following.

Dr. Betsy Rosiek leads a a discussion on mood disorders, including how they are diagnosed and treated.

Dr. Timothy Snyder leads a discussion on antibiotics, and the tips and safety practices parents should use when giving to children.

Dr. Jaime Ranieri leads a in depth discussion on breast surgery.

Signs of heart disease or sneaky/silent symptoms of heart disease.  The goal of this segment to remind the audiences of signs and symptoms of heart disease, both the ones they know and the ones they may not thinking about – the silent or sneaky ones, such as extreme tiredness or nausea, pain/swelling, stress and anxiety, etc.

Sensory and motor development is the gradual process by which a child mentally grows, and gains use and coordination of the large muscles of the legs, trunk, and arms, and the smaller muscles of the hands. A baby begins to experience new awareness through sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing.

You do not have to live with pain or leakage during pregnancy.  Therapy can help with issues that occur during pregnancy, low back pain, pelvic pain, incontinence, education on positioning and reducing tearing and prolapse during labor.  Therapy after pregnancy is important to address continued problems with pain, incontinence, c-section scars, return to sex if painful, diastasis rectus, or prolapse.

The most popular goal for patients after having a stroke or a spinal cord injury is to return to walking as quickly as possible. While many interventions, both new and old, all work towards this goal, the newest research shows that High Intensity Gait Training may be the more efficient intervention for returning to walking.