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	Physicians reflect on 25 years at Northern Nevada Medical Center

	How does an epidural help back or neck pain?

	Good workstation positions help prevent back pain

	Developing a strong core: Low back pain can be prevented

	Spring 2008 Calendar of events

	Health fairs take wellness programs to the community

	Tanning beds: Are they ever safe?

	Help manage stress with good nutrition

	Letter from the CEO

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Photo of (l-r, bottom row) Richard Edmiston, MD, radiologist; William Ford, MD, orthopedic surgeon; (l-r, top row) Louis Delionback, MD, family practitioner and J. Andrew Cameron, MD, emergency physician

Physicians reflect on 25 years at Northern Nevada Medical Center

When Northern Nevada Medical Center opened 25 years ago, the landscape of Sparks and Reno was vastly different. The medical profession also has been considerably redesigned. Several of the first doctors on Northern Nevada Medical Center's medical staff recently commented on the most significant shifts in the practice of medicine since 1983.

"The advent of new imaging, CT scanning, MRI and ultrasound" has been the most transformative change in healthcare in the past 25 years, according to radiologist Dr. Richard Edmiston, who joined Northern Nevada Medical Center's reading radiologist staff within the hospital's first week of operations in January 1983.

Good workstation positions help prevent back pain

To best arrange your computer workstation, it’s helpful to understand the concept of neutral body positioning.

Health fairs take wellness programs
to the community

It is 7 on a brisk January morning and medical technologist Suzanne Norris notes a few dozen people waiting in line for the community health fair to open in a few minutes.

How does an epidural help back or neck pain?

The patient who asked me this started having back pain after shoveling snow to clear his walkway and driveway. His back pain radiated down his right leg.

Developing a strong core: Low back pain can be prevented

Low back pain is an extremely common problem. By age 60, it is estimated that 80 percent of the population has experienced low back pain at some time in their life.

Tanning beds: Are they ever safe?

For those of us in the northern climates, heading into spring and its skin-exposing clothing can be a frightening prospect. To tan or not to tan is the question.

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