November 15, 2011

Specialized Surgery Gives Angela the Gift of Motherhood After Cervical Cancer

Specialized Surgery Gives Angela the Gift of Motherhood After Cervical Cancer

After four years of marriage, Angela and her husband decided they were ready to start a family. During an appointment with her Ob/Gyn, however, Angela discovered she had an abnormal pap smear test. Further tests confirmed her fears that she would have to put off getting pregnant due to cervical cancer.

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October 05, 2011

One Family’s Battle With Breast Cancer: The Genetic Link

One Family’s Battle With Breast Cancer: The Genetic Link

Michelle was 38 years old when she went for a mammogram after her sister, Barbara, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Michelle soon learned that she had cancer and the two sisters fought their battle together, side by side, through surgery and chemotherapy. The rest of their family decided to pursue genetic testing for cancer, which showed the women carry a gene mutation for breast cancer. The disease, which had been passed on through generations of women in their family, has devastated them, but has not broken them.

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September 19, 2011

The Kind of Nurse Everyone Needs by Their Side

The Kind of Nurse Everyone Needs by Their Side

My husband was a patient at Cooper. He had so many issues with his health that, once doctors were able to control one problem, another one would appear. He was in the ICU for ten days at the time of his passing. I was so upset that I was hardly functioning.

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September 05, 2011

Jerri’s Story: The Doctor’s Visit That Saved Her Life

Jerri’s Story: The Doctor’s Visit That Saved Her Life

When Jerri arrived at her doctor's office with what she thought was the flu, she never would have imagined that she was suffering from a life threatening tear in her aorta. In just a few short hours, she went from her cardiologist's office to open heart surgery at Cooper.

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August 11, 2011

Chance Encounter Saves Young Man’s Life

Chance Encounter Saves Young Man’s Life

For 20-year-old Matthew Kiseliewski it’s was just another day on the job at Cooper University Hospital. Little did he know a chance encounter with Cooper University Hospital Neurosurgeon, Dr. Allen Turtz would save his life.

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