Lakewood Hospital Honored with Partner for Change & Making Medicine Mercury Free Awards

The Cleveland Clinic, for the fourth straight year, has been awarded the most prestigious environmental achievement award presented by Practice Greenhealth.

Lakewood Artists Win Big at Cleveland Clinic Contest

The students' work won a combined $600 in scholarship money.

Two Lakewood High School students were recognized at the  Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital's fifth-annual high school art contest this month. Artists from five local schools participated in the event, which strives to educate the students and their peers about risk factors that can lead to the development of cancer. This year’s theme was Anti-Tobacco, and students were charged with learning about lung cancer and tobacco use, and then translating what they learned into a work of art that would educate the general public about the hazards of smoking.   Top Prizes: Honorable mention prizes of $50 each were awarded to:   The winning posters will be on display at local high schools, libraries, and hospitals in the months to …

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Lakewood Nurse Named to Board of Directors

Mary McLaughlin Davis will serve on the board for The Case Management Society of America.

5 Holistic Tips to Cope with Holiday Blues

Dealing with stress or feelings of loneliness this holiday season? The Cleveland Clinic's wellness coordinator gives simple ways to beat the holiday blues.

“Fitness, nutrition, mind, body and spirit are all connected,” said Hillcrest Employee Wellness Coordinator and RN, Rose Hosler. She suggests five, low- to no-cost ways that improve overall well-being and keep stress levels in check. 1. Take Time to Breathe: Sit quietly for one minute, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. You could do this while driving to and from work, before sitting down to eat, or at bedtime. The Benefit: Research shows taking deep breaths four times a day improves cognitive function by 20 percent. “Just step back. When you pause to take a deep breath, it calms your mind and body,” said Hosler. For emotional and physical benefits, she suggests breathing deep four times a day. 2. Use Aromatherapy: …

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Men Can Get Breast Cancer Too, Say Cleveland Clinic, UH Specialists

Men are particularly at risk if the breast cancer gene (BRCA2) runs in their family.

The focus of Breast Cancer Awareness efforts are focused on women -- the ribbons are pink, after all. But men can get breast cancer too. Patch sat down with a few local experts about male breast cancer:    Patch: Why is it important to talk about male breast cancer? Dr. Lee: It's important because men don't think they can get breast cancer. They don't think they can receive a mammogram screening. The discussion should be focused on breaking the myths and informing people on what is fact versus fiction. Men will say to me “men can't get breast cancer.” So they tend to show up late, when the lump has been there for several months, which is usually stage 2 or later. And that means that it has already spread to the lymph nodes because they …

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Lakewood Senior Health Campus' Makeover Wraps Up

The remodeled space nows house equipment for the treatment of outpatient dialysis, offers a waiting room and treatment rooms, as well as office space, according to the proposal to the city earlier this year.

The renovation of the Lakewood Senior Health Campus is finished. In its effort to “modernize” the structure at the corner of Detroit Avenue and Bunts Road, the health campus planned — and executed — a major facelift to the property. The remodeled space will now house equipment for the treatment of outpatient dialysis, offers a waiting room and treatment rooms, as well as office space, according to the proposal to the city earlier this year. The idea was to update the facility to partner with the Cleveland Clinic to provide a 13-unit dialysis system on the site, said John O’Neill, the manager and owner of the 150-bed nursing home, earlier this year. “Because of the arrangement with the Clinic, the patients will often be residents of the …

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Mother Makes Trip From Maryland to Lakewood to Deliver Baby

Berry's connection to Lakewood Hospital brings her back home for child's water birth.

Motherhood knows no obstacle. Nothing stands in the way of doing what you feel is best for your child, even if it means enduring months of 5½-hour drives because you want your baby to receive the best care possible. When native Clevelander Tajuana Berry discovered she was pregnant with her second child just three months after her family moved to Gaithersburg, Md., last June, she knew her baby would find its way into the world at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lakewood Hospital. Berry’s first child, McKenna, was born there in September 2010, and the hospital and its staff left such a profound impression on her that she couldn’t imagine her new baby being born anywhere else. She and her husband, Wayne, came all the way from Maryland for her first …

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Lakewood Nursing Home Partnering With Cleveland Clinic for Major Facelift

A 13-unit dialysis system planned, along with renovations at the Lakewood Senior Health Campus.

The Lakewood Senior Health Campus is planning a major facelift to its property. Plans were presented to the city last week that would “modernize” the property at the corner of Detroit Avenue and Bunts Road. There are also plans to partner with the Cleveland Clinic for a 13-unit dialysis system on the site, said John O’Neill, the manager and owner of the 150-bed nursing home. “Because of the arrangement with the Clinic, the patients will often be residents of the nursing home,” he said. “The Cleveland Clinic doesn’t have any facilities like this.” The remodeled space will house equipment for the treatment of outpatient dialysis, a waiting room, treatment rooms and office space, according to the proposal. Also, the proposal for the makeover …

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New Leadership Announced at Lakewood Hospital

Janice Murphy, who had been president of both Lakewood and Fairview hospitals, will keep post at Fairview.

Lakewood Hospital is getting a new president. Robert Weil — who is currently the senior vice president of surgical operations at Lakewood Hospital — is set to take over the post Jan. 1, 2012. Cleveland Clinic officials announced the change on Monday. Janice Murphy, who serves as president of both Fairview and Lakewood hospitals, will retain her post as the president of Fairview Hospital. Weil, a neurosurgeon who specializes in neurosurgical oncology, will continue to see patients, perform surgeries, conduct research, and remain active in teaching medical and graduate students as well as residents and fellows in training, according to a press release. Weil, who joined Cleveland Clinic in 2004, is director of the Pituitary & Neuro-endocrine …

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Dr. Bernadine Healy Loop, Who Led National Institutes of Health, American Red Cross and More, Died Saturday at 67

The Gates Mills resident and wife of former Cleveland Clinic CEO Floyd D. Loop wrote a book about her journey with brain cancer.

Dr. Bernadine Healy Loop, the first woman to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health and past president of the American Red Cross, died Saturday, Aug. 6, at age 67. The Gates Mills resident wrote a memoir about her experience with brain cancer titled The Living Time: Faith and Facts to Transform Your Cancer Journey in 2007. She was named Cleveland Clinic head of research in 1985, NIH director in 1991, Ohio State University college of medicine dean in 1995, American Heart Association president in 1998 and Red Cross CEO in 1999. In 1994, she ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, losing in the primary to Mike DeWine. Healy, who had been a science and technology adviser to President Ronald Reagan…

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