Do you have expired or partially used prescription medications in your medicine chest, in the back of your kitchen cabinet or stashed in a drawer? Many people keep old pills for years with the best intentions. We want to get rid of them, but often don’t know how to dispose of them properly. We’re concerned […]
In years past, your grandfather may have written off his shortness of breath to old age. Even people diagnosed early in life with heart conditions often didn’t link their decreased energy or their dizziness decades later to their heart conditions. Today, primary care physicians and cardiologists are tuned into subtle changes that may signal heart […]
Science and history intersected during Patient Blood Management: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC’s) sixth Patient Blood Management (PBM) Symposium. Approximately 350 people – PBM advocates from across the Southwest, physicians, nurses, college students and more – gathered for the most recent PBM Symposium at Yavapai College Performing Arts Center in Prescott. […]
Colorful fruits and vegetables, like vibrant, fresh herbs, juicy, red tomatoes and bright orange carrots are packed with a variety of compounds called phytochemicals. These help to keep us healthy every day. However, for preventing and reversing disease, plants that are deep red, purple, blue or even black (which is often very dark purple), are […]
John Spitalieri, D.O., believes in “repairing before replacing.” His parents – his mother a music teacher and his father a math/science teacher – impressed this value on him while growing up in New Jersey. “Whether we were fixing the car or repairing the lawnmower, it was my job and my brother’s job to help our […]
How do you describe the appeal of the Prescott area to someone who has never been here before? Superlatives such as cleanest, friendliest and most active come to mind. You’d want to describe the beautiful setting and the variety of cultural and recreational opportunities. Now, add the task of sharing an inside view of what […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) introduced two additional 3D Tomosynthesis mammography units to their imaging sites earlier this year, bringing the total to three in the YRMC network. The evidence is clear that Tomosynthesis – 3D mammography – is a more precise screening for breast cancer for certain women. According to YRMC BreastCare Center Imaging […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is pleased to welcome two new physicians to YRMC PhysicianCare. Marc H. Brickman, D.O., FACP Marc H. Brickman, D.O., FACP – who specializes in Internal Medicine – has joined YRMC’s Internal Medicine team in Prescott. Dr. Brickman is a graduate of the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. […]
