Fall 2005 - Memorial Hospital of South Bend

News Briefs
Lighten Up! Making Fun of Exercise
Clinical Research
2005 Lighten Up! participants
“From the couch to the 5K in
10 weeks.” That’s the goal of
These budding athletes—most
of whom have never run in an
crossing the fi nish line to lifelong
healthy habits.
HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum’s offi cial race before—learned about
For more information about next
Lighten Up! program. This fun strength and conditioning, nutrition
year’s Lighten Up! program, call
and energizing fi tness program and great ways to get moving, like
574-647-2693.
for kids ages 9 to 16 teaches yoga and Jazzercise. At the end
that eating right and exercising
can actually be fun!
of the program, the whole group
successfully ran the Sunburst 5K,
Endometrial Ablation Another Choice in Women’s Health
Heavy periods can be more than
just a nuisance. For the one in fi ve
which, until recently, has been the
only solution for many women.
Following the procedure, most
women experience significantly
women who suffer from them,
lighter periods with less pain. Some
“For premenopausal women
they’re a source of continual stress,
have no periods at all. Recovery is
who are done with child-bearing,
rearranged schedules and even
fast: Three-quarters of Dr. Kirsch’s
ablation is a great alternative
missed work days.
patients are back to performing
to hysterectomies,” said Ilana
their normal activities the next
Endometrial ablation, a procedure Kirsch, M.D., an obstetrician
day, with most of the others back
performed at Memorial, often and gynecologist with Women’s
to their normal activities within
provides the relief many women Reproductive Medicine.
two days.
are looking for. The 10-minute Endometrial ablation is not
procedure is a simple, one-time
and minimally invasive operation
that removes the endometrial
lining of the uterus. It offers an
alternative to a hysterectomy,
recommended for women who
may want to have children in the
future, as the procedure makes
future pregnancies unlikely.
For more information about
endometrial ablation at
Memorial, call The Health
Professionals at 574-647-6800.
Memorial Medical Group recently
opened its new Clinical Research
Department. Under the guidance of
experienced physician investigators
using policies established by the
Food and Drug Administration, the
department recruits adult subjects
for drug trials.
“Pharmaceutical companies call
on us when they need to test new
drugs, or monitor those already on
the market for safety,” said Kimberly
Emmons, R.N., Nurse Manager. “We
can also test for new indications of
medications, when a new use for an
existing medication is discovered, or
to test generic equivalents.”
Memorial Medical Group physicians,
who treat more than 1,000 patients
daily at 12 locations throughout
northern Indiana, now have
access to new compounds and
therapies and can provide increased
opportunities to patients for
cutting-edge treatment. For more
information about clinical research
opportunities, call 574-647-7883
or visit www.qualityoflife.org/
clinicalresearch.
www.qualityoflife.org
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