New neonatologist Karin Plummer Potoka, MD, FAAP loves caring for the tiniest patients in the Mahoning Valley area. Although she treats infants for a variety of conditions and birth defects, she has a passion for finding new and better ways to diagnose and treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, a serious complication associated with chronic lung disease […]
Team Approach Offers Hope for High-Risk Moms
Hopeless is defined as a feeling or causing despair about something. After multiple complications and miscarriages, Marchelle Simms and her husband, Greg, knew the feeling all too well. It wasn’t until a chance visit from a high-risk specialist that Marchelle realized there was hope for moms like her. “My husband was in the Marine Corps […]
Poland girl shares “Pilot for a Day” experience with Air Force veteran grandfather
You can’t blame Celina Dennis for having a hard time pinpointing the best part of her “Pilot for a Day” experience at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station this week. Since June 2000, the Pilot for a Day program has given more than 60 children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses an opportunity to meet Reservists and receive a VIP, behind-the-scenes air base experience.
Up to 80 percent of premature births can be prevented (VIDEO)
In this video, Dr. Stephen Crane, chairman of maternal-fetal medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital, discusses the complications related to early arrivals, and what expectant parents can do to help ensure their pregnancy goes full term.
