Nobody is ever ready for a cancer diagnosis, and nobody ever wants to hear one, so when Talia Thornton did a usual check of her body and found some strange lumps on her breast, she immediately started to worry. It couldn’t be a tumor, right? But how would she know? How will she pay for
Tan pronto como te enteres de que estás embarazada, es posible que empieces a pensar en nombres para el bebé, a elegir la decoración de la habitación infantil y a imaginar cómo se verá tu barriga a medida que crezca. Durante esta etapa tan emocionante de la vida, también es importante proteger tu salud y la de tu bebé con una atención prenatal integral. Desde el seguimiento del crecimiento fetal hasta
Having been with HSNT for 10 years now, Karishma Patel is a PA who has seen her share of patients and families in need. But she says that’s what it’s all about – quality healthcare for those who need it the most. “I once had an uninsured pediatric patient I was able to convince into
Healthcare providers are in the business of changing lives. That’s why PAs like HSNT’s Beverly Johnson do what they do, and why she feels that her job is so rewarding. “I performed a colposcopy after a patient had an abnormal Pap smear and precancerous cells history, [before I joined HSNT],” Beverly says. “The biopsy revealed
Not every Physicians Assistant treats just the body. Some treat the mind, as well. HSNT’s Sonia Ochoa Thomas, like other PAs, has practiced in a variety of fields such as pediatrics, internal medicine, and general medicine. But having been with HSNT for 4 years, Sonia feels her biggest impact comes from providing psychiatric care for
Laurie lleva ocho años prestando servicio a la comunidad con HSNT, ¡pero eso no es todo lo que hace! En su tiempo libre le encanta decorar y siempre está buscando formas de aprovechar al máximo su espacio. Laurie siente que realmente marca la diferencia en lo que respecta a sus pacientes que padecen enfermedades infecciosas. “Siempre
Dr. Dean Perkins It’s not uncommon for people to bounce around different careers in their lifetimes. Passions change, priorities change, and sometimes life just makes those decisions for you. For Dr. Dean Perkins, these decisions were ones he made himself, but it’s nonetheless surprising to learn that someone who started college thinking he was going
Como padres y cuidadores, todos queremos ver a nuestros hijos crecer sanos y felices. Es normal tener dudas sobre el desarrollo físico, social y emocional de su hijo o hija a lo largo de la infancia. Sin embargo, si empieza a preocuparle su ritmo de crecimiento o nota alguna diferencia en su desarrollo en comparación con otros niños de su misma
La hepatitis C es una infección hepática causada por el virus de la hepatitis C. Se transmite a través del contacto con la sangre de una persona infectada. Existen muchas formas de transmisión de la hepatitis C. Para muchas personas, se trata de una enfermedad de corta duración; sin embargo, más de la mitad de las personas infectadas padecen una forma crónica y más
Michael Foster Michael Foster is the textbook definition of a native Dentonite. Born and raised here in the county, Michael went to school in Pilot Point, graduated from UNT, got married, built a house in Aubrey, had two daughters, and is now co-owner of an accounting firm. Yet it wasn’t until years later that he