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May 2011
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Knee replacement surgery got
Bill Mattes off the sidelines
page 6
CanCeR answeRs
the Joan Katz Breast
Center helps guide
women through a
cancer diagnosis page 3
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Sleep It Off
Nocturnal downtime is necessary to good health. Are you getting enough?
I
n today’s busy world, adults often
wear minimal sleep like a badge of
honor: “I was up late working on the
presentation,” or, “I woke up at 5 a.m. to
make brownies for the bake sale.”
But sacrificing sleep for items on your
to-do list is a big no-no. Here, we dispel
common myths about sleep health.
Myth It’s OK if I don’t sleep well
during the week. I’ll catch up on
the weekend.
Fact The body can’t “save up” sleep.
It needs a regular sleep cycle every
24-hour period.
“Sleep is a natural process that is
extremely important in order to be at
your best each day,” says Allen Hornell,
M.D., a family medicine physician on the
medical staff at Baylor All Saints Medical
Center at Fort Worth.
Baylor all Saints Medical center at
Fort Worth
1400 Eighth Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104
817-926-2544
Baylor Medical center at Southwest
Fort Worth*
7100 Oakmont Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76132
817-346-5700
*Baylor Southwest is a hospital location of
Baylor All Saints Medical Center.
Marketing/Public Relations Director:
Sunny Drenik
all Saints Imaging center: 817-922-7780
all Saints health Foundation: 817-922-7707
Behavioral health Services: 817-922-1162
carter Rehabilitation & Fitness center:
817-922-1139
Diabetes center: 817-922-1794
Lymphedema center: 817-922-2530
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Myth Everybody needs eight
hours of sleep a night.
Fact There is no magic number of
hours of sleep a person needs. And
sleep needs change throughout life,
Dr. Hornell says.
Find out how much sleep you need by
going to bed and sleeping until you wake
up naturally for several days straight.
Then, take the average number of hours
per night. That’s how much sleep your
body requires daily.
Myth Not getting enough sleep
isn’t really all that bad.
Fact Inadequate sleep leads to poor
work performance, a decrease in
reaction times and an increase in car
crashes. It even has been linked to
obesity, high blood pressure, heart
disease, stroke and diabetes.
Neuroscience Program: 817-922-2385
Pain Management Program: 817-922-PAIN
transplantation Services: 817-922-4650
Volunteer Services: 817-922-2376
Wound Management Program:
817-922-2430
Baylor health care System Mission:
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing,
Baylor Health Care System exists to serve
all people through exemplary health care,
education, research and community service.
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career opportunities and more.
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Myth Snoring is normal.
Fact While it may be common, snoring
is not normal. It may be associated
with a restriction in airflow. Some
cases of snoring are benign. “But it can
be indicative of an underlying sleep
issue called obstructive sleep apnea,”
Dr. Hornell says. “If you have pauses
in breathing during the night, get an
evaluation.” l By Shelley Flannery
Get SOMe ReSt
tired of
Being tired?
If you frequently deal with daytime
sleepiness, you may have a sleep
disorder. Call 1-800-4BayLOR or visit
Baylorhealth.com/allSaintsSleep to
learn more about sleep disorders and
how they are evaluated.
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Medical Centers.
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Better Than Expected
The Joan Katz Breast Center has seen tremendous growth in its first year
A
lot can happen in a year. And
the Joan Katz Breast Center is
proof positive of that. In April, it
celebrated its one-year anniversary, and
what a year it has been.
“It truly has been a wonderful example
of ‘If you build it, they will come,’ ” says
Sherree Bennett, director of the Joan
Katz Breast Center. “We had lots of
dreams for year one, and we’ve been
excited to see them come to fruition—
and then some.”
Expanded Services
As a matter of fact, the Joan Katz Breast
Center is already a misnomer of sorts.
“Breast cancer is the
most diagnosed cancer
in women, but it’s not
the only cancer,” Bennett
says. “That’s why we’ve
expanded to take care of
the whole woman and her
cancer needs.”
In addition to a breast
nurse navigator, the center
now has a pelvic nurse
“Breast cancer
is the most
diagnosed cancer
in women, but
it’s not the only
cancer. That’s
why we’ve
expanded to take
care of the whole
woman and her
cancer needs.”
navigator to guide women with cancers
of the cervix, uterus, ovaries and more.
In its first year, the center also added
a counselor who sees patients and
their families. A breast cancer survivor
herself, she can attend to patients’
specific emotional needs that often go
overlooked when dealing with cancer.
It’s All About Support
The Joan Katz Breast Center provides
no direct medical services. But it pretty
much takes care of everything else.
“Once we hear a patient say, ‘I have
cancer,’ the first and most important
thing we provide is education,”
Bennett says. “We want our patients
to understand what is going on in their
body and what treatments are available.
We take their hand at the point of
diagnosis and guide them all the way
through to the point of survivorship.”
The center helps find physicians,
arranges transportation to doctor visits,
identifies community services to help
with financial needs, offers support
groups and more. “We’ll even accompany
a patient to an appointment if they need a
second set of ears,” Bennett says.
The best part? It’s free. “It really is
a community breast center,” she says.
“You do not have to be a Baylor patient
to benefit. And everything
we do outside the retail
space and testing is free
of charge.” l By Shelley
Flannery
GET GrEaT carE
Do You
Have
cancer?
Find out how you can benefit
from the services at the
Joan Katz Breast Center by
calling 1-800-4BaYLOr or
visiting BaylorHealth.com/
allSaintsBreastcenter.
—Sherree Bennett
Director of the Joan Katz
Breast Center
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The Gift of Life
Organ donation is a true living legacy
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f you had the power to save as many as 50 lives, would you
do it? You can, by becoming an organ donor.
“We think of lifesaving transplants like heart, lung and
liver, but there are also kidney, pancreatic, intestines, tissue
and skin transplants,” says Marlon Levy, M.D., surgical director
of transplantation at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort
Worth. “Across the board, it’s very much a lifesaving act.”
But mystery still surrounds this sensitive topic. Here are five
things you should know about organ donation:
1. It can save a lot of lives.
More than 110,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting
list to receive an organ transplant, according to the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network.
How does a patient get added to the list? It’s individualized,
Dr. Levy says. “There has to be a realistic expectation of
success. And recipients have to be deemed able to take care of
themselves and adhere to medical regimens after transplant.”
2. Everyone can be a donor.
You’re never too young, too old or too sick to be an organ
donor. After your death, doctors will determine whether your
organs are healthy enough to donate. Often, even in the sickest
patients, there are viable organs or tissue that can be donated.
3. There is no risk.
One myth regarding organ donation is that medical personnel
won’t work as hard to save your life if they know you’re an
organ donor. But this is absolutely false, Dr. Levy says.
The medical team involved in your care is completely separate from the transplant team. No one will be notified of your
organ donation status until all lifesaving efforts have failed.
4. There is no cost.
Neither you nor your family has to worry about any costs
associated with organ donation. Also, the surgery will keep the
body intact so that an open-casket funeral is still possible.
5. You have to register.
Become a Donor
Save a Life
Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort
Worth handles liver, kidney, pancreas
and pancreatic islet cell transplants. To
learn more, call 1-800-4BaYLor or visit
BaylorHealth.com/allSaintsTransplant.
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Saying you’d like to be an organ donor in your will is not
enough—it won’t have been read in time. What you need to do
is register online in your home state.
The Texas registry can be accessed
at donatelifetexas.org. l
By Shelley Flannery
Be a healthier you! Visit BaylorHealth.com/AllSaints
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Centralizing
Cardiovascular Research
Virtual center will coordinate efforts across Baylor
B
aylor has already distinguished
itself as a leader in cardiovascular
research across multiple locations.
But moving forward, this research
will be coordinated in a united effort
intended to improve collaboration,
access to funding and visibility. Even
more important, it’s expected to
help Baylor more efficiently translate
research into patient care.
This initiative is a program of
Baylor Research Institute (BRI) and
will create a “virtual” cardiovascular
research center (VCC). Entities already
conducting research, including
THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano,
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart
and Vascular Hospital, and the Soltero
Cardiovascular Research Center at
Baylor University Medical Center at
Dallas, will be part of the new VCC.
“They’ve all done worldclass cardiovascular
research, but what’s
been lacking so far is a
unified approach,” says
Bernard Brigonnet,
vice president and
chief operating officer
of BRI.
According to
Brigonnet, the VCC
will create synergies and
access to joint resources
across Baylor’s research lines,
including BRI’s personalized,
or precision, medicine efforts.
“The advancing field of
personalized medicine is becoming
more important every day in the care
of patients,” says Brigonnet, referring
to treatment that’s tailored to an
individual patient’s genetic, genomic
and clinical information. “Research in
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cardiovascular disease could benefit
from this science, too.”
By uniting the efforts of its various
research teams, Baylor can create a
single entity large enough to become one
of the top research recruitment centers
in the country, Brigonnet says.
The virtual nature of the VCC means
there will be no new physical building.
Each research team will work from
its existing facility but will be united
where appropriate through centralized
leadership, including the already
existing Cardiovascular Research
Coordination Committee.
In addition to enhancing research
capabilities and access to funding,
the VCC is intended to bring research
developments to the patient bedside
faster.
LEARN ABOUT
RESEARCH
Need to Know
To learn more about Baylor’s
cardiovascular care capabilities and
related research studies open for
enrollment, call 1-800-4BAYLOR
or visit BaylorHealth.com/
AdvancingMedicine.
“Physicians and surgeons will have
a much greater chance of sharing their
experience and research with their
colleagues,” says Brigonnet. “The
acceleration of the adoption of new
procedures would be a great innovation
for our patients.” l By Amy Lynn Smith
In addition to
enhancing research
capabilities and
access to funding,
the VCC is intended
to bring research
developments to
the patient bedside faster.
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When You
Can’t Just
Walk It Off
Seek treatment for these
common knee injuries
By Stephanie Thurrott
B
ill Mattes of Dallas walks trade show floors
for work and plays tennis for fun. So he can’t
let knee problems slow him down. Over
the years, that meant therapy and injections
to alleviate pain, as well as five operations on
his knee—an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
reconstruction and four arthroscopies to clean up
damaged cartilage and bone.
Still, by age 50, his knee pain was flaring up
again. He decided it was time to have his knee
replaced, and last October he had the surgery at
Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton. By January,
he was swinging his tennis racket again. “I’m able
to do what I want and need to do with no joint
pain at all,” he says. “Just being able to walk on the
concrete floors of convention centers now—to do
what I do for a living—is so nice.”
Marcus Roux, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon on the
medical staff at Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie,
says sports that require pivoting can lead to knee
injuries. In addition to tennis players, he sees problems
in people who play basketball, soccer and football.
WATCH THE VIDEO
Hear Bill’s Story
To hear more about the surgery and rehabilitation that helped
Bill Mattes get back on his feet and back on the court—pain
free—watch his story at BaylorHealth.com/MyStory.
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Here are some of the most common knee injuries and ailments:
Bone bruises occur when people hyperextend a knee, take a hit
to the knee or suffer trauma from an accident. People with bone
bruises will feel pain along the joint lines and notice swelling. Rest,
ice, elevation and change in your activities can help bone bruises
heal. “Don’t run, don’t cut [side to side], don’t jump,” Dr. Roux says.
Meniscus tears cause pain when pivoting and rising up from a
squat. Sometimes, they’re caused by something as simple as bending
down and standing up, or rolling over in bed, says Eric Stehly, M.D.,
an orthopaedic surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor Regional
Medical Center at Grapevine. “These injuries aren’t always apparent,
and people sometimes fail to seek treatment for weeks or months
because it doesn’t hurt all the time, just during certain activities.”
Meniscus tears can be treated surgically, in a same-day procedure.
With ligament sprains, your
knee will feel unstable, as if you
might misstep. Bracing and activity
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ACL, medial collateral
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MCL and LCL tears may heal
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ACL tears usually require surgical
reconstruction.
Overuse injuries, such as tendinitis, usually heal with rest. Your
doctor can help determine if your injury stems from overuse.
Arthritis is the most common cause of chronic knee pain and
loss of function. Osteoarthritis causes the cartilage cushioning the
knee bones to wear away, forcing the bones to rub together, while
chronic inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis can damage the
cartilage and trigger severe pain and stiffness. Both conditions may
result in the need for joint replacement.
Glenn Wheeless, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon on the medical
staff at Baylor Carrollton, suggests seeking treatment for these
knee warning signs:
● Pain when you try to do a deep knee bend
● A knee that locks or catches, preventing you from bending it
● Sharp pain
Depending on the diagnosis, treatment may include physical
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Joint
Know-How
It’s a Guy Thing
Guys appreciate one-stop shopping. So
if you’re still having trouble persuading
your man to make those doctors’
appointments, why not suggest he go
to It’s a Guy Thing, a men’s health fair,
where he can jump-start his health in just
one morning.
There, he can have his blood pressure
checked, his body mass index calculated
and his glucose and cholesterol tested.
He also can be screened for depression
and more. Informational booths will be
available where he can learn more about
a variety of topics as they relate to men’s
health, such as cardiology, diabetes,
sleep apnea, smoking cessation, sports
medicine and weight management.
The event is free, but registration is
required. Call 1-800-4BAYLOR or go to
BaylorHealth.com/GuyThing to learn
more and to register.
SAVE THE DATE!
It’s a Guy
Thing
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 7:30 a.m. to noon
Location: The atrium at Baylor Medical
Center at Southwest Fort Worth,
7100 Oakmont Blvd.
ROMANIAN STEPS
REAL
Injections didn’t alleviate the pain
PATIENTS.
Wendell Cooke, of Waxahachie,
for long, and when X-rays showed
REAL
travels to Romania on a mission
that Cooke had bone rubbing against
STORIES.
trip every summer. “I have to walk
bone, his doctor recommended total
a good bit, and go up several flights
knee replacement. He underwent the
of stairs. My knee began to swell on me,
surgery last November and now is able to
and for the past two years I’ve had trouble.
walk on the knee. He’s so confident he will be
I’m going back this year, so I knew I needed
able to move around Romania without trouto do something.”
ble, he’s already booked his tickets for July.
Wendell Cooke photo by Mike McLean
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