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Raymond Martyr vividly recalls the first time he walked through the doors of the Conway Interfaith Clinic. “I had a fever blister come up and it just stayed…it just wouldn’t heal.” Nurse practitioner Rhonda Dixon got Raymond right into see a specialist. “When he came in, it was clear to me it wasn’t a fever… View Full Post

Dennis Turney comes into CHI St. Vincent for his regular checkup, with Dr. Nosheen Mian. “He’s a good looking 81-year-old, and he’s very independent. Lives independently. Drives independently,” Mian said. These visits are tough for him. He claims he hadn’t seen a doctor until he was 65, but that all has now changed.

Establishing a rapport with your primary care physician is important. Find out why from CHI St. Vincent’s Randy Hill, MD, in the latest Real Men Wear Gowns.

Mark Twain used to say that a real man was one who could sit at a dinner table across from a mirror and never look at himself. Well Mark Twain never met Freddie Hokams. This is not how Freddie Hokams saw himself. He was not that guy in the doctor’s office. But reality vanquished his… View Full Post