Tracy Townsend

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Leah Schmidt looks like the proverbial picture of health.  She is a cancer survivor who, in 2021 was training for Pelotonia-- the grassroots fundraiser to end cancer. A few months after the ride, in November, Schmidt, who is an emergency department nurse, suffered a cardiac arrest. "When I woke up in the hospital, the doctors who were taking care of me could not believe that someone who looked like me lying there in the bed had their heart stop on them," she said.

1 month ago | 10tv.com | Tracy Townsend

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Heart Association is recognizing a central Ohioan as the AHA Physician of the Year. OhioHealth vascular neurologist Dr. BJ Hicks works to save the lives of people who have suffered strokes, with a special focus on also helping to ensure rescue therapy and treatment is accessible and quickly available to everyone, no matter where they live. The AHA recognized him for elevating stroke care at OhioHealth and beyond.

1 month ago | 10tv.com | Tracy Townsend

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of central Ohio middle schoolers has earned the kind of extra credit that could be considered a lifetime investment. They are celebrating a milestone usually reserved for medical students, twice their age. The students earned their white coats in an initiative called “Made for Medicine.” The initiative is focused on attracting more African American or Black talent to the medical profession. Dr. Laura Espy-Bell is the founder and president of Made for Medicine.

Sep 28, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Tracy Townsend

ShareCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Central Ohio’s diagnosis is that the region is experiencing a growth spurt. The Ohio Hospital Association reports that the treatment for this is happening in the form of investment in new facilities across central Ohio. There is a bit of competition but also collaboration for the greater good of those who live here now and those who will arrive in the next decade.

Apr 10, 2024 | 10tv.com | Tracy Townsend

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — April is Minority Health Month, which is an annual observance aimed at building awareness about the health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority and Native American populations. State, local lawmakers and health experts are reminding everyone that "Good Health Begins with You." Among them is Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley who said there is a reason the county was first in the state to declare racism as a public health crisis.