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Holiday Sleep Tips for Kids Help Parents Keep the Season Bright
The holidays can pose great challenges for parents who must juggle seasonal excitement and overtired kids. Saint Joseph’s University sleep expert and Professor of Psychology Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D., offers the following suggestions for parents to help kids navigate high spirits and the need for rest. • Make sure that the bedtime hour —…
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Ancient Chinese Malaria Remedy Fights TB
A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively treat malaria, has been found to potentially aid in the treatment of tuberculosis and may slow the evolution of drug resistance. In a promising study led by Robert Abramovitch, a Michigan State University microbiologist and TB expert, the ancient remedy artemisinin stopped the…
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Tired T Cells
In a bid to better understand the gene expression patterns that control T cell activity, researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology mapped genome-wide changes in chromatin accessibility as T cells respond to acute and chronic virus infections. Their findings, published in the Dec. 20, 2016 issue of Immunity, shed light on…
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Nursing Unit Receives Vital Sign Monitors from Volunteer Auxiliary
LUFKIN, TEXAS (December 8, 2016)… The Volunteer Auxiliary at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial recently donated 2 Vital Sign Monitors, each worth more than $2,900, to the K4 Nursing Floor. Volunteer Auxiliary President, Don Newland, along with Volunteer Doris Harkness presented the monitors to members of the K4 nursing team including Deidra Taylor, Jill Loftice, Arceli…
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How To Enjoy The Holidays Despite Chronic Pain
The holidays are a time when everyone is encouraged to be of good cheer. But this joyous time of year is a lot less merry for those suffering from chronic bad backs, migraines, arthritis and other pain-inducing ailments. “Any kind of pain can seriously affect your quality of life,” says Dr. Tom Macek, an anesthesiologist…
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Woodland Heights Now Offering Low Dose CT Lung Cancer Screenings
Woodland Heights Medical Center is now offering low dose CT scan lung cancer screening, the first and only cost-effective test proven to significantly reduce lung cancer deaths. More than 220,000 people in the U.S. alone will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year and nearly 160,000 people will die from the disease – more than…
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Pain Free Blood Glucose Monitoring Device Developed
SPRINGFIELD, MA… Western New England University professors Dr. Ronny Priefer and Dr. Michael Rust have developed a hand-held breathalyzer that allows individuals to painlessly check their blood glucose levels. Instead of using the traditional finger-stick testing, patients blow into a breathalyzer to detect the acetone levels in their breath, which have been linked to high blood…
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Multiple Donations Made by CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Volunteer Auxiliary
LUFKIN, TEXAS (November 15, 2016)… The patients at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin are benefiting from the fundraising efforts of the Memorial Volunteer Auxiliary. Money raised throughout the year in the Memorial Gift Shop and various fundraisers make it possible for the Volunteer Auxiliary to donate equipment to the hospital. L&D Vital Signs Monitor: The…
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Heart Institute of East Texas physicians use world’s smallest heart pump in procedure at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial
Just in time for World Heart Day – celebrated on Thursday, September 29 – a Woodville woman is cherishing the strength of her new heart, thanks to a procedure using the world’s smallest heart pump performed for the first time at CHI St. Luke’s Health Health-Memorial this week. World Heart Day is commemorated annually in…