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Breast Cancer is for the Birds
During October, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin and the Volunteer Auxiliary are spreading the word about early detection and the importance of regular mammograms with some unlikely accomplices…pink flamingos! On Monday morning, these pink birds flocked together in front of the Lufkin hospital, and they are waiting for a new home. Anyone can help show…
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When Your Peaceful Slumber Turns Into A Haunting Nightmare
Your eyes begin to open after a good night of sleep, but something feels weird. You try to rub the tiredness out of your face but can’t lift your arms. In a panic you try to take a deep breath but can’t draw air. You can’t sit up, and you may even see a shadow…
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Research Highlights 7 Essential Ingredients For Health Adolescents
Adolescents need proper nutrition for bone and muscle development, recovery from sports, cognition and strong immune systems. In the August issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists, contributing editor Linda Milo Ohr looked at new research behind seven ingredients that are essential for growing teens and tweens. Protein – Lean…
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Volunteer Auxiliary Donates Nearly $40,000 to Memorial
The Volunteer Auxiliary at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial unanimously voted on Thursday to donate nearly $40,000 in equipment to the hospital. Each quarter of the year, the departments within the hospital have the opportunity to submit requests to the Volunteer Auxiliary for needed equipment. The volunteers use the money they receive through Gift Shop proceeds…
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Health Tip: Protect Your Children With the Right Backpack
Each fall as students return to school it may seem the number of books and notebooks seems to multiply. While parents may fear the mountain of homework each night, they should also be concerned about the damage that an improperly worn backpack is doing to their child’s back. Supriya Sen OTD, MS, OTR/L, Assistant Professor…
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Shades of Fat: Why One Leads To Obesity and Another to Hibernation
Come fall, being a bear starts to look better and better. They load up on fat, sleep the winter away and wake up hungry. There is one key, yet little-explored difference between humans and bears that explains why hibernation doesn’t work for us, and it has nothing to do with too little vacation time for…
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What to Know About Your Gut Health
Your gut health affects more than just how your stomach feels. Recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered links between the state of the gut microbiome and a range of human health issues such as obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, cardiovascular disease, immune system disorders, asthma and even cancer and its treatment. Experts say that understanding the gut…
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Insomnia? Oversleeping? Both May Increase Risk of Stroke
There is growing evidence that sleep disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea are related to stroke risk and recovery from stroke, according to a recent literature review. The review is published in the August 3, 2016, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Based on the review, the authors…
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Tips To Keep Skin Cancer In Check
September is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and it is a great time to look at ways to make sure your skin is still cancer free as the summer slowly ends. Being able to examine one’s own skin is crucial to making sure skin cancer is caught before it progresses very far. One in every…
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Woodland Heights welcomes New Emergency Services Director
Woodland Heights Medical Center is happy to announce that Stephen Bennett, RN, has been named as the new Director of Emergency Services for the hospital. Previously, Bennett, who is a native of East Texas, served as the Trauma Program Coordinator since coming to the facility earlier this year. “I am honored to be part of…