Category: Top Stories

  • 4 Simple Tips for Blending a Better-For-You Smoothie

    4 Simple Tips for Blending a Better-For-You Smoothie

    There’s no better time than a new year to embrace healthy habits. And it’s easier to embrace a “new me” mentality by fueling your body with the goodness it needs now. You can incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your daily regimen with one simple snack hack: smoothies! Smoothies are convenient, fast and easy to…

  • Extraordinary Nurse Recognized at Woodland Heights

    Extraordinary Nurse Recognized at Woodland Heights

      Lufkin Texas  – Nurses at Woodland Heights Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Award recipient for the second quarter of 2018 is…

  • Woodland Heights Adopts Improved Communication Process

    Woodland Heights Adopts Improved Communication Process

      Lufkin Texas  – Woodland Heights has recently adopted a communication platform that connects clinicians across healthcare entities in real-time. Built on mobile technology, the system helps providers minimize miscommunication and delays in emergency care. Approximately 80% of medical errors are because of miscommunication during transitions of care between clinicians. “With this new system, the…

  • Woodland Heights Recognizes National CPR and AED Awareness Week

    Woodland Heights Recognizes National CPR and AED Awareness Week

    Lufkin Texas (June 1-7, 2018) – In 2007, the American Heart Association along with the American Red Cross and the National Safety Council worked collaboratively to designate a National CPR and AED Awareness Week federally and passed a resolution to set aside June 1-7 each year as National CPR and AED Awareness Week to spotlight…

  • Woodland Heights Offers World’s Smallest Pacemaker

    Woodland Heights Offers World’s Smallest Pacemaker

    Lufkin Texas (April 12, 2018) – The world’s smallest pacemaker (for patients with bradycardia) was implanted today at Woodland Heights Medical Center. Dr. Vivek Mangla and Dr. Subramanya Venkata recently inserted the new type of heart device that provides patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker. Bradycardia…

  • Woodland Heights Offering Alternative Option for Atrial Fibrillation Patients

    Woodland Heights Offering Alternative Option for Atrial Fibrillation Patients

    Lufkin Texas (April 16, 2018) – Woodland Heights is now offering patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to long-term warfarin medication with a newly approved implant. For patients with AF who are considered suitable for warfarin by their physicians but who have reason to seek a non-drug alternative, the new device is an…

  • When Morning Sickness Becomes All Day and All Night Sickness

    When Morning Sickness Becomes All Day and All Night Sickness

    “Have you tried ginger?” “My friend’s sister’s college roommate was really sick during her first pregnancy, and she swore by sucking on peppermint, you should try it!” “Keep some saltines by your bed; it’s the trick for beating morning sickness!” Almost every expectant mom has heard these and many other “methods” to get them through…

  • Colorectal Cancer: Routine Colonoscopies and Early Detection Can Save Your Life

    Colorectal Cancer: Routine Colonoscopies and Early Detection Can Save Your Life

     By Mitchell Rubinoff, M.D., Chair, Gastroenterology, Valley Medical Group Newswise — Having a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer is not on anyone’s list of favorite activities. However, with colorectal cancer ranking as the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, undergoing the outpatient procedure as per the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC)…

  • Hallucinations, Full Moons and Coffee? Baylor Sleep Expert Debunks Common Sleep Myths that Might Just Help You Catch Some More Zzz’s Tonight

    Hallucinations, Full Moons and Coffee? Baylor Sleep Expert Debunks Common Sleep Myths that Might Just Help You Catch Some More Zzz’s Tonight

    WACO, Texas (March 2, 2018) – On average, you will spend about a third of your life sleeping or attempting to sleep. For many, this means more than 25 years of your life will be spent in bed. Given this startling proportion, wouldn’t you like to know more about what helps, hinders and happens while…

  • Protecting Your Child From Spring Sports Injuries

    Protecting Your Child From Spring Sports Injuries

    As families prepare for baseball, softball, tennis and other spring sports activities, it’s important that parents and caregivers are aware of the most common sports injuries and the best ways to prevent them. Recent statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that almost one-third of all childhood injuries are sports-related, and…