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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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What Does that Cough Really Mean?
There’s been a lot of talk about politicians and coughs lately. And we’ve all seen public figures struggle with it. Sometimes the cough gets so bad the person can’t speak. Sometimes it’s a symptom of a bigger problem, such as an infection. These public figures no doubt have excellent medical care and the best medical…