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Spring 2009
 

Spring 2009

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The Gift of Life
INTEGRIS Health Performs Oklahoma's First Paired Kidney Donation
Connections Between the Heart and Mind
Lung Transplant Leaders
COPD Takes Your Breath Away
Montel Williams: More Than Talk
Global Warming's Chilling Impact
Send These 5 Moves to the Showers
A Recipe for Safer Food
5 Steps to a Healthier Heart
Set a Great Plate
Free Colon Cancer Risk Assessment
The Hospitalist Is Always In
Could You Have Fibroid Tumors?
In Just a Few Minutes...You Can Have a Potentially Lifesaving Breast Cancer Screening
The World's Most Advanced Radiotherapy Cancer Care
INTEGRIS Caregivers Reach Golden Opportunity
Ten INTEGRIS Facilities Recognized by VHA for Outstanding Clinical Performance

INTEGRIS Hospitalists Provide 24-hour Physician Coverage

 








The next time you or a loved one has to spend time in a hospital, you may encounter a relatively new kind of physician: a hospitalist. These physicians specialize in the care of hospitalized patients. They typically have limited or no outpatient responsibilities, so they can devote their full time and attention to patients who are in the hospital.





                                                                       
 

                   

Oklahoma’s First Paired Kidney Donation

Nearly 75,000 Americans are waiting on the kidney transplant list.







Could You Have
Fibroid Tumors?


Uterine fibroids – muscle cells and other tissues
that grow in and around the wall of the uterus – are the most common non-cancerous tumors in women of childbearing age.

Connections Between the Heart and Mind

Can your mind affect your heart? Picture this: You’ve come home from a hair-pulling, one-crisis-after-another day filled with deadlines, demands and stress.


Free Colon Cancer Risk Assessment

Do you have a family member who has been affected by colon cancer? Do you wonder if you are at risk for this disease? An estimated 145,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed this year.

COPD Takes Your Breath Away

You see more and more people coughing, stopping for breath after a few steps, or toting oxygen tanks. Why are they having so much trouble with something the rest of us take for granted—breathing?