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The Cycle of Life
Self-care for
the Caregiver
INTEGRIS Plays Vital Role in Clinical Heart Failure Trial
Combat Sleep Apnea with the INTEGRIS Sleep Disorders Center
Wake Up to Sleep Apnea’s Threat
Still Twisting After
All These Years
Don’t Let Diabetes Break Your Heart
Tame Back Pain Through Exercise
Can You Live to be 100?
Are Personal Care Products Safe?
A T-Day Tune-Up
Taking Care of Your Diabetes in an Emergency
The Truth Behind a Misunderstood Disease: an ALS Survivor Story
Cancer: How One
Man Beat the Odds
The Best Care for Premature Newborns
Filling in the Blanks: Cochlear Implants for Older Adults
Putting My
Depression to Bed
INTEGRIS PACER Fitness Center Has a New Look
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INTEGRIS Plays Vital Role in Heart Failure Clinical Trial

The Thoratec® HeartMate II left ventricular assist device recently received FDA approval as a bridge-to-transplantation treatment option for patients suffering from advanced heart failure.

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center is one of only 44 centers in the country, and the only one in Oklahoma, participating in the landmark clinical trial of the HeartMate II LVAD.

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Self-care for Caregivers

It is essential that the caregiver find the delicate balance between nurturing an aging family member while maintaining their own emotional well-being.

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Cancer: How One Man Beat the Odds

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 40,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed this year with cancers of the head and neck. Of those cases 7,500 will be fatal.
Wake Up to Sleep Apnea’s Threat

In films and television, it’s often a joke. As a husband snores loudly, an annoyed wife jabs him in an effort to get some sleep. But snoring is no laughing matter

Still Twisting After All These Years

At age 66, Ernest Evans—better known as Chubby Checker—is still imploring, “Come on baby, let’s do the Twist.”

Taking Care of Your Diabetes in an Emergency

If a disaster occurs, whether natural or man-made, will you still be able to take care of your diabetes? Will you have the necessary supplies to manage and be safe?


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