INTEGRIS Home Health Essentials Cover Page Help And Hope Q&A: Colorectal Cancer Awareness A Step Ahead of Staph healthtips Tone Up to Slim Down Shingles: A Painful Legacy of Childhood Chickenpox A TV Cop Takes Aim at Smoking Risky Business: Put Threats in Their Place Weights Can Give Your Health a Lift 9 Ways to Fight Cancer Seek Help for Chronic Pelvic Pain Dairy Delights Beyond the Birds & the Bees A Personal Journey, a Generous Gift The Men's Fit Club: Join the Resolution Revolution Stopping Suicide At INTEGRIS, We're Listening Getting Ahead Of Breast Cancer Health Information Is Just a Click Away Past Issues			Staphylococcal bacteria ("staph") are all around us and are spread by touch. They are prevalent in hospital settings, where patients' immune systems may be weakened due to surgery, injury or illness. Staph bacteria can cause infection, and some staph are resistant to antibiotics, which make them difficult to treat. Many people are carriers of the bacteria and don't know it because they will never display symptoms. Therefore, staph bacteria can be spread unknowingly. Beyond the Birds & the Bees If you have a teenager in a local high school, you may have heard about INTEGRIS Health's On Your Own program. Stopping Suicide Every minute, someone in the United States attempts suicide. Every 15 minutes, someone succeeds in that attempt and a life is lost, a family is shattered, and a shadow of pain and questioning falls upon friends and acquaintances. Help And Hope Staph infections, stroke, suicide and cancer. These are quite possibly some of the most frightening topics of our time. But at INTEGRIS Health, we are offering both help and hope. A Personal Journey, a Generous Gift When it comes to INTEGRIS Health, James R. "Jim" Daniel not only knows the history of the organization – he has lived it. The Men's Fit Club On average, men in the United States die six years younger than women. Their death rates are higher for all 15 leading causes of death. INTEGRIS Health 3300 N.W. Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (405) 949-3011 | HealthLine: (888) 951-2277