ACCESS (Adapting and Changing Children’s Environments with Successful Solutions), a locally founded nonprofit fund of the Northshore Community Foundation that supports children with disabilities and their families, has announced that its 10th annual Boo Fest will be held on the grounds of Lakeview Regional Medical Center on Oct. 26 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.. Early admission begins at 9 a.m. for families of children with disabilities.
September 25, 2019
Research conducted by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that metformin, a commonly prescribed drug for Type 2 diabetes, may be effective in treating cancers that lack a protein called Nischarin. The findings are published online in the International Journal of Cancer.
September 25, 2019
North Oaks Medical Center is among the first hospitals in the nation to complete EMPower Training, a skills-based competency program to support breastfeeding as optimal infant nutrition.
North Oaks Medical Center is one of 90 hospitals selected to participate in the yearlong training program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
EMPower’s goal is to improve public health by advancing health care providers’ knowledge of and skills in evidence-based maternity practices that support breastfeeding as optimal infant nutrition.
September 17, 2019
The Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine (TISM) high school athlete walk-in clinic is open two days a week this fall to help prevent, diagnose, and treat students with sports-related injuries.
September 17, 2019
St. Tammany Parish Hospital has completed verification as a Level 3 trauma center.
The designation verifies the hospital is equipped to handle critically injured patients, including those suffering organ injuries, traumatic brain injuries, multiple bone fractures, and gunshot wounds. The designation also reflects STPH’s trained trauma staff, constant access to trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, critical-care physicians, anesthesiologists, surgical services, and other specialists.
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