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36 Ochsner Nurses Named in 2009’s “Great 100 Nurses of Louisiana”
NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Health System is proud to announce that 36 of its Registered Nurses are among the top 100 brightest in Louisiana. Three dozen Ochsner nurses will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the profession at the Great 100 Nurses Celebration on October 28th. Ochsner's nursing staff has a history of acknowledgments by the Great 100 Nurses Foundation for their commitment to patient care, including:- 2009: 36 nurses- 2008: 39 nurses- 2007: 33 nurses- 2006: 25 nurses "This prestigious award is a…
2009 Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Selection Committee for the 2009 Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease is pleased to announce the selection of its 24th Annual Award to Steven A. Belinsky, PhD. Dr. Belinsky is the Director of the Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Co-Director of the Cancer Epidemiology and Control Program for the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins University Lung SPORE. Dr. Belinsky received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University…
Ochsner Hosts Family Fundraiser
Party-4-Peds to Benefit Pediatrics
Event Features Live Auction for Two Suite Tickets for the upcoming Miley Cyrus Concert to be held in New Orleans on October 20, 2009
H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Information
Ochsner Offers New Advice to Help Prevent the Spread of H1N1
Ochsner Offers New Advice to Help Prevent the Spread of H1N1 (Swine Flu) Ochsner Health System, in conjunction with the CDC, has new advice for healthy individuals who have flu-like symptoms - stay home and rest. Don't plan to visit the doctor's office unless your symptoms worsen, as you will be exposing even more people to the virus. However, physicians caution that if you are considered "high risk," you should call your physician immediately for advice on what to do. "We know that H1N1 is…
Ochsner Offers Free Prostate Screening Blood Tests
Includes Demonstration of da Vinci Surgical System®
Ochsner Transplant Surgeon at D Tour Independent Movie Premiere
NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Saturday, September 19, 2009, at 6pm, Ochsner Transplant Surgeon Dr. George Loss joins San Francisco, indie rock band, Rogue Wave in raising awareness of organ donation. Loss joins other local transplant experts at the Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts Center at Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., for the premiere of the independent movie D Tour, the story of a rock band member who chronicles his medical tribulations as he awaits kidney transplant. The film is FREE and open to the…
“Ask Ochsner” Cable Call-In Show Launches in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, LA - If you watched Ochsner's launch of the "Ask Ochsner" call-in show last night on Cox Channel 4, you may want to learn more about herbal and alternative therapies for arthritis pain. Dr. Stephen Lindsay, head of Rheumatology at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, discussed the topic in detail with host Dr. Jay Brooks and recommended the following web sites, as additional tools for patients with arthritis. • http://www.naturaldatabase.com - a Comprehensive Database of Scientific Gold Standard for Evidence-Based, Clinical Information…
Ochsner Offers New Advice to Help Prevent the Spread of H1N1
Ochsner Health System, in conjunction with the CDC, has new advice for healthy individuals who have flu-like symptoms - stay home and rest. Don’t plan to visit the doctor’s office unless your symptoms worsen, as you will be exposing even more people to the virus. However, physicians caution, if you are considered “high risk”, you should call your physician immediately for advice on what to do.
Ochsner Replaces Heart Valve without Open Heart Surgery
PARTNER Trial offers New Alternative for Patients with Non-Operative, Aortic Stenosis
NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Tuesday, August 11, 2009, an 82-year old New Orleans resident with severe aortic stenosis successfully had a heart valve replaced at Ochsner Medical Center using the same technique as angioplasty, a far cry from the traditional open heart procedure. Patients who are considered high-risk or non-operable for conventional open heart valve surgery now have a potential new research option available regionally only through The John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute. Ochsner Medical Center is the only hospital in the Gulf…
Double Transplant Recipient Offers Hope to Patients on Waiting Lists
Life Expectancy, Quality of Life, Are More Than Restored for Transplant Recipients
NEW ORLEANS - Although over 110,000 Americans are on an organ transplant waiting list, a second chance at life is only one phone call away and, for a Slidell resident, that life-saving call came sooner than he expected. Since his double transplant at Ochsner Medical Center on March 28, 2008, Nic Whitacre has decided that there is a reason he's still alive - and he's not going to let the history of his health stand in the way of his future. "When I was lying…