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OCHSNER AND ROUSES MARKETS PARTNER FOR Choose Healthy INITIATIVE
Partnership Focuses on Building a Healthier Community & Economy
NEW ORLEANS (August 21, 2009) - Today, August 21, 2009, at 1:30pm at the Rouses Market, 4500 Tchoupitoulas Street, Ochsner Health System and Rouses Markets, the largest independent grocer in Louisiana, will announce the Louisiana community initiative partnership, "Choose Healthy, http://www.choose-healthy.org." This program is designed to educate people about the benefits of smart food and lifestyle choices, disease prevention and regular medical checkups. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana is the 8th most obese state in the U.S., with nearly 30%…
Tips to Fight “Back To School” H1N1 Virus Exposure
Ochsner Offers Tips to Reduce Spread of Flu in Local Schools
Senior Day at Ochsner - Kenner
Ochsner to Host Free Community Event for Seniors and Families
Ochsner Selects Reach 3.0 for Statewide Telemedicine System to Improve Stroke Care
NEW ORLEANS - REACH Call, Inc., the leading provider of 100 percent Web-based solutions for remote treatment of medical conditions such as stroke, today announced that Ochsner Health System will use the REACH 3.0 turn-key telestroke and telehealth service to improve stroke care in urban and rural areas throughout Louisiana. REACH typically is installed in hub-and-spoke networks, where neurologists at a larger "hub" hospital provide consulting services to smaller "spoke" hospitals for remote stroke evaluation. Ochsner Health System's main campus, Ochsner Medical Center in New…
In Emergencies, Breastfeeding is a Lifeline with Valuable Health Benefits
Ochsner Supports World Breastfeeding Week
NEW ORLEANS - Emergencies, including hurricanes and floods, can happen anywhere in the world, and during a disaster infants and young children are especially vulnerable to illness and death. In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7), Ochsner obstetricians and pediatricians are encouraging families to embrace breastfeeding as a lifeline and a shield to protect infants in emergencies; from natural disasters to the flu pandemic. "In an emergency, hurricanes being the most common in our region, infants are one of the most vulnerable populations to…
Amid Health Care Struggles, an ER “Star” at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
99% Patient Satisfaction, Informed Patients, Shorter Wait Times
KENNER, LA - Every minute, 227 people will visit an ER somewhere in the U.S., and, on average, the door-to-doctor time is 56 minutes and, they'll wait a total of four hours for care, but the Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner ER has found a way to circumvent the national trend and average 35 minutes from door-to-doctor care with a little over two hours for total care, half of the national average. The secret to their success is simple; build a great team, work more…
Ochsner – West Bank Campus: 45,000 Babies in 25 Years
Mother-Baby Unit Offers Tailored, Personalized “Couplet Care”
GRETNA, LA - Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus celebrates 25 years of spreading joy to local families by delivering over 45,000 babies in the Mother-Baby Unit. Since 1984, the unit has averaged 1,825 deliveries per year and celebrates some of the region's most tenured nurses, many with over 20 years of dedication to the unit. "Chances are, if you were born at Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus, you probably had your baby there as well - making the hospital a generational…
Migraine Sufferers Are More Sensitive to Heat
External Triggers like Weather Affect Headache-Prone Patients More Acutely
Raceland, LA - For headache sufferers, the unpredictability of our region's weather can do more than ruin outdoor plans - it can trigger a migraine. Migraine-prone individuals are known to be more sensitive to external factors like diet, light, and stress, but research suggests that heat also has an impact. "Migraines, or severe throbbing headaches, that affect millions of Americans, are typically triggered by change - a change in diet, a change in sleep patterns, and, a change in the environment. As a result, a…
Ochsner Medical Center, Only Louisiana Hospital Listed in “America’s Best” by U.S. News
Ochsner Medical Center is the only Louisiana hospital to be ranked as one of the 50 “Best Hospitals in America” in Heart & Heart Surgery, Urology, and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) in U.S. News & World Report’s 2009-10 publication…
Ochsner 1st in Louisiana to Use Robotics in Living-Donor Kidney Transplant for Faster Recovery
Ochsner Medical Center performed the first robotic-assisted kidney transplant in Louisiana, and one of only a handful in the nation. Utilizing daVinci robotic technology, Ochsner transplant surgeons are able to make living-donor kidney transplants easier on the donor…