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Ochsner Medical Center Mounts Air Sampler on Roof
Only Official Pollen Counter in Louisiana Gives Residents Allergy Risk Information
NEW ORLEANS, LA March 21st marked the first day of Spring and many of us are already suffering from sniffling, sneezing, wheezing and watery, itchy eyes. Mother Nature is on a rampage in South Louisiana as the seasons plants are packing a potent pollen punch! These pollen and mold levels are now being measured on a daily basis by The Ochsner Department of Allergys Burkard Air Sampler. And, Ochsner is the only facility in the state conducting official pollen counts for the National Allergy Bureau…
Ochsner Named One of Six Worldwide Training Sites for the da Vinci S Surgical System
Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery for Urologic and Gynecologic Procedures
NEW ORLEANS, LA Ochsner Medical Center has been designated as the exclusive training center in the Gulf Coast for the da Vinci S Surgical System, by Intuitive Surgical, an evolutionary medical device that allows physicians to perform intricate operations through tiny incisions, improving patient recovery times with less pain.. As one of only six training sites in the world, physicians throughout the Gulf South and around the world will be trained at Ochsner, on the S-model, in the techniques of minimally invasive surgery; specifically in…
Shaving Heads to Fight Pediatric Cancer in New Orleans
St. Baldrick's Foundation donates $50,000 to Ochsner Cancer Institute
NEW ORLEANS, LA St. Baldrick's Foundation announces today, as part of its ongoing campaign to Conquer Kids' Cancer, it has donated $50,000 to the Ochsner Cancer Institute to benefit childhood cancer research. "This award recognizes the groundbreaking work and dedication of Ochsner's physicians and staff, and the deep commitment to pediatric cancer research by the people of New Orleans," says Kathleen Ruddy, Executive Director of the St. Baldrick's Foundation. "Despite suffering personal losses from Hurricane Katrina, local volunteers have raised more $14,000 for the cause,"…
Ochsner Takes Medical Education Abroad By Partnering with Ponce School of Medicine
Collaboration to Provide Additional Medical Education for Students and Doctors-in-Training in Puerto Rico
NEW ORLEANS , LA Ochsner Health System has entered into a joint agreement with the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico , USA , to identify and develop opportunities to foster collaboration, improve educational and scientific endeavors, and assist in meeting patient care needs in Puerto Rico . The Ponce School of Medicine is one of just two U. S. accredited medical schools on the island and has maintained a strong clinical affiliation with Ochsner for several years. With this partnership, Ochsner is building…
Migraine Study to Begin at Ochsner
Ochsner to Research Link Between Migraine Headaches and Common Heart Defect
NEW ORLEANS, LA Ochsner Health System is seeking patients who suffer from severe migraine headaches and also have a common heart defect, called Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO). The study, called the PREMIUM Trial, will evaluate whether a new, less-invasive PFO closure procedure reduces migraine headaches in patients. More than 28 million people in the U.S., or 13 percent of the population, suffer from migraine headaches, while approximately 20 percent experience an "aura" effect, a headache with pain accompanied by flashing light, vision loss and other…
Ochsner Offers Free Lecture Series on Responsible Conduct in Research
NEW ORLEANS, LA Starting Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. in Monroe Hall at Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Highway, Ochsner will host the first in a series of free, open to the public, lectures on responsible conduct in clinical research. The March 6th lecture is titled Disputed Questions in Research Ethics: Can You Harm Subjects for the Greater Good? This lecture will feature Rev. Steven Rowntree, SJ, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosopy at Loyola University. Additional lectures include the following: For more information…
Ochsner First in New Orleans to Offer Advanced System for Image-Guided Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
New Trilogy TM System optimized for both conventional and stereotactic approaches to treating cancer and other conditions
NEW ORLEANS, LA Ochsner Medical Center today announced it has installed the new Trilogy System from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), for treating cancer and neurological lesions with image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS). The Trilogy system is the most powerful, precise, and versatile treatment solution ever provided by one product. In addition to delivering conventional forms of radiation therapy, the Trilogy system can be used for stereotactic approaches for treating very small lesions quickly and with unprecedented precision. It can also compensate for…
Ochsner Expands Pediatric Hospital Services on North Shore
Health System Responds to Growing Demand for Specialized Pediatric Care
NEW ORLEANS, LA As the North Shore population continues to grow, Ochsner Health System is keeping pace by expanding pediatric sub-specialty care at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Mandeville, LA. Ochsner announced today it's growing pediatric sub-specialty staffing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Delivering a new life into the world can sometimes be difficult and it's been shown that up to 10% of newborns will require neonatal care, said Dr. Matt Cortez, M.D., Head Neonatologist at the Ochsner NICU at Lakeview Regional. Ochsner…
Residents in disaster areas face medication adherence dilemmas
[American Heart Association meeting report]
ORLANDO, FL Many New Orleans residents had problems with prescription drugs for high blood pressure after Hurricane Katrina, researchers reported today at the American Heart Associations 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. The results of our study generally represent patients who were able to return for clinic visits in an establishment that was undamaged, said Marie A. Krousel-Wood, M.D., M.S.P.H., lead author of the study, director of the Center for Health Research at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation and clinical professor of Epidemiology…
Ochsner Health System Recognizes March as Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
National program in its fourth year to raise awareness of often silent and preventable killer
NEW ORLEANS, LA Ochsner Health System today announced its support of Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month in March as officially recognized by United States Senate Resolution 561 joining a national effort to raise awareness of this serious, yet preventable condition and its potentially fatal complication, pulmonary embolism (PE). According to the American Heart Association, DVT affects up to two million Americans annually.2 Of those Americans who develop PE, up to 200,000 will die each yearmore than from breast cancer and AIDS combined.3,4,5 Yet, most Americans…
