Related Articles El Paso, TX – Sierra Providence Health Network is offering free seminars on various topics including: Maternity Tours, Chair Aerobics, Infant Care, and Weight Loss. Please call 577-SPHN (7746) to register for classes. All classes are FREE. * Maternity Tours: Please join us for tours of patient rooms, the neonatal intensive care unit, family waiting area, and our security… Read More
Related Articles Sixty nurses from the Socorro Independent School District participated in a daylong training on diabetes at the District Service Center.The Diabetes Academy, sponsored by Novo Nordisk, showed the medical staff the recent changes in treating the disease. “We deal with a lot of kids with diabetes,” said Rebecca Madrid, the district’s nurse manager of health services. “We want… Read More
Related Articles Remote doctor appointments could be coming soon to the school nurse’s office. Starting Sept. 1, a new law will allow physicians to get paid for seeing children over a sophisticated form of video chat, as long as the student is at school and enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program for the poor and disabled. The law’s supporters say it… Read More
Related Articles People across the nation who wear contact lenses are encouraged to practice the best possible hygiene habits in order to avoid bacteria that can blind a person. That’s the message from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during this “Contact Lens Health Week.” Dr. Jennifer Cope, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC, authored a report in… Read More
Related Articles The month of September is designated as National Childhood Obesity Prevention Month and the City of El Paso Department of Public Health’s Eat Well! El Paso program is helping to make it easier for families to take steps to improve their health. These and existing Eat Well! El Paso restaurants commit to improving their menu options specifically for… Read More
Related Articles The program “Vaccinations for Health” that teams up the El Paso Fire Department with the El Paso Health Department to provide free influenza and pneumonia vaccines, blood pressure and glucose screenings and colorectal screening kits for seniors will start again in October at the following dates and locations. The new influenza vaccine for the new flu season will… Read More
�According to a new University of Iowa study, employees with desks that force them to stand at regular intervals stood 60 minutes more per work day than co-workers with regular desks. Lucas Carr, an assistant professor and member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative who worked on the study, says sitting 8 hours a day puts workers at risk… Read More
Related Articles Five physicians affiliated with El Paso Children’s Hospital appear on the Best Doctors in America® List for 2015-2016, officials from El Paso Children’s Hospital announced today. Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review. El Paso Children’s Hospital is proud to announce that Dr. Maria Teresa Ambat, Dr. Eduardo Rosas-Blum, Dr.… Read More
Related Articles For 2016, Americans have three top resolutions in mind – increase savings, increase exercise and lose weight. According to Nielson, 37% of Americans chose to “stay fit and healthy” as their resolution. To help them get started, El Paso area Sam’s Clubs will be hosting free health screenings, which are open to the public, from 11-4 p.m. this… Read More
Related Articles In honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March, the Against Colorectal Cancer in Our Neighborhoods (ACCION) program is teaming up with community partners to raise awareness about colorectal cancer and to encourage El Pasoans to get tested for the disease. ACCION is a cancer prevention program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El… Read More