Valentine heart health tips from Giorgi and O Keeffe
February is National Heart Month and the authors urge a heart healthy lifestyle. They highlight 30 minutes daily moderate exercise, cholesterol control with diet and, if needed, medications like Pravadhol Zocor and niacin, plus weight control and smoking cessation to lower heart disease risk. They note studies showing reduced death and fewer bypass surgeries with lipid lowering drugs when combined with lifestyle changes.
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Lee W. Giorgi
James H. O'Keefe JR
United States
Giorgi
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa nurses named among 1996 Nursing awards nominees
More than 500 nominations for the Nursing: Heart of Healthcare Awards include Ottawa figures Anita L. Anderson and Sandi Staneart. Anderson works in medical-surgical at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Staneart serves Ottawa public schools, is a nurse practitioner at Women's Care Plus, and teaches at Neosho County Community College.
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Heart of Healthcare
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Anita L. Anderson
Sandi Staneart
Anderson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Staneart
Ottawa Public Schools
Women’s Care Plus
Neosho County Community College
Joanna Skubish
Heart of Healthcare Hotline
Inaugural Children's Health Fair at Anson Memorial Box
Anson Memorial Box presents its inaugural Children s Health Fair from 9 a m to 1 p m on Saturday March 16 at the hospital turning it into a resources hub for children. Activities include a teddy bear clinic bicycle safety tours fire truck ambu s unit and health screenings with information booths. For details contact RMH business development at 242 9074 extension 317.
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Ansom Memorial Box
Informa
RMH Business Development Office
Local volunteers sought for AMI support group in Franklin County
The Kansas Alliance for the Mentally Ill seeks two family members from Franklin County Ottawa area to join an AMI Support Group. Training is March 15 16 17 in Topeka with all expenses paid except transportation. Call 1-800-539-2660 to attend.
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Ottawa
AMI
Topeka
KAMI
The
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Second fitness session at RMH February 27
Ransom Memorial Hospital offers the second of a three part fitness series titled Follow Through on Fitness with focus on fitness from the perspective of someone physically challenged. Sessions run from noon to 1 pm with lunch provided and free admission. Call RMH business development at 242-9074 ext 317 to RSVP.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH Business Development Office
Ronald McDonald House in Topeka seeks donations and volunteers
The Ronald McDonald House in Topeka operated by Topeka's Love For Children Inc lists needed items for guests including food staples cleaning supplies media, household goods, and a 35.5 mm camera. It seeks services such as snow removal handyman work and volunteers with contact Catharine Deever at 913 235 6852.
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House
Topeka
Franklin County
Love For Children Inc
Folger
Ronald McDonald
Ronald
McDonald House
Catharine Deever
Teens unlikely to quit smoking for 16 years study says
Underage smokers today are projected to quit much later, with half of male smokers not quitting before 33 and half of females before 37. A UCSD study in the American Journal of Public Health analyzes 1965 to 1988 data, linking early smoking to longer addiction. A separate finding notes younger teens have worse odds of quitting by age 30.
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John Pierce
University of California, San Diego
American Journal of Public Health
University of California
Elizabeth Gilpin
Pierce
Gilpin
Today’s Journal
Leech help saves three fingers in factory accident
A Garden City meat packing plant accident severed three fingers of 25 year old Centen. Orthopedic surgeons Robert L. Bassett and Gregory Woods and a microsurgery team at Hays Medical Center completed a 12 hour operation to reattach the thumb, index, and middle finger, leaving him hospitalized.
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Harris
Hee Centen
Garden City
Centen
Hays’, Medical Center Hospital
Robert L. Bassett
Gregory Woods
HMC
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