June 20, 2013
E-EDITION
SUBSCRIBE/RENEW
MANAGE PRINT SUBSCRIPTION
House Call
House Call, January 2013
Western Baptist Health Source Summer 2012
Healthbreak Videos
Volunteers are the faces of community hospitals
Chances are one of the first people a patient meets in a hospital will not be a doctor or nurse, but a hospital volunteer. Greg Holtgrewe, volunteer coordinator at Western Baptist Hospital, said...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Few doctors tell parents about kids being overweight
WASHINGTON — Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever sa...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Sun files Icicles protruding from the bottom portion of a swing provide a gate to the scenic view of a snow-covered yard last winter in McCracken County. Although the scene is serene to many, it can cause some people to suffer more from seasonal affective disorder.
Dim winter may bring dismal moods
Behavioral health practitioners believe a lack of light may cause a person to feel depressed during winter months. Dr. Christopher Adams, a psychiatrist at Lourdes Behavioral Health, said Season...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Group suggests closer monitoring of kidney donors
 WASHINGTON  — More and more people are donating one of their kidneys to a loved one, a friend, even a stranger, and now a move is on to make sure those donors really fare as well as they’re promis...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
More preemie babies face test of survival
MIAMI — Sixteen years ago, Megan McDonald and Jim Vernon of Key West, Fla., were frightened new parents. Their daughter arrived way too early, at 28 weeks, and way too small, at 3 pounds, 5 ounces....
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
In the war on salt, not everyone need be a soldier
Despite several decades of urging from doctors and government officials to cut back on salt, a culprit in high blood pressure, most Americans aren’t paying much attention. Americans consume, dep...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Alan Reed | The Sun Clarissa Bumphus, a catering associate at Lourdes, delivers meals to patients in the hospital. Lourdes dietary staff recommends a balanced diet to maintain optimal health. When sick with a cold or fever, they advise patients to consume extra fluids like water to avoid dehydration and thin secretions.
Wives’ tale aside, how to treat colds
Starving fevers and feeding colds is not the best plan to overcome winter sickness. Rita Bailey, a registered dietitian at Lourdes, called the saying an old wives’ tale. She said the saying coul...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Poor eyesight, tough aspect of aging
The moment usually occurs before your 50th birthday and signals that you’ve crossed a life Rubicon. Alas, body parts are aging. For most of us, the body part first sending that message is our ey...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Retailers target market for primary health care
WASHINGTON — In-store medical clinics like those at Walmart, having established a beachhead with relatively healthy patients looking for convenient, low-cost care for simple problems, are going aft...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Aggression in childhood can lead to unhealthy adulthood
Lifestyle choices — what you eat, how much you exercise — may not be the only forecaster of health later in life. A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds that behavior in childhoo...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
House Call Monthly Archives
House Call, January 2013
House Call, December 2012
House Call, November 2012
House Call, October 2012
House Call September 2012
House Call August 2012
House Call July 2012
House Call June 2012
House Call Monthly May 2012
House Call Monthly April 2012
House Call March 2012
House Call February 2012