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How Diabetes Develops and What You Can Do
Read more: How Diabetes Develops and What You Can DoMore than one in 10 Americans is living with diabetes; that’s more than 38 million people. Brooklyn Gokey, RN, CDCES with the Hillcrest Center for Diabetes, breaks down the basics of diabetes and provides tips on what you can do to live a healthy life. If you want one-on-one coaching and diabetes management with the…
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Tulsa cancer patients now have access to National Cancer Institute care locally
Read more: Tulsa cancer patients now have access to National Cancer Institute care locallyHillcrest’s partnership with OU Health is bringing cutting-edge cancer care to Tulsa in a way Tulsans have never seen before. Dr. Kyle Brett, oncologist at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at Hillcrest, spoke to News on 6 about the collaboration. News on 6 also spoke with Hillcrest employee and cancer patient Liz Busten, who says…
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Breast cancer awareness and the importance of early detection
Read more: Breast cancer awareness and the importance of early detectionOne in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Dr. Clint Merritt, breast surgical oncologist with Utica Park Clinic, sat down with News on 6 to talk about the importance of early detection, and why you may need to get a mammogram earlier if you have a family history of the disease.…
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SILAS program at Hillcrest providing care for families facing infant loss
Read more: SILAS program at Hillcrest providing care for families facing infant lossThe SILAS program at Hillcrest Medical Center (HMC) is the only formal perinatal palliative program in Tulsa. HMC staff offer care and compassion for grieving families, often during the hardest moments of their lives. Dr. Stephanie Carner, neonatologist and NICU medical director at HMC, spoke to KOTV – News On 6 about why perinatal palliative…
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SILAS program provides comfort, support to couple after losing twin boys
Read more: SILAS program provides comfort, support to couple after losing twin boys“It’s not about moving on; it’s learning to live in light of what we lost.” Daniela and Alan Kline learned they were expecting twins in early 2023. Daniela was a labor and delivery nurse at the Women’s Health Center at Hillcrest Medical Center (HMC) at the time. She was looking forward to bringing her babies…
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Focused care helps family battle cancer, aphasia
Read more: Focused care helps family battle cancer, aphasiaOver the past decade, Sabine Barnes has entered many hospitals’ front doors. Most recently, the caregivers at Hillcrest Medical Center (HMC) and the Kaiser Rehabilitation Center have given her and her family hope for a brighter future. “We have been to many hospitals and very few of them do it as well as HMC,” said…
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Breast Health Awareness
Read more: Breast Health AwarenessOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month and can serve both a reminder and an opportunity to take care of YOU! Breast health begins with a sense of what is normal for your breasts, also known as breast awareness. To promote breast health, consider doing regular breast self-exams. With practice, you will discover how your breasts…
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Timely lung screening identifies cancer in longtime smoker
Read more: Timely lung screening identifies cancer in longtime smokerFor Lee Pointer, 76, shown above with his wife Dianna, smoking was a habit he nurtured for more than 47 years. “When I was 12 in 1960, my brother had left for the Navy, so it was just my mother and me,” recalled Pointer. “She was a smoker and sometimes left long cigarette butts in…
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Cyclist grateful for ‘extraordinary’ cancer care
Read more: Cyclist grateful for ‘extraordinary’ cancer careLike so many survivors before him, Frank Ostrowski’s cancer journey turned his life upside down. But with the support of his family and the expert medical care he received, he has a brighter future, 1,400 miles away from where his journey began. Frank Ostrowski, 69, a retired civil engineer, had lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma since…
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Hillcrest Hospital Pryor earns “Top Rural Hospital” award from Leapfrog Group for Fall 2023
Read more: Hillcrest Hospital Pryor earns “Top Rural Hospital” award from Leapfrog Group for Fall 2023Hillcrest Hospital Pryor was named one of Leapfrog’s Top Hospitals for 2023 at the Leapfrog annual meeting and award dinner in Washington, D.C. Hillcrest Pryor took home the award for Top Rural Hospital and is one of three Oklahoma hospitals to receive this recognition. The Leapfrog Top Hospital Awards are widely acknowledged as one of…
