October 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…

For 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…

Like 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…

Hillcrest 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…

  OU Health is collaborating with Hillcrest HealthCare System to bring the highest level of research-driven cancer care to Tulsa and the surrounding region. The collaboration combines the expertise of the state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center (NCI) with the strength of the Hillcrest HealthCare System to deliver advanced cancer therapies and clinical trials…

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women; it is also the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a month set aside to increase awareness and education of colon cancer. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, almost half (47%)…

The Kaiser Rehabilitation Center at Hillcrest Medical Center has received recognition as America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2023 from Newsweek. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The rehab team’s exceptional achievement not only solidifies Kaiser as a premier rehabilitation center in America but…