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Smoking & Lung Cancer: How to Get Screened
Read more: Smoking & Lung Cancer: How to Get ScreenedAre you a smoker or use tobacco and scared about lung cancer? Or have you quit, but still worry about the toll on health? According to the American Cancer Society, in 2012, about 42 million Americans used tobacco products – ranging from cigarettes, to cigars, e-cigarettes, hookahs, and chews or spit tobacco. Lung cancer is…
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Hillcrest Partners with Tulsa Roughnecks
Read more: Hillcrest Partners with Tulsa RoughnecksThe Tulsa Roughnecks and Hillcrest HealthCare System recently announced a major partnership between the two organizations. In the agreement, Hillcrest HealthCare System will be the Official Medical Provider of the Roughnecks soccer team as well as the presenting sponsor of the team’s inaugural 2015 season. “Today is an important day for our new soccer team,”…
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When it comes to reading food labels, what’s most important?
Read more: When it comes to reading food labels, what’s most important?When making better food choices for you and your family, it may not always be clear when roaming grocery aisles. When you pick up a box of cereal or can of vegetables, you’ll find a nutrition facts label on the package. You may not think to read all those tiny numbers; but taking a few…
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Fighting Lung Cancer Earlier, Better Outcomes
Read more: Fighting Lung Cancer Earlier, Better OutcomesNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness month – a time health care providers bring the number one cause-related killer in the United States into the public conversation to learn more about what we can do to prevent, detect and treat this deadly illness to help save lives. The fact remains that lung cancer kills more people…
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Parents – Tips for managing Halloween candy
Read more: Parents – Tips for managing Halloween candyHillcrest South dietitian Jenny Watkins, RD/LD, joins us on the blog today to talk about a healthy way to approach Halloween and all that candy. For health-conscious parents, Halloween can be tricky. Do you set limits? Do you let kids decide how much to eat? There isn’t just one right answer. Instead, use your best…
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Hunting for a Cure
Read more: Hunting for a CureIt was “the most debilitating thing someone could have,” according to 65 year old rancher and avid outdoors-man Melvin Mills. “It started when I was 45,” he remembers. “Nobody knew what it was.” Then in 2005, Melvin met Dr. David Sandler, who diagnosed him with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and warned him it could worsen. Over…
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Share Your Story – Judy Marshall
Read more: Share Your Story – Judy MarshallJudy Marshall is making a difference in her community as a result of surviving two heart attacks. When her heart took her off the road, Marshall decided to channel the energy she put forth into driving a truck across the country into her hometown one project at a time. Here is her Oklahoma Heart Institute…
