Published: November 16, 2007 02:20 pm      

11-16 Health

In Brief

EDMOND — Guide will help Oklahomans with health care decisions

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently presented Oklahoma’s first guide on planning end-of-life health care during a bioethics conference at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

The free guide titled, “Your Right to Decide,” outlines medical choices, planning options, steps for choosing a guardian and includes a four-page form for the state’s Advance Directive for Health Care.

The Palliative Care Center worked with the “Attorney General’s Task Force to Improve End-of-Life Care in Oklahoma” and other groups to create the handbook. Thanks to a grant from the American Bar Association, the handbook will be available for free on the OU College of Nursing Web site starting today. To download or order a free copy of the guide, go online to http://okpalliative.nursing.ouhsc.edu or call 271-1491, ext. 49194.



Bone & Joint Hospital welcomes pain medicine physicians

Bone & Joint Hospital has welcomed Dr. Morgan J. McCaleb and Dr. Gretchen Wienecke, both of Edmond, to its medical staff.

McCaleb and Wienecke are board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine. McCaleb completed his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and his residency at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Wienecke completed her medical degree at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and her residency was completed at New England Medical Center.

McCaleb and Wienecke specialize in interlaminar, transforaminal and caudal epidural steroid injections, facet joint blocks and medical branch nerve blocks, pulsed radiofrequency ablations, and peripheral nerve blocks and spinal cord stimulators. McCaleb also specializes in kyphoplasty and vertebralplasty.

For more information about these physicians and other physicians on staff at Bone & Joint Hospital, call the Physician Referral Line at 272-7900.



Health screening to be offered

First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Hurd St., invites the community to learn “Your Inside Story” through a sophisticated health screening on Dec. 3.

HealthScreens provides this opportunity to receive early warning for risk of stroke, heart attack, aneurysms, cancer, peripheral artery disease, diabetes and other preventable illnesses.

A choice of 10 tests — mostly ultrasound imaging — check for risk. Screening codes are issued for possible reimbursement by insurance plans. A written report includes original ultrasound pictures, blood flow rates, heart reading, bone density T-score and blood results.

Visit or call for more information or an appointment: www.healthscreens.net / (877) 854-4735 (toll-free).



Knee and hip pain seminar planned

Many people experience pain in their knee and hip joints which can prevent them from leading an active life. With the help of new technology, joint replacement surgery has evolved.

Bone & Joint Hospital is offering a free seminar to address the symptoms of knee and hip pain from 2-3 p.m. Nov. 29. The program will be held in the Education Center of the hospital, 1111 N. Dewey Ave.

The program is free, but reservations are needed and may be made by calling 552-9372. There will be refreshments and door prizes.