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.
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Is this home improvement hell? Or the redecorating promised land?
Regarding this redecorating thing I’ve been telling you about ... don’t ask. After pretty much gutting FB (front bedroom) and GB (guest bathroom), I closed their doors hoping for out-of-sight-out-of-mind to set in, but it’s not working.
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Behavior ‘rehab’ can be a tricky proposition
Q: My 5-year-old daughter is in “rehab” for some listening issues at school. When she comes home with a note from her teacher indicating one or more of these incidents at school, she is confined to her room for the rest of the day. What should I do if she is constantly calling me, wanting to ask me something, wanting me to get something for her, and so on? She isn’t coming out of the room, but she is constantly trying to engage me. It’s driving me nuts.
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Special care needed for senior pets
Q: I have a black Labrador mix that is starting to get gray hair around her muzzle. Baby is only 6 years old and we have taken very good care of her. She has always had her shots, she was spayed as a puppy, is on monthly heartworm preventative and is a good weight for her body size at 66 pounds. Is she really already a senior citizen, and what should we watch for? We love her very much and want to keep her healthy and happy as long as possible.
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High self-esteem, reward system can backfire
The media recently reported “new” research findings to the effect that rewards often backfire and self-esteem is not the wonderful, uplifting personal attribute once thought. As a result, schools are rethinking their teaching and classroom management philosophies.
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When rooms talk, it’s time to remodel
I think I might need a keeper. Every room in this house is screaming at me (some more loudly than others), and the cacophony is driving me nuts. You know how it goes. You spruce up one room (in my case the kitchen), and every other room in the house clambers for its share of TLC too.
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Seminar focuses on pet allergies
Paul DeMars, DVM, Community Practice at Oklahoma State University’s Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, will present a Pet Care Seminar at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the McElroy Hall Auditorium at the corner of Farm Road and McFarland on the Stillwater OSU campus.
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Canadian Carnaval is cool carousing
Yes, I have the coolest job in the world — and I visit some really cool places. But the spot that takes the Popsicle is Québec with the Carnaval de Québec and the Hôtel de Glace.
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Wobblers syndrome is chronic, progressive
Q: I have an 8-year-old dog that is three-quarters Doberman Pinscher. He always has been quite active and healthy until about a month ago when he began showing slight signs of weakness and stiffness in his hind legs, but didn’t exhibit pain. He’s worse now.
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Today’s children are being mis-educated about their feelings
Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England, once said, “One of the great problems of our age is that we’re governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
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Purging of high heels brings despair
If you recall, last week I promised that you had heard the last of my New Year’s purging of closets and cabinets.
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