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Ensuring safe care for patients who require care in the hospital setting has always been an important issue for healthcare providers and institutions, but it has become a front-and-center topic of...
DATE: Feb. 22, 2013 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
Flu season is off to an earlier than usual start this year with large numbers of cases being reported around the country. The flu is not prevalent in unusually high numbers in Montezuma County, but...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
If you're a baby boomer or beyond, experiencing aching joints and temporary stiffness when you get out of bed in the mornings, you're likely experiencing symptoms of arthritis. The word arthritis...
DATE: Dec. 22, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
If youve never suffered from low back pain, count yourself as one of a lucky minority. Its estimated that 80 percent of adults will experience low back pain at some point during their lives. In...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
Its true that a tincture of time cures many ills. While you might take a wait-and-see approach to the occasional headache, a muscle strain, a head cold, or a mild bellyache, there are some...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
Chips and salsa; A smoked turkey sandwich; cheese and crackers; a slice (or two, or three) of pizza. Is your mouth watering as you read this list? If so, youre typical in that like most of us ...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
No one wakes up in the morning anticipating that a trip to the hospital emergency department will become the feature event of their day, but when such a visit becomes necessary, its comforting to...
DATE: July 28, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
For most women, the approximately four decade time span during which they menstruate each month, the experience is if perhaps a bit of a nuisance a relatively uneventful feature of the...
DATE: June 22, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
Most of us go through our days working, running errands, tending to children, doing chores, and enjoying our hobbies and leisure time, all with little thought to how fortunate we are to be able to...
DATE: May 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
A woman who is pregnant or considering starting or expanding her family is always concerned about one thing: having a healthy baby. Healthy babies are the result of healthy pregnancies. There are...
DATE: April 28, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
Many people are aware of the benefits of physical therapy, in part because it’s so widely used to help patients recover from a variety of injuries and many surgeries, including knee and hip...
DATE: March 24, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
When it comes to questions about health and healthcare, sometimes the answers are perfectly clear. What should I do if Im having severe chest pain? Call 911 immediately. Is smoking really harmful...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Southwest health notes
