Keeping A Finger on Green Country's Health Care Community

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In This Issue...

As the health-care reform debate rages on and gains emotional steam, more and more emphasis is being put on prevention.

Finally.

This message of prevention hit home a couple of months ago as we were going through some things in my parents’ home in Missouri. There, deep in a closet, was a box containing a worn notebook. Although we were all raised in this home, the box was something neither I nor my siblings had ever seen, but were so glad for its discovery.

Contained in the tablet were the thoughts of my maternal grandmother just after being diagnosed with cancer. She titled the message “The Two Greatest Gifts: Love and Good Health.” Through her writing she admits good health was something she had always taken for granted. After all, she was rarely, if ever, sick as a child – a trend that continued well into adulthood.

Shortly after having her sixth child, however, her world would be turned upside down after the diagnosis. The message was penned over numerous pages, apparently during several months, including the time she underwent radiation to battle the cancer.

I never had the opportunity to know my grandmother as she succumbed to cancer when I was less than 2 years old. But the worn memo pad gave me a whole new perspective and appreciation into who she was.

Click below to read "The Two Greatest Gifts; Love and Good Health."



Health & Fitness

Are you over the age of 50? Chances are, you could be at risk for peripheral Arterial Disease, or P.A.D. The condition, also known as P.V.D., or peripheral vascular disease, significantly raises the risk for heart attack and stroke.

P.A.D. affects one in every 20 Americans over the age of 50. Following are some frequently asked questions about the condition.


As an interventional cardiologist with Oklahoma Heart Institute, Dr. Raj Chandwaney pours his heart into his job every day to ensure Oklahomans have healthy hearts.

His passion translated into the opening of Hillcrest Medical Center’s Chest Pain Center, making it only one of only three Oklahoma hospitals to receive accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

Now he’s doing what he can to heighten awareness about the risks of peripheral arterial disease, which affects an estimated 8 million Americans.


With warmer weather comes many outdoor throwing and overhead activities. William (Trey) Robertson, a licensed athletic trainer with Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa, says it also brings an abundance of rotator cuff tendonitis.