Pharmacy owner Becky Gramling wins chamber's business award Nov 17, 2009
Orangeburg Pharmacy has medical equipment, diabetic and ostomy supplies, accepts all major insurance plans and offers delivery service. The pharmacy is also stocked with knitting supplies and knitting classes are offered at the store. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Breast cancer statistics Oct 25, 2009
- Ostomy Support Group - (509) 674-1972. - Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health - (509) 925-9861. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Support Group Sep 7, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009. Deadline for submitting is one week prior to publication. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Cases of colorectal cancer in S.D. still high Aug 9, 2009
She now helps others as president of the Mitchell Ostomy Association, which supports the survivors of cancer surgery. If caught early, colorectal cancer is among the most treatable of cancers, said Pat Sudbeck, director of educational services for Avera Queen of Peace Hospital. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Support Groups Jul 13, 2009
- Erie ostomy support group meets third Thursday of every month except January and February, 6:30 p.m., Saint Vincent Health Center Women's Diagnostic Center. Call 452-7214. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Fawcett's battle brings attention to rare cancer Apr 11, 2009
" The sphincter are muscles that holds in urine and feces. If the sphincter is removed, the patient must have a special bag, called an ostomy pouch, that collects the waste. Anal cancer is "much rarer than colon cancer," Hausner said. "For 50 colon cancer patients, we see one anal cancer. It's a rare disease. (CNN -- Health)
Lunch, diet and fitness Apr 2, 2009
Kathy Miller, a registered nurse with the Diabetes Education/Wound and Ostomy Clinic at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, shows the proper serving size during her presentation about diet/nutrition at the Lebanon Chamber lunch on March 27 ... Speakers were Kathy Miller, a registered nurse with the Diabetes Education/Wound and Ostomy Clinic at SLCH and Terry Deacon, a personal trainer with Fitness and All Sports Training. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Brent's gives up its pharmacy Mar 25, 2009
Calvert says all his customers' prescriptions will continue to be filled at the CVS store and Brent's common lines of products, such as ostomy bags, will continue to be offered. He wouldn't discuss how much money CVS paid for the pharmacy inventory. (The Clarion-Ledger)
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All this eventually resulted in illeostomy surgery and a life-long ostomy bag. When Sonja awoke from her coma, she was so weak she could not lift up an empty styrofoam cup. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Great Comebacks(R) Program Announces 2008 National Award Winner and Inaugural Tony Snow Public Service Award Feb 26, 2009
Entrepreneur Lisa Becker and Army Pilot Robert Cuyler Honored for Comebacks from Ostomy Surgery ... Founded in 1984 by former San Diego Charger and ulcerative colitis patient Rolf Benirschke, the Great Comebacks Program celebrates the inspirational achievements of people who have overcome debilitating intestinal diseases, colorectal cancer and ostomy surgery ... (1) Along with colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease is a common condition that may lead to a permanent or temporary ostomy. (PR Newswire)
Vitamin D prevents surgery Feb 24, 2009
Another reader responded to the idea of using Maalox on diaper rash: "When I was a nurse on a surgical unit, one of our surgeons used this for his patients, especially ostomy patients with angry, reddened skin. You boil down the Maalox to form a paste, stirring constantly until it thickens. We applied it with a tongue depressor and put a light dressing over it.". Write to the Graedons in care of King Features Syndicate, 888 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019, or. (Athens Banner-Herald)
NSMC support groups and programs Feb 10, 2009
Ostomy Support Group, third Sunday of every other month, 1-3 p.m. NSMC Cancer Center, Davenport Conference Room 102, 17 Centennial Drive, Peabody. Support for patients with ostomy concerns. (Danvers Herald, MA)
