Valley Hospitals, Including Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, Commemorate National Donate Life Month
April 19, 2017Source: MyNewsMesa.com Gerald (Jerry) Blankenship suffered a devastating reemergence of illness dating back to a needle stick more than 20 years ago. (Courtesy of IASIS Healthcare) In 2012, Gerald (Jerry) Blankenship suffered a devastating reemergence of illness dating back to a needle stick more than 20 years ago. His health declined so rapidly that he wasn’t sure he would survive lo...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Offers Tips to Prevent Diabetes-Related Limb Amputations During April’s Limb Loss Awareness Month & Foot Care Awareness Month
April 17, 2017Each day, approximately 500 Americans lose a limb, resulting in upwards of 185,000 amputations in the U.S. each year. More than half of these losses are caused by vascular disease, including diabetes and peripheral arterial disease, according to the Amputee Coalition. In fact, people with diabetes are significantly more likely to have a foot or leg amputated than the general population due to p...
Hospital Chaplains See the Pain Doctors Can’t Treat
April 14, 2017Source: East Valley Tribune By Ralph Zubiate, Tribune Managing Editor The image of a hospital chaplain is pretty standard. A man in a collared shirt slips into the patient’s room as machines beep and hiss. A stole is kissed and placed over the back of the neck. Oil is applied to the patient’s forehead, and a prayer is muttered. Maybe a squeeze of a hand and a wor...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month & Arizona is One the Highest-Ranking States for Excessive Drinking
April 14, 2017April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and with it comes some pretty sobering alcohol statistics. Alcohol is the most commonly-used addictive substance in the United States: 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence. In Arizona, alcohol is consumed more frequently than all illicit drugs combined, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. ...
Allergies Driving You Crazy? Tempe St. Luke’s Can Help!
March 29, 2017Allergy season is in full throttle right now in the Phoenix area. According to Pollen.com the pollen count across Arizona this week is in the medium-high to high range and consists mainly of tree pollens, with Mulberry, Ash and Poplar rounding out the highest. Want to check the daily and weekly pollen count in your area? We suggest visiting pollen.com which offers interactive maps and resources to...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Volunteer Effort Featured in Wrangler News
March 18, 2017Rolling up their sleeves to show thanks for community support ...
12 News Broadcasts Live From Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Volunteer Effort
March 4, 2017Watch news clip here: See online story here: http://www.12news.com/news/local/valley/mounds-of-trash-homeless-campsites-cleaned-up-from-papago-park/419827443 ...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Offers Scholarship Opportunities to Students Pursuing Health Care Careers
March 1, 2017Students pursuing a career in the health care field are encouraged to apply for scholarships offered through Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital. For the 2017-2018 school year, the two hospitals are offering thousands of dollars in health care scholarships. The one-year scholarships can help students to fund school expenses, including tuition, books, lab fees and educational items purchased at school facil...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Employees Volunteer Event Coming up at Papago Park
February 4, 2017In honor of the hospital’s multi-phase renovation, employees from Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital will volunteer their time to give back to the community on Saturday, March 4, from 7 a.m. to noon. They will be helping to restore a natural habitat at Papago Park in Tempe that supports lizards, snakes, quail, doves, roadrunners, jack rabbits, cottontails, falcons, coyotes, and a tremendous variety of bir...
Channel 3 Visits Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital to Talk About Nitrous Oxide
October 11, 2016Source: www.azfamily.com/ Now, for the first time, expectant moms have another choice for pain management when it comes to labor and delivery. Dr. Greg Marchand of Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital is offering nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas” to his patients, as opposed to the traditional epidural. The mixture is a combo of 50-percent nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen. ...
Doctor at Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Provides Allergy Tips for Expecting Moms
October 7, 2016Expecting moms are likely ready to battle sore backs, swollen feet and general exhaustion that come with pregnancy. But when those run-of-the-mill health nuisances, such as seasonal allergies, arise, many are unsure about how to treat them without harming themselves or their babies. While many may not realize it, allergies are quite common during pregnancy. In fact, one-in-five expecting women ...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital is One of Two Leading Arizona Hospitals To Offer New Labor Pain Management Option To Women
September 26, 2016There’s a lot that new parents can do to prepare themselves for their little bundle of joy. But nothing can prepare a new mom, especially a first-time mom, for the labor and delivery. That’s why Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, part of IASIS Healthcare, is introducing a new pain management option for women in labor: nitrous oxide. “The birth of a baby is a momentous event for mom and dad, as well as ...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Offers New Allergy and Sinus Relief Procedure
September 9, 2016Source: AZBigMedia.com Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital is helping patients who opt for surgery to relieve suffering from chronic sinusitis, a condition shared by one-in-eight adults, a groundbreaking treatment that will help them recover and get back to enjoying life sooner. Since learning about Intersect ENT’s PROPEL Sinus Stent, Dr. David Mendelson, director of The Center for Sinus Care Inno...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Helps Arizonans Breathe Easier with Innovative New Technology
August 26, 2016Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital is helping patients who opt for surgery to relieve suffering from chronic sinusitis, a condition shared by one-in-eight adults, a groundbreaking treatment that will help them recover and get back to enjoying life sooner. Since learning about Intersect ENT’s PROPEL® Sinus Stent, Dr. David Mendelson, Director of The Center for Sinus Care Innovation at Tempe St. Luke’s ...
1 Out of 5 Guys Hasn’t Seen a Doctor in More than a Year
June 27, 2016According to the National Center for Health Statistics, one out of every five guys hasn’t seen a doctor in more than a year. Visiting a physician for an annual checkup is a simple task – one that takes less time than stepping out to lunch or going to get your car washed. Then why is it that some men don’t go to the doctor regularly? According to Dr. Gene Winfield, primary care physician at Te...
Jake Golich of Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Featured in Arizona Business Magazine
May 19, 2016Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Administrator Jake Golich was quoted in the “Mining the Mind” article of the Arizona Business Magazine’s May/June 2016 Issue. Jake, along with other Arizona Business leaders in HEAT (healthcare, energy, aerospace, and technology), share their take on what needs to be done to boost Arizona’s knowledge-based economy. Jake Golich, administrator, Tempe St. Luke’s Hospit...
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital Launches Bid to Increase Organ and Tissue Donor Registration During National Donate Life Month
April 27, 2016Tempe, Arizona When tragedy extinguishes one life, it provides a gateway to help countless others. That was the case when Susan Hebert’s 20-year-old son Richard passed away nearly nine years ago. After spending a few days not feeling well, Richard succumbed to complications from diabetes while Susan was at work. Nothing could have prepared her for the grief she experienced after finding her son’s...
Dr. Mendelson Shares Tips to Nip Allergies in the Bud
April 12, 2016http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/allergy-relief-fact-vs-fiction ...
Tempe hospital: Surge in heroin overdoses sets a state record
March 15, 2016Source: Wrangler News Special report by Joyce Coronel Tempe is like many college towns: a sprawling campus, lively nightlife and a network of bike lanes. But there’s something else going on here too, something that often goes unseen. Not far from the center of town stands Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, a community facility that’s been serving the area for 60 years. Last year, Tempe St. Luke’s had t...