By now you have probably heard of Movember – where men in November collectively grow a mustache for the entire month. Maybe a couple of your good friends have grown a mustache, like some of our beloved male staff members, such as Dr. Vuong, Eric Anderson R.N. in ICU and several others. What you may…

If you’re like most of us, you probably get inundated with health information all the time from your social media feeds, your local news outlets, your family, your friends… The list goes on. Diabetes turns into just another health topic that gets drowned out in the statistical noise.  But did you know that nearly 10…

When Lindsey Souders went into labor, her daughter Tegan was born with meconium aspiration, which is a condition in which a newborn inhales feces while still in the uterus. This serious condition led to Tegan having an infection in her lungs, hypertension, swelling and pneumonia — all in the first few days of her life. …

  We all know that nurses have a difficult job, but we may not be aware just how difficult it is until we have had to spend hours, days or even weeks in the care of a nurse. Many nurses go above and beyond the call of duty to make their patients feel like family,…

As many as 20 million Americans suffer from pain caused by gallstones, which form when there is a chemical imbalance in the gallbladder. Though health care providers are not exactly sure why some people develop gallstones and others do not, there are a number of causes including obesity, pregnancy, a high-fat diet and family history,…

    The consensus on meat-eating in terms of its affects on health never seems to be clear. Some folks decide never to eat it; some only eat certain kinds of meat and some opt not to think about it and just eat anything. We decided to ask our resident dietician Teresa Anderson, CDE once…

Berna Woods, 58, is a proud grandmother, but as much as she wanted to get down on the ground or chase around her giggling grandchildren, she knew she couldn’t be as involved as she had wanted. “I was on the floor playing with them and I couldn’t get up,” Berna recalls. “I slipped and sprained…

The neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) is truly a place where miracles happen. Nobody ever wants to have a baby in the NICU, but if we do, we need to know we are in good hands. We are more than proud of our staff at the NICU at Lovelace Women’s Hospital, where stories like Rebecca…

Congratulations to these Lovelace nurses on their nomination for the 2015 Nursing in Excellence awards! Maria AtencioMgmt/Emerging LeaderLovelace Medical Center Candice BethoneyMedical-SurgicalLovelace Women’s Hospital Laurie BighamNurse ExecutiveLovelace Medical Center Susan BlanchardMgmt/Emerging LeaderLovelace Medical Center Adrianna BraselMaternal-Child/Women’sLovelace Westside Hospital Denise CampbellMgmt/Emerging LeaderLovelace Westside Hospital Tara ChaversMaternal-Child/Women’sLovelace Women’s Hospital Elly CrawfordMgmt/Emerging LeaderLovelace Women’s Hospital Amanda CuneoMgmt/Emerging LeaderLovelace…