Dr Beau Raymond: How Ochsner’s Digital Program Promotes Tailored Diabetes Management
April 24th 2024Diabetes treatment goals vary based on age and diabetes type, with more focus on managing insulin levels for children and adolescents while addressing comorbid conditions like obesity and hypertension for adults, said Beau Raymond, MD, MMM, FACP, of Ochsner Health Network.
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Dr Denise Holston Explains Food Insecurity and Rural Health Barriers
April 1st 2024"If someone is food insecure for a long period of time, then they may be consuming foods that aren't as nutritious and support their health and growth as they should," Denise Holston, PhD, explains in an interview.
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In this interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Katie Queen, MD, addresses the complexity of obesity as a medical condition, pivoting to virtual care while ensuring that patients who lived in a rural location continued to receive adequate care, and the importance of integrating awareness of obesity and chronic disease prevention into local food culture.
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Dr Steven Deitelzweig: Identifying Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Using a Detection Device
October 10th 2023Steven Deitelzweig, MD, system chairman of hospital medicine at Ochsner Clinical School, professor of medicine at the University of Queensland, discusses key findings from a recent study on the accuracy of atrial fibrillation detection devices.
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How Ochsner, Xavier Are Working Together to Make Louisiana a Healthy State
December 15th 2022Leaders from Ochsner, Xavier, and their partners gathered on September 13, 2022, in New Orleans to offer an overview of the Healthy State initiative during a session of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine®.
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Dr Anne McCall Discusses How Louisiana’s History Will Shape Xavier/Takeda Partnership
July 21st 2022In part 2 of our interview with Anne McCall, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, she discusses in greater detail the university’s 3-year partnership with Takeda, in particular how the directions it goes in will be influenced by the history of unequal health care delivery in the state.
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Dr Victoria Smith on Experience Taking Part in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
September 24th 2020By taking part in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trial, participants can provide their personalized experience, which may help protect future generations of similar race and socioeconomic background.
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Dr Joseph Biggio Discusses Ochsner Health's Connected MOM Program, COVID-19 Pregnancy Challenges
September 15th 2020At Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit academic health care system in Louisiana, providers are leveraging the system’s Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (MOM) digital medicine program to minimize expectant mothers’ risks of contracting COVID-19.
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35th Annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease Awarded to Mount Sinai Physician
July 9th 2020Ochsner Health announced Paul J. Kenny, PhD as the 2020 recipient of the annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease, which recognizes scientific research achievements that provide major insights into the biological mechanisms relating tobacco smoking and human disease.
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Ochsner Cardiologist Recognized With 2019 ATLAS Award
November 26th 2019The director of the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute (JOHVI), Christopher J. White, MD, MACC, MSCAI, FAHA, FESC, FACP has been recognized by Vascular Interventional Advances Physicians (VIVA) with the 2019 ATLAS award for his impact as a scholar and leader in the vascular field.
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