News Listing
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Tomotherapy Cancer Treatment comes to Ogden Regional Medical Center
March 20, 2012
Ogden Regional Medical Center and Gamma West Cancer Services have opened a new TomoTherapy® Cancer Treatment Center in Ogden, Utah. Now, residents of Weber County and surrounding areas have local access to the most advanced radiation-therapy treatment for cancer, the Accuray TomoTherapy Hi-Art® System. Ogden Regional Medical Center is one of only five Utah hospitals and two treatment centers offering its significant capabilities and advantages to patients.
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Antibiotic resistant diseases on the rise
February 28, 2012
Antibiotic resistant diseases are on the rise in the United States, and Utah is far from immune. The Centers for Disease Control defines the antibiotic resistant problem as a "major blooming public health crisis." Drug resistant bacterial infections affect millions of people worldwide and cause up to 90,000 deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs each year in the United States. In Utah, antibiotic-resistant infections have become a significant threat, according to state and local health experts.
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OB/GYNs use robotics to help perform better surgeries
January 30, 2012
Gone are the days when surgery for women’s issues involved a long, ugly incision. Dr. Amber Bradshaw, a gynecologist at Ogden Regional Medical Center, is performing more and more women’s surgeries with robotics, meaning smaller incisions, more precise surgery and faster recovery times.
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Cold weather can raise risk for heart attacks
January 23, 2012
The dropping thermometer just might drop you to your knees with health problems, experts say, especially when it comes to your ticker!
