By Warren Vieth Oklahoma Watch It’s the No. 1 ranking the state would just as soon forget. Approximately 240,000 Oklahomans8% of the population age 12 and above took prescription painkillers for nonmedical reasons over a 12-month period, the federal government reported last year. Oklahoma’s rate of recreational painkiller use was the highest in the nation, [...]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in March 2010 takes full effect in 2014. Advocates say it will give Oklahoma residents more control over their health care choices. Recently, a local expert and strong supporter of the ACA presented her views [...]
Staff Report Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma (PPCO) will be celebrating the effectiveness of latex condoms during National Condom Week, Feb. 10 – 17. People can stop by their closest PPCO health centers during the week of Valentine’s Day to enter a “guess the number of condoms in the jar” contest and to pick up [...]
Special to The City Sentinel The YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY is partnering with OU Physicians to provide free health screenings to the community. Screenings will begin in December and continue throughout the next few months. “At the Y, we know that well being and fitness is so much more than just working out,” said [...]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer The “Allergy Capitals” is an annual research project of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to identify the 100 most challenging places to live with allergies in the spring and fall seasons. The recently released study showed that Oklahoma is one of the worst states in the country for [...]
Staff Report The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), Office of Minority Health (OMH) and community partners are hosting a series of educational baby showers across the state at no cost to expectant moms. Medical experts and health information resource vendors will provide educational opportunities to answer health questions and give information to help at-risk [...]
By Patrick B. McGuigan Senior Editor Joining three other states, last week Texas became the fourth American state to sign the Health Care Compact into law. The signature of Gov. Rick Perry brings the Lone Star State into an alliance that already consists of Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia. In a statement sent to CapitolBeatOK, Gov. [...]
By Jessica Findley Staff Writer The Edward L. Gaylord Downtown YMCA recently hosted CircusFit that is designed to incorporate nutrition, physical activity and healthy living in schools and after-school programs. Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus created CircusFit to aid educators in teaching children about the importance of being healthy and active. The program includes [...]
By Pam Paul The City Sentinel Staff The Oklahoma Mental Health Consumer Council (OMHCC) officials said they will hold their First Annual Art Show & Fundraiser on August 19, 2011 from 4-10pm. It will raise money to aid those with mental illness through empowering, advocating, and fostering self- determination through systemic change. “Because a [...]
Doctors and emergency rooms can easy predict that summer as a prime time for injuries, heat illness and similar ails because so many people get outside for sports and other outdoor activities, health experts say. The Oklahoma City-County Health Department has plenty of advice to offer to the community in attempt to ward off such [...]
