April 15th, 2013

St. Luke’s Children’s YEAH! Program Fights Childhood Obesity

Yeah! participants in the Magic Valley take a moment to share their excitement about the program.

BOISE, Idaho – Evidence shows that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions across our country. In an effort to decrease the number of children who are obese in our community, St. Luke’s Children’s offers the YEAH! program, an acronym for Youth Engaged in Activities for Health. It is a program for children …

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May 8th, 2013

Thriving after Surviving Breast Cancer

Yoga instructor Ann Wildman, right, leads the class through basic stretches. Wildman has been teaching for 13 years. Clockwise, students include Ron Hawkins, Deborah Hawkins, Laure Spears, Dawn Burkhart, Angela Merz and Sandra Sweet.

By Sandra Wurdemann St. Luke’s News  When Sandra Sweet was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she just wanted to figure out what treatment was necessary and be done with it. Then she started thinking, “Is there any way my own lifestyle and volition could make it so it doesn’t …

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April 26th, 2013

Patients Find Safety, Solace at Bishop Foote Guest House

Frank and Georgia Rencher of Kooksia enjoy dinner with Barry Alexander of Connecticut.

By Sandra Wurdemann St. Luke’s News  BOISE, Idaho – Frank and Georgia Rencher of Kooskia have traveled to Boise for the past eight years for treatment of Frank’s Parkinson’s disease and other issues at the VA Medical Center. During that time, St. Luke’s Bishop Foote Guest House, 121 W. Jefferson …

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April 16th, 2013

St. Luke’s Opens Advanced Imaging Center

St. Luke’s new imaging center has the state’s first fixed PET-CT, which is primarily used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.

  MERIDIAN, Idaho – St. Luke’s Health System opened an advanced medical imaging center adjacent to St. Luke’s Meridian on April 15. The imaging center located at the Portico West building, 3277 E. Louise Dr. Suite 100, will provide a suite of advance medical imaging services in an outpatient setting. The …

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