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Fourth Annual Memorial Sports Medicine Symposium
Friday, May 17, 2013
 Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Sports Medicine invites physicians, physical therapists, coaches, athletic trainers and other professionals involved in amateur or professional athletics, to the Fourth Annual Memorial Sports Medicine Symposium on Saturday, June 15 at L’Auberge Casino Resort.
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Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine Contract Renewed
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Lake
Charles Memorial Sports Medicine will continue serving the student athletes of
Calcasieu Parish Schools for the next four years. The Calcasieu Parish School
Board voted in favor of the extension at the regularly schedule meeting held
Tuesday night.
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Memorial Hospital Honors St. John Elementary Artists
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
 March/April’s display featured artwork by students from St. John Elementary. A panel of Memorial volunteers recognized second grader Skylar Lacomb, fourth grader Christa Huber and fifth grader Joshua Lesikar with a gift card.
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Memorial offers safe weight program for area wrestlers
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
 Wrestling is one of the most weight-specific sports there is, pushing many athletes to extreme measures to fall under a certain weight class. Wrestlers have died because of this - dehydrated and weak. See how a local sports medicine program is working to prevent the roller coaster weigh-ins of wrestling in area schools.
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Inside Memorial's Cath Lab for revolutionary stent procedure
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
 The first patient in Louisiana to receive the first of its kind drug-coated stent says she is able to walk again without pain. That revolutionary procedure was performed here at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital by Heart & Vascular Center cardiologist, Dr. King White.
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Memorial Hospital Offers Free Colorectal Cancer Screening
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Beginning Tuesday, April 23, Lake Charles Memorial Health System will once again offer free colorectal screening kits in an effort to help detect colorectal cancer at its earliest—and most treatable—stages. A non-invasive test that can be completed in the privacy of your home, the screening can identify hidden blood in stool samples, which is the first and in many cases the only warning sign of colorectal disease.
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Memorial Hospital Honors Lake Charles Charter Academy Artists
Monday, April 15, 2013
June’s display featured artwork by students from Lake Charles Charter Academy. A panel of Memorial volunteers recognized first grade student Erica Collette, third grade student Brylie Rozas and fifth grade student Rodney Williams with a $25 gift card.
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Foundation for Fairplay donates to Singer High School
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
 The Foundation for Fairplay (F3) recently donated $902.81 in athletic equipment to Singer High School.
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Memorial Welcomes New Employer Health and Wellness Manager
Monday, April 08, 2013
 Jessica Carlson, a Lake Charles native with nearly 10 years of experience in the health care industry, recently joined the staff of Lake Charles Memorial Health System as Employer Health and Wellness Manager. In her position, Carlson will be responsible for implementing health and wellness programs not only for employees of Memorial, but for those of various local industries and businesses.
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Foundation for Fairplay donates to Merryville High School
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
The Foundation for Fairplay (F3) recently donated $677.50
in athletic equipment to Merryville
High School.
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