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The latest health news is important to you and your family. Click on the links below to read up-to-date health information.
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Sports Medicine & Orthopedics
When a patient presents with persistent knee pain, mechanical symptoms, decreased motion, instability, deformity, or swelling, a visit to an orthopedic surgeon is recommended. The surgeon’s first priority is to establish a diagnosis. Knee problems ca...
September 1, 2007
Bone and Joint Pavilion
Physicians and staff of Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of The Bone & Joint Pavilion on Aug. 16 with a champagne toast and reception.
The newly dedicated orthopedic unit, specifically designed for the care o...
October 15, 2007
Flu Season 2007
Fall has arrived and so has flu season.
The flu, characterized by fever, chills, a dry cough, muscle aches and extreme fatigue, kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States annually.
"The best protection against the flu is to get vacc...
October 1, 2007
Stomaphyx
HOUSTON – (Oct. 1, 2007) – Bariatric surgeons at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center are offering a new procedure that helps gastric bypass patients lose unwanted pounds they have regained s...
January 18, 2006
Phillip Sowa Named CEO at Park Plaza Hospital
Houston – January 18, 2006 – Tenet’s Texas-Gulf Coast Region announced today that Phillip Sowa was named Chief Executive Officer for Park Plaza Hospital in Houston, effective immediately. Sowa was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Meadowcres...
January 10, 2006
Park Plaza Opens Orthopedic Treatment Center
The Park Plaza Orthopedic Treatment Center is helping treat orthopedic pain for a more enjoyable way of life. Now open and located on the 5th floor of the North Tower across from the Park Plaza Rehabilitation Unit, the Park Plaza Orthopedic Treatmen...
December 8, 2005
Park Plaza to Open New Orthopedic Unit
Park Plaza Hospital plans to open its new Orthopedic Unit, mid December 2005. The unit will be located on the 5th floor of the North Tower across from the Park Plaza Rehabilitation Unit. The newly refurbished and redecorated unit features all priva...
September 2005
Accreditation from American Academy of Sleep Medicine
HOUSTON, TX - Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center recently announced that The Sleep Center at Park Plaza received Center Accreditation Status from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Opened in June 2002, under the direction of Dr. Robert Fayl...
Breast Specific Gamma Imaging comes to Park Plaza
HOUSTON - Park Plaza Hospital recently announced the addition of the Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera offering the diagnostic capability for Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), effective, June 3, 2005. This technique can be an effective tool in the early ...
May, 2004
Circle of Excellence
Plaza Hospital in Houston, Texas, led by Chief Executive Officer Lex Guinn and his administrative team, has been selected to the company’s 2004 Circle of Excellence.
Tenet’s annual Circle of Excellence award recognizes the winning hospitals’ accompl...
March 25, 2004
100 Top Most Improved Hospital
National, Five-Year Study Names Park Plaza Hospital Houston’s Only 100 Top Most Improved Hospital™
HOUSTON- Park Plaza Hospital is the only Texas hospital named one of the nation’s 100 Top Most Improved Hospitals™, according to the recently relea...
February 5, 2004
Curing the Common Misconceptions of Cervical Cancer
Park Plaza Addresses Myths During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
When it comes to cervical cancer there is both good news and bad news.
We’ll start with the bad news. In 2003, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that there will be abou...
Choosing a New Doctor
You’re in a new town. The faces aren’t familiar and neither are the streets. You can’t even find the grocery store let alone a new doctor. Finding a place to buy milk is probably a lot easier than finding a new doctor, but with a little research yo...
January 23, 2004
Race And Heart Disease An Equal Opportunity Killer
Race and Heart Disease: An Equal Opportunity Killer
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 40% of Americans who die each year. These include diseases of the heart, stroke, high bl...
January 23, 2004
Eat Your Way to a Healthy Heart
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the nation’s leading killers for both men and women. More than 61 million Americans have some form of CVD and more than 2,600 Americans die each day of CVD. That’s an average of one death every 33 seconds.
One...
January 8, 2004
Stroke. Our nation’s number 3 killer
Every 45 seconds, someone in American has a stroke. About 700,000 Americans will have a stroke this year. In fact, stroke is our nation’s number 3 killer and a leading cause of severe, long-term disability.
Despite the enormous strides made in strok...
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| | News Flash | | Building a community of care: The history of Park Plaza Hospital
In 1975, women were admitted to the Coast GuardAcademy for the first time, Arthur Ashe became Wimbledon’s first black men’s singles champion and Park Plaza Hospital opened its doors to the community. It all started in 1972, when six physicians at He...
Caring for the Cancer Patient
Park Plaza Hospital has been providing advanced cancer care to the community since the hospital was founded 25 years ago. The cancer program at Park Plaza is approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. “We have a highly qualif...
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