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Handling the Holidays With Alzheimer’s
Handling the Holidays With Alzheimer’s
Handling the Holidays With Alzheimer’s
Holiday celebrations are traditionally a time for family gatherings, sharing food and exchanging gifts, but for families coping with Alzheimer's, the holidays can be bittersweet times, filled with stress and frustration. Janet Lewis, Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association-Wyoming Chapter, says festivities can agitate, confuse and over stimulate people with Alzheimer's or dementia... Rea
CRMC Receives Top Quality Ratings
CRMC Receives Top Quality Ratings
CRMC Receives Top Quality Ratings
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the country for its orthopedic and cardiology services. Healthgrades, the leading online resource helping consumers make informed decisions about healthcare, has ranked CRMC in the top 10% in the nation for overall orthopedic services, cardiology services and coronary procedures for 2016...
CRMC Ready to Handle Ebola Outbreak
CRMC Ready to Handle Ebola Outbreak
CRMC Ready to Handle Ebola Outbreak
Ebola may have dropped off the nation's worry list, but Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC) says it's ready should their be an outbreak. CRMC was recently designated as an Ebola assessment hospital by the Wyoming Department of Health...
Partial Cure For Hated CEO
Partial Cure For Hated CEO
Partial Cure For Hated CEO
Remember that jack-hole CEO whose company raised the price of a cancer drug by FIVE THOUSAND percent last month?  From $14 a pill to $750 a pill. That’s Martin Shkreli, and the old drug, Daraprim.  His company owns the patent, so no one else can make it...
WYO's Worst Dentist
WYO's Worst Dentist
WYO's Worst Dentist
If you're like me, the thought of sitting in a dentist's chair strikes fear into your heart. As terrifying as a dental procedure can be, just be thankful this guy won't be performing your next root canal. Clay Allison was a notorious outlaw and gunslinger in the late 1800's...
WINhealth to Exit Insurance Market
WINhealth to Exit Insurance Market
WINhealth to Exit Insurance Market
Financial problems have forced Wyoming's second largest health insurance company to exit the market. The Wyoming Department of Insurance (DOI) announced Wednesday that WINhealth will be going into a receivership. "If an insurance company meets particular financial markers indicating that they are financially at risk, the department, by law, has to step in with the idea of protecting the Wyomi
WYO Has Gonorrhea
WYO Has Gonorrhea
WYO Has Gonorrhea
KnowWYO, a Wyoming Department of Health program, launched their latest billboard campaign this month, and their controversial message is now getting national attention. The billboards, which will be up through December in Casper, Cheyenne, Gillette, Laramie, Rawlins and Riverton, read "Wyoming Has Gonorrhea...

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