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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 5, 2009
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Sleep At Night, Part of the Healthy
Lifestyle
The goal of this column and
the goal of the Health
Restoration 101 programs
are to help to maximize your
chances of living a longer,
healthier life. Our programs
are simple, comprehensive,
well documented and easy to
follow. Don’t let old habits
rob you of your life. We’ve
created - A New Formula
For Health Success !
by Carolyn Guilford, CNC
Sleep is absolutely one of
the most essential habits for
good health. You really can’t
be in the best possible health
unless you are sleeping well,
and getting enough sleep. We
all have too much to do, but
taking time to recharge our
selves by getting a good
night's sleep can make all the
difference in how productive
we are the next day, and in
preserving our health long
term.
Sleeping five hours or
less each night has been
shown over time to increase
one’s risk of developing dia
betes, according to the jour
nal: Diabetes Care. However
recent research at Columbia
University’s Dept of Health
Sciences shows that Long
term sleep deprivation
increases the risk of a variety
of major illnesses including,
High Blood Pressure,
Diabetes, Cancer, Heart
Disease, Stroke, Depression,
and Obesity.
Carolyn Guilford
On the good side, getting
adequate sleep boosts the
immune system and fights
the ageing process with hor
mones we can only benefit
from if we are asleep by 10
PM, and these hormones
work to optimize adrenal
function.
Here are ten tips to help
you get the sleep you need
and deserve: Maintain a reg
ular bedtime and wake time
schedule, including week
ends. Establish a regular,
relaxing bedtime routine
such as soaking in a hot bath
or hot tub and then reading a
book or listening to soothing
music. Create an environ
ment that is dark, quiet, com
fortable and cool, for sleep.
Sleep on a comfortable mat
tress and pillows. Use your
bedroom only for sleep and
rest. It is best to take work
materials, computers and tel
evisions out of the sleeping
environment.
Finish eating two to three
hours before your regular
bedtime.
Exercise regularly. It is
best to complete your work
out a few hours before bed
time.
Avoid all tobacco prod
ucts, especially close to bed
time, they can lead to poor
sleep.
Avoid caffeine in coffee,
tea, soft drinks, and choco
late close to bedtime. It can
keep you awake.
Avoid alcohol close to
bedtime. It can lead to dis
rupted sleep later in the
night.
We recommend getting
seven to nine hours of sleep
nightly, but there’s no one
formula that’s right for
everybody. The best indica
tion is how alert and ener
getic you feel in the morning.
Studies show that if
you’re healthy, you’ll proba
bly sleep well. And if you
sleep well, you’re more like
ly to stay healthy.
If you want to know
more about how to create a
healthy diet and lifestyle, or
any health issue we’ve cov
ered in this column please
call or write:
Carolyn Guilford
Remember, Health is Wealth.
Health Restoration 101
www.Healthrestorationl01.com
P.O. Box 2814,
Savannah, GA 31402
The Telfair Pavilion Designated a
Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
The American College
of Radiology named the
Telfair Pavilion at SJ/C a
Breast Imaging Center of
Excellence, the only one in
Savannah and one of only
seven in Georgia.
The designation was
awarded after a rigorous
review of the Telfair’s imag
ing procedures, patient care,
physician training and tech
nologist education and expe
rience.
“This designation
demonstrates to the patient
that we are a very high quali
ty facility,” said Lora Sapp,
manager of the Telfair
Pavilion. “The survey looked
at every contributing factor to
determine the quality of
breast imaging provided.
Physicians, technologists,
policies, patient follow-up
and equipment are scruti
nized.”
The Breast Imaging
Center of Excellence desig
nation is awarded at the com
pletion of different accredita
tions.
The Telfair Pavilion is
now fully accredited in mam
mography, stereotactic breast
biopsy, breast ultrasound and
ultrasound-guided breast
biopsy. Peer-review evalua
tions, conducted in each
breast imaging modality by
board-certified physicians
and medical physicists who
are experts in the field, have
determined that this facility
has achieved high practice
standards in image quality,
personnel qualifications,
facility equipment, quality
control procedures, and qual
ity assurance programs.
Each of these accredita
tions required clinicians and
physicians to have substantial
ongoing education.
Additionally, physicians must
perform a required number of
procedures annually.
The Telfair Pavilion is
the established leader in
women's outpatient services,
offering the most technologi
cally advanced diagnoses and
treatments.
The Telfair Pavilion
provides women with com
prehensive breast, osteoporo
sis and continence care serv
ices in a relaxing environ
ment with many spa-like
amenities including cozy,
plush robes; restful music and
an extremely caring, compas
sionate and masterful staff.
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During ‘Immunization Awareness
Month,’Neonatal care and vaccination
go hand in hand
By Corliss Hill, national
director of
UnitedHealthcare’s
Generations of Wellness
At first glance, the num
bers are dispiriting: African
Americans have 2.3-times the
infant mortality rate as non-
Hispanic white Americans.
They are four-times as likely
to die of complications related
to low birth weight as
Caucasian infants.
These statistics from the
Office of Minority Health
paint a bleak picture, one that
is further reinforced by the fact
that African American moth
ers are 2.6-times more likely
than Caucasian mothers to
begin prenatal care late or not
at all.
With that in mind, it’s
time for a dose of encourage
ment. Let the change begin in
August during National
Immunization Awareness
Month.
What do infant mortality
and immunization have in
common? A lot, in fact.
Neonatal care begins well
before a baby is bom and
helps to ensure that an infant is
bom healthy. Immunization
begins during a baby’s first
months and ensures that a
child remains healthy. Failure
to receive either effective
neonatal care or early immu
nization can go a long way
toward contributing to infant
and early-childhood mortality.
Sadly African
Americans with lower
incomes lag behind when it
comes to immunization as
well. A recent survey from the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
National Immunization found
that only 73.9 percent of
African American children
received a complete series of
recommended vaccinations
compared with 77.4 percent of
Hispanic children and 77.9
percent of Caucasian children.
The CDC explained
the disparity this way:
Children who live below the
poverty level are less likely to
Corliss Hill
be vaccinated than children
who live at or above the
poverty level. Because a sub
stantial percentage of black
children live below the pover
ty level, coverage for black
children overall is low com
pared with white children.
The CDC’s recommend
ed immunization schedule for
children aged birth through six
years suggests timely vaccina
tion against hepatitis A and B,
diphtheri a - tetanus -pertus si s,
polio, measles-mumps-rubella
and other potentially serious
or deadly diseases is essential.
The schedule, which all par
ents should study may be
found at:
http://www.cdc.gOv/vaccines/r
ecs/schedules.
The CDC explained the
disparity this way: Children
who live below the poverty
level are less likely to be vac
cinated than children who live
at or above the poverty level.
Because a substantial percent
age of black children live
below the poverty level, cov
erage for black children over
all is low compared with white
children.
The CDC’s recommend
ed immunization schedule for
children aged birth through six
years suggests timely vaccina
tion against hepatitis A and B,
diphtheri a - tetanus -pertus si s,
polio, measles-mumps-rubella
and other potentially serious
or deadly diseases is essential.
The schedule, which all par
ents should study may be
found at: www.cdc.gov/vac-
cines/recs/ schedules.
Additionally,
UnitedHealthcare’s
“Source4Women” Web site
(www.uhc.com/source4wome
n offers guidelines on child
hood immunizations as well,
and your local library can help
you investigate important vac
cination information and
schedules.
To encourage increased
immunization compliance, the
CDC highlights several pro
grams at www.cdc.gov .
Also important is the National
Healthy Mothers, Healthy
Babies Coalition
(www.hmhb.org), which pro
motes efforts to encourage
greater acceptance and use of
immunization. The organiza
tion is committed to building
partnerships at the local, state
and national levels and
increasing knowledge and
understanding of immuniza
tion needs and practices
among health care providers
as well as the general public.
Clearly, immunization is
among the most significant
public health achievements
ever.
Through the years vac
cines have eradicated small
pox, virtually eliminated wild
poliovirus in the U.S., and sig
nificantly reduced the number
of reported cases of measles
and other diseases. It is one of
the most effective means
available to protect children
and adults from many com
mon infectious diseases. At
the same time, keeping chil
dren healthier by immunizing
lowers the associated social
and financial costs for fami
lies, including time lost from
school and work and the cost
of medical bills.
If you aren’t receiving
proper neonatal care, begin
today. If you’re children are
not in full compliance with
their immunizations, begin to
correct that today. As our own
parents said when we were
young and receiving vaccina
tions, it’s better to be safe than
sorry.
City Makes Athletics Announcements
The City of Savannah
Leisure Services is accepting
teams for Fall sports.
Also, The City will
conduct a Youth Football and
Cheerleading Coaches
Certification meeting on
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at
6pm at the Bill Porter room
located inside the Alee
Temple. The certification for
all cheerleading coaches that
plan to participate in the City
of Savannah youth football
program.
For more information,
contact Betty Bums at (912)
351-3852.
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