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4 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 28, 2013
HEALTH
AND
COMMUNITY NEWS
Change Your Water, Change Your Life!
Ionized alkaline re
structured Kangen Water®
can make a difference in your
life. It can be the piece of
the puzzle that is missing in
your journey toward optimal
health.
Be Healthy, Stay Hydrat
ed! Water is the foundation
of your bodily health, as it
comprises 50 to 70% of your
physical composition. You
may wonder why adequate
hydration is important if
your body already contains
so much water. Why do you
need to “refill” everyday?
Isn’t there already enough
water in your body to keep
you healthy, without having
to add more?
Water is paramount
for many functions within the
body, from eliminating waste
to maintaining a healthy in
ternal temperature. Without
adequate water supply, your
body would not have enough
fluids to carry out its vital
functions. Since you lose wa
ter every day through normal
functions (sweat, urine, etc),
you must replenish your flu
ids by drinking more water.
Dehydration is a result of
losing more water than you
intake, and it can have dan
gerous effects on your body.
So stay hydrated, and enjoy a
healthy body!
Ernestine Murray
Why Drink Water?
It is important to hydrate
your body with the cleanest,
healthiest water available.
Remember, not all beverag
es can hydrate. For instance,
alcohol, caffeinated, and sug
ary drinks do not prevent de
hydration, and unfortunately
they can sometimes intensify
dehydration symptoms. Wa
ter, on the other hand, will
replace lost fluids and help
keep your body at peak per
formance. There is nothing
better than fresh, uncontam
inated water to thoroughly
nourish your body.
Why Kangen Water®!
With Kangen Wa
ter®, you are drinking water
the way it should be. Clean,
healthy water, conveniently
filtered right at home, will
help you stay hydrated all
day. You can choose the pH
level of your water for opti
mal inner and outer health.
From supplying you with the
recommended 8 to 10 glasses
(or 2 liters) of healthy water a
day, to moisturizing your skin
with mildly acidic Beauty
Water, the Enagic® Kangen
Water® filtration machines
will help sustain overall well
ness for you and your house
hold. When water is so essen
tial to your health, you need
high quality Kangen Water®
to nourish your body from the
inside out.
So please, open your
mind, open your mouth and
try it. Pick up FREE samples
at our Wellness Clinics. Also
bring containers for your
samples and the water you are
presently drinking to be test
ed. RSVP to oggisavannah@
gmail.com.
To learn more email
me, check out my BLOG (og-
gisavannah.blogspot.com) or
come to our September 9th
Wellness Clinic, 2pm, 401
Mall Blvd., Suite 10IE. Clin
ics conducted by Ernestine
Murray, CWC and Hydration
Specialist.
Deadline: Friday at 5:00 pm
Send announcements, church news, etc
to Sharon@savaunantribunc.com
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1805 M. L. King, Jr. Blvd.
912-236-7563
Survey Finds African Americans Hit
Hard By High Health Care Costs
Economic stability,
racial equality, and health sta
tus are intertwined, according
to a recent poll that confirmed
African Americans, hardest
hit by the high cost of health
care, worry even when they
are employed and have health
insurance.
The poll, sponsored
by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) in part
nership with National Public
Radio and Harvard School of
Public Health, also revealed
that one in four respondents
encountered problems pay
ing for necessary prescription
drugs. Half of those surveyed
who are employed expressed
fears that they could not af
ford medical bills if confront
ed with a major illness.
Findings also re
vealed that unemployment,
financial stability and health
care access are pivotal con
cerns for African Americans
who disproportionately suffer
from chronic diseases includ
ing hypertension, stroke and
diabetes. Without adequate
financial resources or health
insurance, respondents are
often fearful to seek medical
treatment. “To make living
easier for our diverse society,
we need to acknowledge that
health starts where we live,
work, leam and play,” said
RWJF President and CEO
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD.
“If we’re going to create a
national culture of health,
we need to focus as much
on factors such as education
and employment as we do
on providing affordable and
equal access to high-quality,
high-value care.”
RWJF is the nation’s
largest philanthropy dedi
cated to health. The survey
comes as the nation turns to
the next phase of the Afford
able Care Act which will pro
vide coverage to millions of
uninsured Americans through
health exchanges. The poll is
part of a survey on African
American lives sponsored
by the Foundation. Full find
ings of the survey can be read
here.
Nearly half of the
respondents surveyed in the
national poll are concerned
that they or a member of their
household might be unem
ployed within the next year.
Inability to afford treatment
for major illnesses and the
sting of racism are common
fears identified by those sur
veyed. More than one-third of
those surveyed (36 percent)
reported experiences with
racism.
Health care access
and paying for medical ex
penses are also dominant
concerns expressed by the
respondents. In the last year,
three in 10 African Amer
icans reported that they or
family members had trouble
paying for medical expenses.
Twenty-four percent experi
enced difficulties obtaining
health care.
The respondents
were almost split on describ
ing their finances as poor or
good. The vast majority of
those surveyed, 86 percent,
expressed satisfaction with
their lives and the communi
ties in which they live. The
sample consisted of 1,081 Af
rican American people ages
18 and older.
Community Health Mission To Partner
With Joslin Diabetes Center
Community Health
Mission will be participating
with Joslin Diabetes Center
in a clinical research project.
CHM will serve as a study
site for the project.
Jennifer Sun, MD,
MPH, an ophthalmologist in
Joslin’s Beetham Eye Insti
tute, has recently been award
ed grants from the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Founda
tion and Genentech to study
whether screening diabetes
patients for central retinal
swelling (diabetic macular
edema (DME)) in non-eye
care sites, such as the prima
ry diabetes provider’s office,
would increase patient access
to retina specialist ophthal
mologists for care and treat
ment of DME.
The goal of the study
is to provide an easy, non-in-
vasive way to quickly screen
patients who are at risk of
vision loss from diabetes so
that they can be referred for
appropriate specialty care if
needed.
The screening will
be performed using optical
coherence tomography, a
noninvasive imaging tool for
retinal imaging. To be eligible
for participation in the study,
patients should have either an
A1C of at least 10% or have
been living with either Type 1
or Type 2 diabetes for a min
imum of 10 years. Patients
who are identified as having
DME during the course of the
study will be referred to a lo
cal retina specialist for further
evaluation and management.
For additional infor
mation, call 912-692-1451,
ext. 109, to speak with Mi
chelle Kephart, RN MSN-
Disease Management and
Health Prevention Program
Director
The Community
Health Mission offers free
primary healthcare to approx
imately 6,000 uninsured resi
dents of Savannah. For more
information or to volunteer,
visit: www.chmsavannah.org
Joslin Diabetes Center, locat
ed in Boston, Massachusetts,
is the world’s largest diabe
tes research and clinical care
organization. For more infor
mation, visit www.joslin.org.
Cuyler-Brownsville Neighborhood
Association Meeting
The Cuyler-Brownsville Neighborhood Association meets every 1st Tuesday at the
Mary Flournoy Center, 39th and Ogeechee Road. Our boundaries are: W. Anderson to W. Vic
tory Drive and MLK Jr. Blvd. and Ogeechee Road/Kollock St. This applies to any business,
church, or individual within these boundaries.
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