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A PUBLICATION OF THE HOUSTON HEALTHCARE COMPLEX
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V\ liile people ot all ages should he mincmed about pmpci ilia! and cscam, specific he.ilth '«•” V ' N \' " v^<V\
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aekl il ills \ anticipate becomum prcn.mt Ke '.nrcli ittiln ate- that |. hie .uni 1 a .1,,. the nu idem . iieutal lube —- 'S
detects in a entwine Ictus /
• All women mer the a- v 0! •> limild ailil a , .ikmn. iipplcm -‘it :• 1 ilun : . !i. ■ . ~ul >ll leopoio-is. :• 11;,. 1 1 i \
debilil.tlme disease in ss Inch the bone- I ve. mu b; inie and a. ! s I -1. .d, Wmia .1 I .IKXI io I 1 >• > niilh'. o . ~tv on;, pet S
ilas in addition (n th.it absorbed In mi then n - .Il.lt die!
•V\ I mil'a 111 I hen ieenopat! a! \ ea: - s|i. alld■. .m - id. a 111, !!l : !!! -.ad in. • \ dm !i, j ~|||.
siielt as I itsamus can aetualls rebuild hone in those .tlie.uis iliaeiiosed a till the ill , ase
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hleedine. t'speeialh in then 4<k. s<‘s ami bi-smid. diould be s, eit Its ■ eisi 1 detet: and neat .ins pioMem-.
• Malinin eaii' itiM.un die I O is.,. ! :a. ': • a . • lln \r- ( M. e 1•! Oh del! a. a(, • ih \ imu . ini dial ; ih :
risk laeMW's toi breast e.nieer should begin hasine nurtiinioerants at a 41 • then esers two s ns until tlies retie 1 1 net 50. viler that u"t women
should hast a niainntoginm esers seal
• Women at hielier risk toi dt . loplin hi. isi ~u •: hide i : ! , eh . si •, 1 i.nh I■a ho ala i dia oiost .. ,nhll n di .nld
begin annual screenings at a e to
• Ail ssomen should prat'tie >nd di. ha liabr ishu am. .a an; •h. .a: 1 : ■ a.-. • i ip \ : . 1, •■ ■ ■_| and l.n
Men’s Ilealth
VVI n 1 itii anil children aren 1 the mils ones ss ho should umlereo annual pits sicals si Ineh mehnh icrccnings lot hi el 1 blood pressure Inch cholesterol
and diabetes
Men too. si loti kl be on the look* 'te 1 01 -.pcs 11, K all h pro Mai m. i aeliuh 11 r , n. ai . a, ■ i and : a osi a. ,■ j (
\l I men sluuild |iei tm ni tin 'iitlils li'siu u ;,i! 1 .an pai hili, a ! 1m ■ :Ih. . to I )r. ,|olm \ eieltio . oh st I>n 1 1 1. 11 iedi. a I
stall at Houston Medical ( enter
W hen pci 1 1 >1 mill" the esani. tins hard areas should he hi■ mi 'hi n 1!. alleiiln .n . :; ■ ei,ediatel \, lu aid
Men ages 50 ami tihos e sin hi lit undergo a veai Is di gita . i stun also should Ine hide a blood test n 1 deled
prostate eaiiici tailed a I’losiatt Speetlu Xniuu n. 01 I’S \
I hose s\ ith a lannis histors ol piosiale eaiUta should b 11; annual I’S \ it'siie Dr. \cochin ail
( hildmi’s I lealth
I lie lust step In a healths childhood is getting kill mnmniiA I against potentialls dtuigeroi eliildhood diseases Veording to tile Vinerieaii
\etiileins ol I'eilialiies 1 \ \l*> and Di. Slcsc Wadi Houston Medietil ( enter Pen s Hospital I. m '.adi 1
iitumim/eil on a limelv schedule is the Ivst delense aeanist iMncsse such a- sshoopim eotii'.' measles cltickcnpos, and leiantis
( tirrent inununi/alion guidelines set In tlu \Al’t all tm mtani- mKmu i emit: u.a;; .•. |,.. poll. > pertie s|. • hi-i-puc .. 0, el 1
iliplhei lit and tetanus dock jaw 1. and I laeiuoplulti nillueti/tie e. pe bat atound ' nimtlb 1
its the t one .1 eluld reaches elemerittirs school age la- m she sin hi Id has c been iinintu ia d .11 i-1 polio, measles, mumps. 1 ulvlla pei 1 a a ■
diphtheria, let.unis, Haemophilus iulhieii/,ie isoe b and llepaim l>
Mans peilitiirieians iilso recommend iniiiuini/ation agtuiist ehickcnpoe. ss hull in rare tons illness anil ■; till I .
inununi/alion schedules and tveommendutions lot s out child contact sour itintds doctor :p h. u; ai
Older children mas require boostei shots m the middle i.ule .uni hi .iml. In td >i >
iniimmi/atioii toi measle mumps and rubella bclmv tlies are allov ed to cut oil in iasse.
But there are olhei issues that alleet the liealth ol tnlaiit'. . lulib; a ad ad.>let, . ut-. e •> ~ 1.. i-. . p m eiuldren healths in lb 1 mime, seam
lolloss llu'si tips Ifni! |)r. Wade ami the \\l'
• Pros ide opportunities loi ehildieii and !ci eet .u I 1 1 • n.. • a.. . ae 1 ea mil compute! amt a lime knl
tttos me outside
• I limmali' high hit ImuK lima die lannis diet, .eld ; . a ; • 1!! ( ■'..a. ; . I; .. ■ a.ils.,■ ,1 a.! lean 11 nail
• leach smir ellililreil about the dan . I . ilm" aba , a : ..'I nip' i-s ..h.1.m;,:: 111 oil -in a a .
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W 1 rsi T E n 2000, VoLureiE 7, Issue 1