- Health
Wise
- A
lesson from the Amish
By
GREGORY K. MOFFATT, PH. D
Child's Play
Is
there anywhere you can go these days where you don't see someone on
a cellular telephone? Recently, I actually heard someone talking on
his cell phone in the stall of a public bathroom and he even told the
caller where he was and what he was doing! Most of you who are reading
this column have cell phones so be patient with me as I present something
for you to think about.
New
Year's resolution: Stop smoking
Fayette
Community Hospital will be hosting a Smoking Cessation Class beginning
on Jan. 8, meeting from 7:30 - 9 p.m. in the Hospital's Community
Room C. This class will meet for seven weeks on the following dates:
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 24 (this week meeting twice), 29 and Feb. 5, 12, 19.
Facilitators are Cardiopulmonary Services and Rehabilitation Services
staff members, trained by the American Lung Association. The cost
for the class is $50. To register, call Promina HealthCall at 770-541-1111.
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- Red
Cross classes in January
Registration is
now open for American Red Cross training to be held in January at
the South Metro Service Center, 1115 Mount Zion Road, Suite H, Morrow.
- 'Tis
the season to drive sober
The Fayette County
Health Department joins with local, state, and federal national organizations
in an effort to educate the public during the month of December, which
is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.
Kicking
the habit tops New Year's resolutions
The tradition
of New Year's resolutions dates back 4,000 years to the Babylonians,
whose most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.
While today's resolutions rarely involve tractors or hoes, it is a
time when Americans swear to forego their favorite bad habit.
Use
of cochlear implants on the rise
Thousands
of children and adults with very severe hearing loss have received
cochlear implants in the past 25 years. Improvements in surgical techniques,
aural rehabilitation methods and advances in the technology of the
implant devices themselves have led to improved results in recent
years.
Cancer
prevention and finding a balance
Americans
today are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. The majority of
my patients feel they are eating well with an intake of 2-3 servings
per day. I commonly hear they have a banana every morning or corn
at dinner. Not only is it important to have at least five servings
a day but also to consume a variety, the more colorful the better.
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