February 2014
“Our purpose in life is to simply share God’s love that is already ours –
with each other. This love in its many forms is what each one of us
craves. It is the greatest blessing we can give another or ourselves.
There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting someone
up.”
Reverend Christopher Ian Chenoweth
American Heart Month
Teen Dating Violence
African American History Month
During African-American History Month, explore the informative and inspiring
materials provided by the Smithsonian Institution (African American History
and Culture) and the U.S. Department of Education. You’ll find links on
influential African-American artists, inventors, civil rights figures,
entrepreneurs, and others.
For additional resources on African-American history and culture, check out
USA.gov’s Culture and Ethnic Groups page, where you can research genealogy,
learn about plans for a new national museum, and more.
Groundhog Day
1. Yes, Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The
others are just imposters.
2. There has been only one Punxsutawney Phil. Punxsutawney Phil gets his
longevity from drinking "groundhog punch" (a secret recipe). One sip, which is
administered every summer at the Groundhog Picnic, gives him seven more
years of life.
3. On February 2nd, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob, in front of
thousands of faithful followers from all over the world, to predict the weather
for the rest of the winter.
4. According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six
more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an
early spring.
5. No, Punxsutawney Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner
Circle. After Phil emerges from his burrow on February 2nd, he speaks to the
Groundhog Club President in Groundhogese. His proclamation is then
translated for the world.
6. The celebration of Groundhog Day began with the Germans, Pennsylvania's
earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which
states "For as the sun shines on Candlemas day, so far will the snow swirl in
May...". The settlers found that groundhogs were plentiful and were the most
intelligent and sensible animal to carry on the legend of Candlemas Day.
7. Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800's. The first official
trek to Gobbler's Knob made on February 2nd, 1887. In 2008 it will be the 122nd
prediction.
8. So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip. Prior to
being called Phil, he was called Br'er Groundhog
http://www.groundhog.org/more-to-know/faq/
Reminder
Spiritually Groundhog Day means if you live in your shadow, you will have
more
of the exact same. Walk in the light of God, eliminating darkness and shadows
and creating all things new. Christopher Ian Chenoweth
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration
of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular
martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for
performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for
ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire.
During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer,
Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter "from your
Valentine" as a farewell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day
The first mass-produced valentine cards were sold in
the1840s.
Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday is observed the third Monday of February in honor
George Washington, the first President of the United States. This date is
commonly called Presidents' Day and many groups honor the legacy of past
presidents on this date.
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried
before you give them your confidence."
- George Washington
Kid’s Activity Sheets
2nd February 2014: Groundhog Day
6th February 2014: Waitangi Day (New Zealand Day)
7th-23rd February 2014: Winter Olympics (Sochi, Russia)
14th February 2014: Valentine's Day
A Look back in Health History
The Great Plague (1665–66) was the last major epidemic of the bubonic
plague to occur in the Kingdom of England (part of modern day United
Kingdom). It happened within the centuries-long time period of the Second
Pandemic, an extended period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics which
began in Europe in 1347, the first year of the "Black Death", and lasted until
1750.[1]
The Great Plague killed an estimated 100,000 people, about 15% of London's
population.[2] Bubonic plague is a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis
bacterium which is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected rat flea,
the prime vector of Y. pestis.
In the last week of July, the Bill of Mortality showed 3,014 deaths in London of
which 2,020 had died from the plague (the plague victim figures are likely to be
underestimated as deaths at this time of year were normally around 300). As the
number of victims affected mounted up, burial grounds became overfull, and
pits were dug to accommodate the dead. Drivers of dead-carts travelled the
streets calling "Bring out your dead" and carted away piles of bodies. The
authorities became concerned that the number of deaths might cause public
alarm and ordered that body removal and interment should take place only at
night.[20] As time went on, there were too many victims, and too few drivers, to
remove the bodies which began to be stacked up against the walls of houses.
Daytime collection was resumed and the plague pits became mounds of
decomposing corpses. The parish authorities at Aldgate had a great hole dug
near the churchyard, fifty feet long and twenty feet wide. Digging was
continued by labourers at one end while the dead-carts tipped in cadavers at the
other. When there was no room for further extension it was dug deeper till
ground water was reached at twenty feet. When finally covered with earth it
housed 1,114 corpses.[21]
Plague doctors traversed the streets diagnosing victims, although many of them
were unqualified physicians. Several public health efforts were attempted.
Physicians were hired by city officials and burial details were carefully
organized, but panic spread through the city and, out of the fear of contagion,
people were hastily buried in overcrowded pits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London
History of a Nursery Rhyme
Ring around the rosy
AKA as Ring a ring o' rosies
Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
"Ashes, Ashes"
We all fall down
(Original rhyme)A Pocket full of Posies
"A-tishoo! A-tishoo!"
We all fall Down!
Connections to the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
The words to the Ring around the rosy children's ring game have their origin in
English history. The historical period dates back to the Great Plague of London
in 1665 (bubonic plague) or even before when the first outbreak of the Plague
hit England in the 1300's. The symptoms of the plague included a rosy red rash
in the shape of a ring on the skin (Ring around the rosy). Pockets and pouches
were filled with sweet smelling herbs ( or posies) which were carried due to the
belief that the disease was transmitted by bad smells. The term "Ashes Ashes"
refers to the cremation of the dead bodies! The death rate was over 60% and the
plague was only halted by the Great Fire of London in 1666 which killed the rats
which carried the disease which was transmitting via water sources. The English
version of "Ring around the rosy" replaces Ashes with (A-tishoo, A-tishoo) as
violent sneezing was another symptom of the disease. We recommend the
following site for comprehensive information regarding the Bubonic Plague.
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ring_around_the_rosy.htm
Inspiration of the Month
“Lord, help me to fully accept your plan for my life and aspire to live it out as
best I can today.” Richard Johnson PhD:
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Psych Central
Stressed-out people have more than double the risk of having a
heart attack, compared to their non-stressed counterparts.
Furthermore, a patient’s perception of their stress levels may
even predict their risk for a heart attack years down the road.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/30/stressed-people-have-over-twice-the-risk-of-heartattack/56639.html
Site of the Month
Mended Hearts, Inc.
Cardiac support group offering help, support, and encouragement to heart
disease patients and their families.
www.mendedhearts.org/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Thought of the Month
Appreciate Your Loved Ones
Posted: 05 Dec 2013 03:00 AM PST
This past week has been hard on our family.
My niece’s husband passed away suddenly
and since she is about 800 miles away from
me, it is really hard to give her any kind of
emotional support. I can only imagine how
hard it is for her and her family. He left
behind my niece and four children (the youngest is 9 years old.)
I know my husband and I constantly talk about living in the moment because it
could be your last but it is another thing to have this slap you in the face. No one
wants to think about what it would really be like to lose a loved one.
So, this week, I started to keep a list of at least one sweet thing that my husband
does for me each day. Usually he does many more than one but I know he does
at least one thing at day and I don’t always make note of it so that I can
appreciate it more. I am going to make more of an effort to show my
appreciation for his love. If there comes a time when he is no longer here, I will
be able to look at the list and feel some comfort at the memory of the many
things he does for me.
I hope you take this time to really appreciate your loved ones. Appreciate them
now while they are living and not wait until they are gone to notice how much
they enrich your life.
Image: 'Mute Swans, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33909206@N04/10084809656
Found on flickrcc.net
Posted on the Successful Teaching Blog (http://successfulteaching.net) by loonyhiker
(successfulteaching at gmail dot com).
Joint Health Tips
Avoid Injury
Get Vertical highlights the importance of joint health at all stages of life and as
well as what people can do to keep their joints functioning properly.
For starters, there are three basic principles that are especially important when
considering the impact of proper joint movement:
1. When lifting an object, be sure that the largest muscles in the area perform
the task. The larger the muscle or muscle group utilized for lifting, the less
stress on smaller, more vulnerable muscles and the joint itself.
2. During activities, you should be able to comfortably assume several
different postures to avoid staying in one posture for extended periods.
Muscles will fatigue and joints are more likely to be injured when you hold
a particular posture, especially a poor one, such as staying partially bent
forward at the waist.
3. When performing tasks, keep the joints that are being used in their neutral
posture or approximately halfway into the range of motion . Working with
your joints at the extremes of their ranges of motion for prolonged periods
places abnormal stresses on those joints. That can result in repetitive stress
injuries.
Workplace Ergonomics
Since ancient times, people have known that movement is essential to life.
Today, a typical office worker sits hunched over a keyboard for eight hours a
day and seldom stands up. When the requirements of a job do not match a
worker’s physical attributes, injury and loss of productivity are likely. Learn
more about workplace injuries and how to prevent them,
http://www.acatoday.org/pdf/NCHM13_Workplace_Ergonomics.pdf
Information provided from the ChiroHealth Newsletter and Chirovoice.org
Celebrating 50 Years of Accomplishment in 2013
Interesting Research
A researcher at Connecticut College reports that Oreo cookies are more addictive
than cocaine or morphine -- in rats. The findings will be reported next month at
the Society for Neuroscience meeting.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/42329?isalert=1&uun=g676980d286R5843557u&utm_source=brea
king-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2013-10-17
NOTE: I am glad the research was not on ice cream
Day 191
"Wonderful things are happening. The way will unfold step by step. Do not
limit Me."
Aeronautic Breakthrough
First Dog in Space!
Good Job Toto
Let love be genuine.
Romans 12:9
Projects of the Month
“So They Might See”
Collect glasses at your church
Lion's Certified Collection Centers. Please donate your glasses to us . ... There is
a is a international network of donation locations and Lion's Clubs. ...
2,990 Eyeglass Collection Locations
You can donate your eyeglasses that are no longer needed so
someone else can see.
Project #2
First Choice is to get an American Red Cross Instructor to give a class in your
activity center
For more information on American Red Cross classes, you can visit their website
at www.redcross.org.
American Red Cross: Get CPR, First Aid, and AED Certified
www.redcross.org/lp/cpr-aed-firstaid
Hands-Only CPR can be as effective as CPR with breaths. Watch the demo video
and learn how to save a life in 60 seconds.
Creating the next generation of lifesavers
The easy-to-use CPR in Schools Training Kit is designed just for schools.
It contains everything needed to train 10 students at once in CPR.
Repeat the process to train a class, a grade - or even an entire school!
Details about CPR in Schools
Kindergarten
How to Use 911
You can be a big help when someone is hurt or in danger. How? By dialing 911. Find
out more in this article for kids.
Cómo y utilizar el teléfono de emergencias (911)
Con estos tres números, puedes contactar con los bomberos, la policía y la
ambulancia.
If a family member, friend or infant in your care had a cardiac or first aid
emergency in your presence, could you recognize the signs and respond quickly
and appropriately? The American Heart Association has developed a variety of
training kits and courses to teach you lifesaving skills.
View the training kits and courses
Other
From product support guides to funding resources for community CPR
programs to assessments of how effective such programs are locally, the
American Heart Association provides tools that make communities stronger.
View general information for Community CPR & First Aid
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityCPRandFirstAid/Community-CPR-FirstAid_UCM_001123_SubHomePage.jsp
Parents: Medication Safety · Teens: Medications Quiz · Kids: All About Medicines
Modern medicine has given us many important, even
life-saving medications. Almost all of us will need
them at some point in our lives.
Medicines come in so many forms that it can be hard
to keep them straight. Some can be bought in grocery
and drugstores; others require a doctor's prescription;
and some are available only in hospitals.
But they all have one thing in common - they need to be used safely and
only when when necessary. Our articles can help you do that.
Neil Izenberg, MD
Editor-in-Chief/Founder
Medications: Using Them Safely
Giving kids medicine safely can be a complicated task. With a little
knowledge and a lot of double-checking, you can help treat your child's
illness while you prevent dangerous reactions.
Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse
Chugging cough medicine for an instant high isn't a new practice for
teens, who have raided the medicine cabinet for a quick, cheap, and
legal high for decades. Unfortunately, this dangerous, potentially deadly
practice still goes on.
The Danger of Antibiotic Overuse
When you bring your child to the doctor for a cold or flu, do you
automatically expect a prescription for antibiotics? Here's why taking
antibiotics too often or for the wrong reason can do more harm than
good.
What's the Difference Between Rescue and Controller Medications?
Asthma medicine comes in two main types: controller medicine and
rescue medicine. Even if a child takes controller medicine regularly,
rescue medication is still needed to handle flare-ups.
Talking to the Pharmacist
If your child is sick, you'll probably have many questions to ask your
doctor. But have you made a list of questions and concerns to share with
your pharmacist?
Research of the Month
BP Responses to Salt Hold Steady Over Time
Blood pressure responses to dietary salt and potassium intake remained
consistent in two tests separated by nearly 5 years, researchers found. Read more
1. Did you know that on average, most Americans consume about 3,400
milligrams of sodium per day? A diet high in sodium can increase your blood
pressure and your chances of heart attack and stroke. Check out our sodium
infographic for tips you can use to reduce sodium! http://go.usa.gov/g7XA
Million Hearts - Prevention - Sodium Infographic
go.usa.gov
Health Tip
Dining out with friends or family this weekend? Follow these heart-healthy tips
from the American Heart Association when ordering your meal:
http://bit.ly/Y5iU8X
In and Out of the Class Room
Note: Each resource is labeled with a level and subject area to make it easier to
use.
Levels: E: Elementary; M: Middle; H: High; G: General, all levels; SN: Special
Needs; T: Teachers
Subject Areas: LA: Language Arts, English, Reading, Writing; M: Math; S:
Science; Health; SS: Social Studies, Current Events; FA: Fine Arts; Music, Art,
Drama; FL: Foreign Language; PE: Physical Ed; C: Career; A: All
Debate Graph: “is an award-winning, cloud-based service that offers
individuals and communities a powerful way to learn about and deliberate and
decide on complex issues.” (L:H; SA:SS, LA)
Bedtime Math – “to spark fun nightly math alongside the bedtime story.” (L:E;
SA:M)
Cartoon Prints – Library of Congress; “This assemblage of more than 500 prints
made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses
several forms of political art. Most of the prints are from the division's PC/US
series, which consists of individually cataloged political cartoons and
caricatures.” (L:H; SA:LA, SS)
What is Money – “…business editor Derek Thompson pays a visit to a branch
of EagleBank in Arlington, VA, to bother the world's friendliest bank teller with
a series of dumb requests. As goofy as it seems, this little experiment is a
helpful way to illustrate three essential functions of money: a store of value, a
unit of account, and a medium of exchange.” (L:M,H; SA:SS)
Flippity – “where you can easily convert a Google™ Spreadsheet into a set of
online flashcards” (L:H;T SA:A)
Got Brainy - Learn SAT and ACT vocab words the funnier way (L:H; SA:LA)
The Chronicles of Narnia – an audiobook (L:G; SA:LA)
Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science – “Top chefs
and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can
illuminate basic principles in physics and engineering, and vice versa.” (L:H;
SA:S)
We Do Listen – “…help young children learn how to listen, learn important life
lessons, and feel good about themselves.” (L:E; SA:A)
MathsFrame – “ has more than 170 free interactive maths games. All resources
are designed, by an experienced KS2 teacher, to help children to visualise
numbers, patterns and numerical relationships and to develop their
mathematical thinking.” (L:E; SA:M)
Quiz Socket – “Nobody ever has to log in. As a teacher, you create a quiz which
gets assigned a unique id — like a flight confirmation number. You write that 6digit number on the board or slide. The students access the page through their
cellphones or laptops and enter the quiz by entering the same number. You run
through the questions one-by-one and everyones’ screen updates to the current
question in real-time where the students select the answer. Questions are not
part of quizsocket and should be written on the board or on slides.” (L:T; SA:A)
Sign Up Genius – “If you are a group leader and find yourself organizing
volunteers, meals, service projects, or events... we want to make your life a lot
simpler! Now you can coordinate it all online... FREE!” (L:T; SA:A)
The Science of Football – “the science behind professional football.” (L:H;
SA:M,S)
The Playgrounds of Mathematics – math practice problems (L:G; SA:M)
Edmonton Corn Maze – virtual corn maze (L:G; SA:A)
Writing Mysteries with Writers – “Learn how to craft your own spooky story.
This workshop includes writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help you
write a mystery. When you're done, you can publish your own mystery online!”
(L:G; SA:LA)
What Colors Communicate – “I will show you how to choose your colors wisely
by understanding what they communicate” (L:G; SA:A)
The Right to Food:A Window on the World – learn about world hunger and
malnutrition (L:A; SA:SS,S)
Posted on the Successful Teaching Blog (http://successfulteaching.net) by
loonyhiker (successfulteaching at gmail dot com).
CDC Reports
CDC Re Antibiotics are no longer working against many bacteria.
Without antibiotics, common diseases that were once easily cured could become
deadly. Urgent action is needed to keep antibiotics working. At least 2 million
people each year in the US are infected with drug-resistant germs. Learn how
drug resistance happens: http://go.usa.gov/WCQ5.
Threat Report 2013 | Antimicrobial Resistance
go.usa.gov
This report, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013 gives a firstever snapshot of the burden and threats posed by the antibiotic-resistant germs
having the most impact on human health.
Senior Healing
..And I shall be healed.
We all need to reach for the
hem of his garment.....
I see my affliction as a new journey of grace, and I'm’emancipated from trying
to please anyone anymore. This sounds arrogant, I suppose, but it's’very far
from arrogance. I feel that to be my true healing self; I needn't’ contort myself at
all.
www.healyourillness.com
1714 Big Horn Basin
St. Louis, MO 63011
636.273.6898
Senior Health and Wellness
Heart Attack
Lowering Your Risk
Lowering your risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) can help you
prevent a heart attack. Even if you already have CHD or have already had a
heart attack, you can still take steps to lower your risk. These steps involve
following a heart healthy lifestyle and getting ongoing care for conditions that
raise your risk.
Heart Healthy Lifestyle Changes
You can make these lifestyle changes to lower your risk of having a heart attack.
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If you smoke, quit.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Be as physically active as you can.
Follow a heart healthy diet.
If you smoke, quit. Smoking can raise your risk of CHD and heart attack. Talk
with your doctor about programs and products that can help you quit. Also, try
to avoid secondhand smoke.
Maintain a healthy weight. If you'r’ overweight or obese, work with your
doctor to create a reasonable weight-loss plan that involves diet and physical
activity. Controlling your weight helps you control risk factors for coronary
heart disease (CHD) and heart attack.
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Be as physically active as you can. Physical activity can improve your
fitness level and your health. Talk with your doctor about what types of activity
are safe for you.
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Follow a heart healthy diet. Following a healthy diet is an important part of
a heart healthy lifestyle. Eat a healthy diet to prevent or reduce high blood
pressure and high blood cholesterol, and to maintain a healthy weight. A
healthy diet includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. It also
includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, and fat-free or low-fat milk or milk
products. A healthy diet is low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium
(salt), and added sugars.
For More Information About Healthy Eating
For more information about following a healthy diet, go to the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute's’(NHLBI's’ Aim for a Healthy Weight Web site, Your
Guide to a Healthy Heart, and Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure
With DASH. In addition, a variety of heart healthy recipes to help you plan
meals is available at Aim for a Healthy Weight. All of these resources provide
general information about healthy eating.
Treatment for Related Conditions
Get treatment for related conditions that make having a heart attack more likely.
If you have high blood cholesterol, follow your doctor's’advice about lowering
it. Take medications to lower your cholesterol as directed if diet and exercise
aren't’enough.
 If you have high blood pressure, follow your doctor's’advice about keeping it
under control. Take blood pressure medications as directed.
 If you have diabetes, sometimes called high blood sugar, try to control your
blood sugar level through diet and physical activity (as your doctor
recommends). If needed, take medicine as prescribed
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"Love turns winter into summer." ”unknown
Ministry Idea
An Ounce of Prevention
Help Reduce Hospital Re-Admissions
The Use of Personal Safety Nets in
Helping Patients to Recover
We can be the Team
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently
reported that up to 75 percent of hospital re-admissions are potentially
preventable, and "by encouraging providers to reduce preventable readmissions, the US government expects cost savings of over $26 billion
in the next ten years."
This has lead to the rapid growth of
hospital discharge planners," and to the creation of "discharge"
departments within hospitals and clinics. As helpful as these
services may be, implementation is commonly referred onward
to private home care agencies with the idea of saving the
government, hospitals and health insurers
money. Unfortunately, no matter where patients derive these services, they most
frequently come at a cost - although probably less than a continued hospital stay. What
CMS and others often overlook is the value of actively engaging patients themselves in
designing their own discharge desires and supports.
Discharge planners (private and public) know that if the
following assistance is provided, it will cut the chances of readmission. In their job descriptions:
 Meeting the patient at the hospital or rehabilitation facility and
providing safe transportation home for them and their
equipment and belongings;
 Picking up prescriptions, groceries and supplies;
 Helping prepare meals and ensure proper nutrition;
 Monitoring medication compliance;
 Assisting with activities of daily living while a person may be continuing to build
strength;
 Assisting with strengthening exercises per physical therapist;
 Transporting client to follow-up appointments
Read the list again, slowly, please. These are common tasks - although not easy
for all those leaving a facility. They are also tasks that can certainly be done by
friends, family members and volunteers who may be willing to give a bit of
their time to come together to help another. Using a team approach and tactics,
this can be very effective. We all have a human need to help others. Urging
patients, before discharge, to identify and create a support base addresses this
need, while supporting healthy discharges and reduced readmission rates.
This is the incredibly simple concept known as creating a
personal safety net (PSN): organizing a team to help
accomplish goals or help with needs that one cannot by
oneself. Having a network will minimize isolation or bouts
of depression while helping ensure better regimented
homecare.
If you know a patient looking toward discharge, here are two sources of
assistance: 1) a (downloadable) review of the chapters of
Personal Safety Nets book - to remind or help you deal with
the processes of creating, building and using a PSN team;
and 2) A new checklist (downloadable) called "A Hospital
Discharge Planning Checklist"- with a series of questions
and actions that safety net friends/teams can ask and follow
to help. (Feel free to add to this list by sending us an email of
your own ideas and additions).
Remember, if you know someone is in need of help and you think
you might help:1) A little help is better than none at all and 2) if
your help is declined, it's not personal. So, use your intuition leaving a hospital is strenuous, but for some, asking for assistance is
even tougher. Offer to help.
We can be that safety net or help develop one!
Mental Health Study
Frequent anger poses health risks too. One study found that people who get
angry regularly are more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease, eating
disorders, and obesity. Research has also found a correlation between anger and
premature death. Further studies have found that there is a link between anger
and conditions such as anxiety and depression
http://onlinelihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.14676494.2004.00296.x/fullbrary.wiley.com
Daily Cancer Inspiration
by Richard Johnson PhD:
"E“en in the midst of these dark days I can still feel joy knowing that you never
leave me, you never abandon me. Lord, you carry me on your shoulders over the
toughest times."
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Heart Smart Nutritional Findings
Study uncovers mechanism for how grapes reduce heart failure
associated with hypertension
A study appearing in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry demonstrates that
grapes are able to reduce heart failure associated with chronic high blood
pressure (hypertension) by increasing the activity of several genes responsible
for antioxidant defense in the heart tissue.
http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Study_uncovers_mechanism_for_how_gr
apes_reduce_heart_failure_associated_with_hypertension.asp
Heart-Healthy Diet Helps Men Lower Bad
Cholesterol, Regardless of Weight Loss (May 1, 2013) —
A heart-healthy diet helped men at high risk for heart disease reduce their bad
cholesterol, regardless of whether they lost weight, in a new ...
The 19 24- to 62-year-old men in the study had metabolic syndrome, which
refers to three or more significant risk factors for heart disease and stroke. The
risk factors included in this study were high waist circumference, high blood
pressure, high levels of triglycerides and fasting glucose and low levels of high
density lipoprotein or HDL "g“od" ”holesterol.
> read more
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501193124.htm
Vegetable oil IS good for you, researcher says
Since the 1970s, researchers have known that lineolic acid (LA) helps reduce
blood cholesterol levels, and for decades, scientists have known that consuming
LA can help lower the risk of heart disease. However, some experts have been
claiming recently that Americans might be getting too much of a good thing. A
new study from the University of Missouri contradicts that claim.
http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Vegetable_oil_IS_good_for_you_researcher_says
.asp
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Senior Nutrition Tips
If you’ve eaten a bit more than usual or indulged in higher calorie foods during the holidays,
you’re not alone. As you resume your regular eating pattern, check out these daily calorie
recommendations for men and women 50+.
To see lower calorie food choices, check out “What’s On Your Plate? Smart Food Choices for
Healthy Eating,” a nutrition resource from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH.
Latino Health
Latino Heart Health
Cardiovascular disease among US Hispanics
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among US Hispanics
Just 40.7 percent of Hispanics
said their blood pressure was under control. CDC and Million Hearts have
developed educational resources to help Hispanics take control of their heart
health.
A recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that
more than a quarter (26.1 percent) of Hispanics reported having high blood
pressure, and nearly a third (30.4 percent) with high blood pressure
weren't’taking medication that could reduce their risk for heart attack and
stroke. Educational resources to help Hispanics take control of their heart health
is available from CDC and Million Hearts, a national public-private partnership
that works to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
For additional information, visit http://espanol.millionhearts.hhs.gov .
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/millionheartshispanic/index.html
Google’s Useless Facts
The human heart is no bigger than a fist and yet is wrapped in so much
muscle that it can continue pumping even if a third of its muscle mass is
destroyed.
Research of the Month
Heart health matters to your brain
People suffering from Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are at an
increased risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study from Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center.
http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Heart_health_matters_to_your_brain.asp
Whole walnuts and their extracted oil improve cardiovascular
disease risk
Consumption of whole walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular
risk through a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol, according to a
team of Penn State, Tufts University and University of Pennsylvania
researchers.
http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Whole_walnuts_and_their_extracted__oil
_improve_cardiovascular_disease_risk.asp
Thought of the Month
Purpose of Life
You may wonder about your purpose in life.
You wonder why you are here.
You are here to learn to love.
You are here to give that love.
You are here to let it shine through you and to let people feel it and say to you,
"Y“u
are a person is really living it. You are a shining example of what
religion should be." ”
The only thing that is going to change the world is to try to give love.
Rev. Christopher Ian Chenoweth
“Does my attitude depend on others? Be careful - –here are always reasons for
having a bad one.”
Victoria A. Davis
Question of the Month
What Makes God Love Us?
It is good to be law-abiding and dependable. But it is bad to think that this
makes God love us! Why so? Because Jesus shows us something totally different
and we need again and again to be shocked by God’s upside-down ways of
viewing things. Jesus reveals God’s strange point of view by associating with
the rejects and the despised of his society. The poor, the sick, the possessed, the
non-nationals are his table-companions. So too are women, tax-collectors,
prostitutes. Add in for good measure the ‘accursed crowd’ who don’t know the
law (John 7:49), and you have a thoroughly disreputable bunch!
But these are in fact the associates of the Son of God. The message is that God’s
special compassion is for the poor, for the despised and the unwanted. God’s
heart is drawn first to those at the bottom of the human pyramid, so Jesus has
his eye out for them first.
This means that God seems to love people just as they are, in all their
inadequacy and brokenness. We don’t earn God’s love, because we don’t have
to! We are already totally loved. This leaves the law-abiding and dependable at
a loss until they see that divine love is never merited. They are then challenged
to abandon their self-sufficiency, and to respond gratefully to this gratuitous
love. They must then love their unlovable neighbors the same way as God loves
them. This, says God, is my best plan for the transformation of human society!
Adapted from Gerry O’Hanlon SJ: A Renewed Devotion to the Sacred Heart. Dublin, Messenger Publications,
1992.
Sacred Space
Site of the Month
Blood Clots
Visit the MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Blood Clots to learn more.
Normally, if you get hurt, your body forms a blood clot to stop the bleeding.
Some people get too many clots or their blood clots abnormally...
Health Tip of the Month
Gum Health Associated With Carotids?
Older adults who had improvements in periodontal health also had smaller
increases in subclinical atherosclerosis, a longitudinal study showed. Read more
Google Random Facts
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
Health Tip of the Month
Heart Failure
Heart failure is a serious condition that occurs most often in people 65 and older.
It is the number one reason older adults are hospitalized. Find out more about
heart failure and see how you can lower your risk.
Also, check out this quiz to learn about the symptoms of heart failure.
The information on Heart Failure was provided by NIHSeniorHealth and
developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
A heart attack is an emergency. Prompt treatment can reduce the risk of heart
damage and even save a life. Learn about the symptoms of a heart attack and see
what to do if you or someone you know is having a heart attack.
The information on Heart Attack was provided by NIHSeniorHealth and
developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Health Reminder of the Month
Nearly 30 Percent of Americans Have High Blood Pressure: CDC
While awareness has grown, experts say more people need treatment to prevent
heart disease, stroke
B/P checks at church could be part of the solution.
The Doctor’s Voice
CHEST PAIN?
If you are having chest pain associated with any of the following:
1.Shortness of breath
2.Radiation of pain to neck, jaw, shoulder or arm
3.Radiation of pain to your upper back
4.Nausea or indigestion associated with any of the above
5.Pain on exertion or after eating
6.Sweating with pain
7.A history of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol
8.Family history of heart disease
9.If you are a smoker
DIAL 911. DO NOT GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR! DO NOT HAVE
SOMEONE TAKE YOU TO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE! THE LIFE YOU SAVE
MAY BE YOUR OWN.
While the advice above pertains to both sexes, women are notorious for having
atypical symptoms of heart disease, see my post at:
(http://livewellthy.org/2010/11/28/womens-heart.aspx)
Both men and women underestimate (deny) chest pain! A denial or
underestimation of chest pain can be lethal. Heart attacks damage the heart and
cause dangerous rhythm disturbances. If treated early, much or all of the
damage can be avoided. Driving with chest pain not only threatens your life, but
also is a direct threat to the other motorists on the road. It is one thing to die
behind the wheel of your car when it careens into a tree; it is quite something
else when your car strikes a minivan loaded with children.
The paramedics are well trained professionals who can institute treatment the
moment they see you. The ambulance is a mobile intensive care unit. Your
family car is not. Your spouse cannot perform CPR while driving. Your spouse
cannot dispense life threatening medicine.
The number one reason that people do not call the paramedics is people worry
that they are overreacting and causing too much of a fuss. Dying causes a fuss.
One of my favorite things to tell you is that all the tests are normal and you did
not have a heart attack. One of the worse things to tell you or your family is, “If
only we had gotten to you (him) sooner!
Live long and be healthy!
Permalink: livewellthy.org/2013/02/25/optimizing-your-visit-for-chest-pain.aspx
If you think you might be having a heart attack, call 911
immediately. Symptoms of a heart attack include:
• Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back.
• Feeling weak, light-headed, or faint.
• Chest pain or discomfort.
• Pain or discomfort in arms or shoulder.
• Shortness of breath.
Valentine's’Day emphasizes love and romance. But for all its
hearts and flowers, Feb. 14 also can bring a lot of pressure and
worry.
Check out our articles on matters of the heart.
Neil Izenberg, MD
Editor-in-Chief/Founder
Have a Heart-to-Heart With Your Kid About Valentine's’Day
Ask 20 kids what love is and you'l’ get 20 different answers. But ask
them what Valentine's’Day means and the answer will be the same - –
andy hearts and sending cards to every kid in school.
Teens Talk About Love (Video)
Hear teens' ’ake on love, marriage, divorce, dating, and breakups.
Play & Learn Center
Play is the building block of childhood. It teaches kids about their
world. Here, learn what activities inspire and motivate, and which toys
are not only safer, but smarter, too.
A Boy Named Finn
Meet Finn! He was created to help young children who are beginning
cancer treatment.
"A“Boy Named Finn" ”eatures puppetry, animation, and real kids who
were diagnosed with cancer.
"L“t My Love flow out of you as compassion, kindness, and understanding."
”
In the News
New U.S. FDA rules aim to cut
antibiotic use in farm animals
BY RANSDELL PIERSON AND CHARLES ABBOTT
Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:35pm EST
(Reuters) - In a bid to stem a surge in human resistance to certain antibiotics,
U.S. regulators announced new guidelines to phase out their use as a growth
enhancer in livestock.
The Food and Drug Administration said the antibiotics could still be used to
treat illnesses in animals raised for meat, but should otherwise be pared back
over the next three years under a voluntary program to keep them out of the
human food supply.
Doctors and hospitals have become increasingly worried in recent years by new
strains of bacteria that cannot be controlled by a wide range of current
antibiotics. Part of the suspected reason for the emergence of these "superbugs"
is that people who have eaten meat that contained antibiotics develop resistance
to the drugs as bacteria mutate to thwart them.
FOE THE ARTICLE, click link http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-fda-antibioticidUSBRE9BA0RJ20131211
Educational Activities to Promote
Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in Animals
Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work on the Farm
To promote appropriate antibiotic use in veterinary medicine and animal
agriculture, CDC launched Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work on the
Farm in 2004. The program, often referred to as Get Smart on the Farm, has a
sister program, CDC's Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work program,
which promotes the appropriate use of antibiotics for human illness.
Get Smart on the Farm Goals
Promote appropriate use of antibiotics in animals through collaboration,
communication, and education
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Serve as a liaison among the public health community, veterinarians, and food
animal producers
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Build relationships between CDC and the animal agriculture industry within
the United States
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Major Program Activities
Supported state and local health department programs on appropriate
antibiotic use in animals
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Supported the development of a veterinary medical school curriculum
NEW: Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013
Learn more about the first –ever snapshot of the burden and threats posed by
the antibiotic-resistant germs having the most impact on human health.
More
The Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site (AMRLS)
The Antimicrobial
Resistance Learning Site (AMRLS) is now available on the website of the
College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University (MSU). The
AMRLS is an online, interactive suite of educational materials aimed at teaching
and promoting the prudent use of antibiotics in animal agriculture and
veterinary medicine. The site was developed at MSU and the modules were
written by faculty at MSU and the University of Minnesota, with guidance and
support from CDC.
Subjects covered include:
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Microbiology
Public Health
Species-specific medicine
Hunt for Ella Salmonella
An exciting and informative animated
module teaches basic concepts of antimicrobial resistance featuring the
adventures of Ella Salmonella and can be used to educate people of all ages.
The site was developed at MSU and the modules were written by faculty at
MSU and the University of Minnesota, with guidance and support from CDC.
Related Links:
Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals
Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety
Antibiotic Resistance: Education Campaigns
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Wisdom Story
From Tony De Mello, S.J.:
A social worker poured out her woes to the Master. How much good she would
be able to do for the poor if she did not have to spend so much time and energy
protecting herself and her work from slander and misunderstandings.
The Master listened attentively, then responded in a single sentence: “No one
throws stones at barren trees.”
Source
How does God see you? You remember that God created you in
God's’image and likeness. God sees you as a person of true potential because
God knows what power you have accessible to you.
How do you see God? As love? If God is love and you are created in
God's’image and likeness, then you, too, are loving and lovable in God's’sight.
Is God wise and understanding? Then you, too, are wise and understanding.
Is God a God of life? Then you, too, are filled with life never failing.
Is God steadfast? Then in you there is patience, perseverance, and
steadfastness
Christopher Ian Chenoweth.
"R“member there's’no such thing as a
small act of kindness. Every act
creates a ripple with no logical end."
” Scott Adams
American Heart Month
Eat Better - –Cooking Healthy for Your Heart
Cooking at home can be an effective way to avoid
extra calories, fat, and sodium from fast food
dinners. Here are some tips to remember that will
help your home-cooked dinner be even better for
you:
Preserve the nutrients and colors in veggies. Cook
them quickly by steaming or stir-frying.
 Prepared seasonings can have high sodium content and increase your risk for
high blood pressure. Replace salt with herbs and spices or some of the salt-free
seasoning mixes. Use lemon juice, citrus zest or hot chilies to add flavor.
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Canned, processed and preserved vegetables often have very high sodium
content. Look for "l“w-sodium" ”eggies or try the frozen varieties.
 Choose whole grain for part of your ingredients instead of highly refined
products. Use whole-wheat flour, oatmeal and whole cornmeal.
 Switch to fat-free milk or 1% milk instead of whole or reduced-fat (2%) milk.
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Canola oil and baking: It's’the lowest in saturated fat, with a favorable ratio of
omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, and although it doesn't’get nearly as much
publicity, it's’just as good as olive oil when it comes to lowering your
cholesterol.
Reader's’Digest
Visit the American Heart Association for more heart healthy cooking tips
Move More - Health Benefits from Exercise
We all know that being physically active is good for our health. But how does it
really benefit us? Regular physical activity:
Relieves tension, stress, anxiety and anger.
Can lower your blood pressure and boost levels of good cholesterol.
Improves blood circulation, which reduces the risk of heart disease.
Keeps weight under control.
Helps in the battle to quit smoking.
Boosts energy level.
Provides a way to share an activity with family and friends.
Establishes good heart-healthy habits in children and counters the conditions
that lead to heart disease later in life.
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Check out the American Heart Association to find out even more benefits to
being physically active.
Avoid Tobacco - –moking and Heart Health
Did you think that smoking only causes cancer for
the smoker? Smoking also affects your heart
health..Id the heart health of those around you.
Check out these reasons to quit smoking and to
avoid exposure to secondhand smoke:
Cigarette smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of
death in the United States. Cigarette smokers are 2-4 times more likely to
develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.
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Cigarette smoking approximately doubles a person's’risk for stroke.
People who smoke have a much greater risk of developing peripheral vascular
disease than nonsmokers.
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Secondhand smoke exposure causes heart disease and lung cancer in
nonsmoking adults.
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Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work
increase their heart disease risk by 25-30% and their lung cancer risk by 20-30%.
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Breathing secondhand smoke has immediate harmful effects on the
cardiovascular system that can increase the risk of heart attack. People who
already have heart disease are at especially high risk.
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For more information on smoking and heart health, visit American Heart
Association's’"".”
If you paint in your mind a picture of
bright and happy expectations,
you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Heart disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death for men and
women in the United States. Every year, 1 in 4 deaths is caused by heart disease.
The good news? Heart disease can often be prevented when people make
healthy choices and manage their health conditions. Communities, health
professionals, and families can work together to create opportunities for people
to make healthier choices.
Make a difference in your community: Spread the word about strategies for
preventing heart disease and encourage people to live heart healthy lives.
How can American Heart Month make a difference?
We can use this month to raise awareness about heart disease and how people
can help prevent it — both at home and in the community.
Here are just a few ideas:
Encourage families to make small changes, like using spices to season their
food instead of salt.
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Motivate teachers and administrators to make physical activity a part of the
school day to help students start good habits early.
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Ask doctors and nurses to be leaders in their communities by speaking out
about ways to prevent heart disease.
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How can I help spread the word?
We’ve made it easier for you to make a difference. This toolkit is full of ideas to
help you take action today. For example:
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Add information about living a heart healthy lifestyle to your newsletter.
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Tweet about American Heart Month.
Host a community event where families can be active while learning about
local health resources.
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Take action: Be the cure! Join the American Heart Association’s national
movement in support of healthier communities and healthier lives.
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Sample Media and/or Newsletter or Listserv Announcement
Sample Tweets
Sample tweets: Tips for a Healthy Heart
The messages below are sample tweets. To send them via Twitter, click on the
URL link provided after the “Tweet this message” phrase. Or, copy the message
and paste it to your Twitter stream and click post.
Did you know? Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and
women in the United States: http://1.usa.gov/ijFWzj
Tweet This!
Q. Who’s at risk for heart disease? A. A woman age 55 or older or a man age 45
or older: http://1.usa.gov/W35sk6
Tweet This!
Cheat Sheet: Questions to ask your doctor if you have high blood pressure:
http://1.usa.gov/jXpKQD
Tweet This!
Manage your cholesterol – easier said than done? Watch this presentation from
@medlineplus4you for help: http://1.usa.gov/ifq74n
Tweet This!
Planning a grocery store trip this weekend? Pump up your heart health by
choosing foods that are low in sodium (salt): http://1.usa.gov/y0uXTq
Tweet This!
Did you know? You need to get your blood pressure checked every 2 years
starting at age 18. Curious why? http://1.usa.gov/mRFcKh
Tweet This!
Are you a woman over age 55? Talk to your doctor about taking aspirin to
reduce your risk of stroke: http://1.usa.gov/jnchQM
Tweet This!
healthfinder.gov E-Cards
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Get Screened
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Watch Your Weight
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Eat Healthy
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Quit Smoking
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Be Active
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) E-cards
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Heart Health Fashion
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Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers
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Salt Intake
View more E-cards
Web Badge
Add this free Web badge to your Web site, blog, or social networking profile to
show your support for American Heart Month.
Use the materials below to promote the various topics
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Children's’Dental Health
February's’Health Observance Materials
Prebuilt Newsletters
Just download and distribute to employees. If you prefer to make a custom
newsletter with your company logo and articles of your choice, use the "B“ild a
Wellness Newsletter" ”ption in the Communication Tools Section.
Email Articles
Place these short articles on your Intranet Website or within email
communications to employees.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Sponsor: Break the Cycle
Promote Your Event
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Tips to plan a National Health Observance
One in 10 teens reported being physically abused by a boyfriend or
girlfriend in the last year. Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
is a national effort to raise awareness and protect teens from
violence.
You can make a difference: Encourage schools, community-based organizations,
parents, and teens to come together to prevent teen dating violence.
How can Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month make a difference?
We can use this month to raise awareness about teen dating violence and take
action toward a solution – both at home and in our communities.
Here are just a few ideas:
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Encourage parents to talk with their teens about healthy relationships.
Ask teachers to hold classroom discussions about dating violence and
prevention – or to invite speakers in to talk about these issues.
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Help schools create policies that support healthy relationships and involve
student voices.
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How can I help spread the word?
We’ve made it easier for you to make a difference. This toolkit is full of ideas to
help you take action today. For example:
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Add information about teen dating violence to your newsletter.
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Tweet about Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
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Add this Web badge to your Web site.
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Join us in showing your support for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
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Get the Word Out
Sample Media and/or Newsletter or Listserv Announcement
Sample Tweets
1 in 10 teens report being physically abused by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the
last year. Make a difference: http://bit.ly/WHenrB
Tweet This!
Take this quiz to find out if your relationship is a healthy one:
http://bit.ly/xOkmTb
Tweet This!
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Find out more:
http://1.usa.gov/bfPeDu #datingviolence
Tweet This!
Talk to your kids about healthy relationships and lead by example!
http://1.usa.gov/W8OdLp
Tweet This!
Be a role model – treat your kids and partner with respect:
http://1.usa.gov/13HpnbE
Tweet This!
healthfinder.gov E-Cards
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Teens and Healthy Relationships
Web Badge
Add this free Web badge to your Web site, blog, or social networking profile
to show your support for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
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Get Involved
Take action to raise awareness about teen dating violence.
1.Write a letter to a public official – like a mayor or governor – asking them to
recognize Teen Dating Violence Month.
2.Host an event , like a play or a poetry slam, to raise awareness in your
community.
3.Join a group that supports the movement against dating abuse.
4.Share materials from loveisrespect about healthy relationships and the
warning signs of abuse .
5.If you are concerned about a loved one, reach out for support.
Adapted from Break the Cycle.
Contact the Break the Cycle at teenDVmonth@breakthecycle.org for more
information and materials.
Related Tools on healthfinder.gov
Health Topics
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Talk with Your Teen about Healthy Relationships
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Talk to Your Kids about Sex
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Talk to Your Kids about Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs
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Help Someone in an Unhealthy Relationship: Quick tips
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Take Steps to Protect Yourself from Relationship Violence
Personal Health Tools
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Healthy Relationship Quiz for Girls
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Healthy Relationship Quiz for Teens
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Communication Tips for Parents
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Break the Silence: Stop the Violence Video
More Information (Related Resources)
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Dating Violence
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Domestic Violence
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Teen Mental Health
Resources
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Prevent Teen Dating Violence – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Understanding Teen Dating Violence Fact Sheet [PDF – 313 KB] – Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
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Take Action – loveisrespect.org
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Healthy Relationships – loveisrespect.org
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Dating Violence 101: Why It Matters – Break the Cycle
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Violence Against Women – Office on Women’s Health
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Healthy Relationships – Office on Women’s Health
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Healthy Relationships: Resources and Publications – Office of Adolescent
Health
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Safety Planning – loveisrespect.org
This and That
NHLBI in the News
Contemporary Clinical Trials
Implementation of the NHLBI Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health
and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Rationale and study design
for Young Hearts Strong Starts, a cluster-randomized trial targeting body mass
index, blood pressure, and tobacco.
coauthored by Janet M. de Jesus, M.S., R.D., Division for the Application of
Research Discoveries, NHLBI
Learn about the Young Hearts Strong Starts study that tested strategies for
implementing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-supported
Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in
Children and Adolescents.
PRNewswire
2014 Breakthrough Prizes awarded in fundamental physics and life
sciences for a total of $21 million
NHLBI grantee Dr. Richard Lifton from Yale University was
awarded the 2014 Breakthrough Prize for the discovery of genes and
biochemical mechanisms that cause hypertension. The award recognizes
excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human
life. The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and Life Sciences are
founded by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang, Yuri and
Julia Milner and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. You can learn more about
Dr. Lifton and his research by reading NHLBI Director's Corner: Behind the
bench... with Dr. Richard Lifton, Yale University.
Are e-cigarettes creating new generation of smokers?. About a year ago,
I was surprised to find out from my daughter that hookah pens were all the rage
among the high school crowd. If you are, like I was, among the uninitiated, this
is a device of roughly cigarette proportions that contains a battery, a tiny
vaporizer, something to vaporize, and a button [...]
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/12/ecigarettes-creating-generation-smokers.html
Comic Relief
DOG RULES
1.Dogs are never permitted in the house. The dog stays outside in a
specially built wooden compartment named, for very good reason, the dog
house.
2.Okay, the dog can enter the house, but only for short visits or if his
own house is under renovation.
3.Okay, the dog can stay in the house on a permanent basis, provided his
dog house can be sold in a yard sale to a rookie dog owner.
4.Inside the house, the dog is not allowed to run free and is confined to
a comfortable but secure metal cage.
5.Okay, the cage becomes part of a two-for-one deal along with the dog
house in the yard sale, and the dog can go wherever he pleases.
6.The dog is never allowed on the furniture.
7.Okay, the dog can get on the old furniture but not the new furniture.
8.Okay, the dog can get up on the new furniture until it looks like the
old furniture and then we'll sell the whole works and buy new furniture...
upon which the dog will most definitely not be allowed.
9.The dog never sleeps on the bed. Period.
10.Okay, the dog can sleep at the foot of the bed.
11.Okay, the dog can sleep alongside you, but he's not allowed under the
covers.
12.Okay, the dog can sleep under the covers but not with his head on the
pillow.
13.Okay, the dog can sleep alongside you under the covers with his head
on the pillow, but if he snores he's got to leave the room.
14.Okay, the dog can sleep and snore and have nightmares in bed, but he's
not to come in and sleep on the couch in the TV room, where I'm now
sleeping. That's just not fair.
15.The dog never gets listed on the census questionnaire as "primary
resident," even if it's true.
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Unpredictable Dependence
You have to wonder—if God’s most merciful act is His refusal to answer some
of our prayers! We piously ask for His will and then pout if everything doesn’t
go our way.
The problem is not that God doesn’t give us what we hope for. It’s that we do
not know the right thing for which to hope. Hope isn’t what you expect—it’s
what you would never dream. It’s a wild, improbable tale with a pinch-me-I’mdreaming ending. It’s Abraham adjusting his bifocals so he can see, not his
grandson, but his son. It’s Moses standing at the promised land, not with Aaron
or Miriam at his side, but with Elijah and the crucified Christ.
Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed. It’s far greater than that. It’s a
zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our
socks!
From God Came Near
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God enjoys watching every detail of your life, whether you are working, playing,
resting, or eating. He doesn't miss a single move you make. The Bible tells us, "The
steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives"
(Psalm 37:23 NLT).
Rick Warren