American Health and Wellness Newsletter
Prevention is the cure
October, 2009 - Vol 10 Issue 1 |
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| ELF CAMPAIGN - update |
Register and be part of American Health's ELF Project. Oct 5th and 19th at 6pm at the Boca Community Center at 6PM.
Master ELF at 561-361-909
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Dear (Contact First Name) Many activities resume this October. Check the calendar on a regular basis. 
The 2009 American Elf Training Academy Announced for the Holidays
For the third consecutive year, the American Health Association, through its American Volunteer Corps is please to continue this great new tradition by continuing its American Elf Training Academy where kids and adults big and small get to dress up as elves and deliver presents including Teddy Bears, dolls, stuffed animals and toys throughout Palm Beach County to elders in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, Alzheimer Units as well as children in Milagro, Cuidad and other daycare centers participating in the 2007 Santa: Cause Campaign.
The Elf Training consist of learning the official elf dress codes, including its famous red, white & green uniforms, elf songs, Elf hugs and other Elf protocols that make this American Elf Training Academy one of the most awe inspiring and creative events of the coming holidays in all the world. More than 100 people last year became official and Certified Elves completing the training. The program is led by Santa: Cause, a direct distant cousin of famed Santa Claus to North Pole fame.
There are two training dates for 2007. The first date is Monday, 6:15 to 7:15 pm on Monday, November 5th. The second date is Monday, November 12th. from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Both events take place at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Avenue, Boca Raton.
Anyone can register to take the free training at the American Elf Training Academy by calling the American Health Association at 561 361 9091.
President American Health Association
J. Robert Gordon |
| What do men and women want - Monday night speaker |
The Singles's Networker at the Boca Community Center resumes this Monday night.
October 5th at 7:30pm,
Our new facilitator is Ben Marcus with a special guest facilitator Paul Barber.Topics this Monday night are:
SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING EVENING AT THE SINGLE'S NETWORKER with brand new topics and brand new facilitators. Call 561 361 9091 should you have any questions. Sponsored by American Health on behalf of its American Single's Society. |
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| THEN and NOW Super Singles Tuesday |
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SUPER SINGLE'S TUESDAY NIGHT at the Spanish River Library starts at 7PM and features one of our newest facilitators, Ms Lee Ravine.
Lee has a masters in social work and her topic at Super Single's is:
"THAT WAS THEN, BUT THIS IS NOW"
Sponsored by AMERICAN HEALTH on behalf of it's AMERICAN SINGLE'S SOCIETY. Call 561 361 9091 for directions and informaton on joining. |
| Listen to your Body: Save your Life |
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DALLAS (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We all know about the typical warning signs of disease. Lumps in the breast could mean breast cancer. A dark spot on your skin may mean melanoma. That spare tire around your mid-section could put you at risk for heart disease. Other, not-so-obvious changes in the body could also be signaling something more serious.
After traveling the world with his wife, Les Duncan thought he had a clean bill of health. Then, the unthinkable happened.
"I had an excruciating headache," Duncan told Ivanhoe. "I was more nauseous than I've ever been in my entire life."
His doctor at the time said nothing was wrong. Duncan knew better.
"I think the biggest mistake people make is not listening to their body," Duncan said.
Some body signs could be signaling a bigger issue. What does it mean if all of a sudden you go gray? It could mean thyroid disease or a vitamin B12 deficiency.
What about varicose veins? They put you at a higher risk for a potentially-fatal blood clot or deep vein thrombosis.
Warning signs of diabetes: bleeding gums, tingling feet, or a rash.
After pushing his doctors, Duncan found out he had a genetic condition that puts him at risk for brain hemorrhaging.
"He was very proactive about things, and he became very knowledgeable about what he had," Jonathan White, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas , told Ivanhoe.
Listening to his body may be what saved his life. After his first episode, Duncan noticed putting pressure on one side of his head made him feel better.  "When I began treatment, the doctors told me that lying on the right side of my head probably applied the pressure needed to stop the bleeding and probably saved my life," Duncan said.
Now, he can get back to more important things like planning his next trip.
Duncan says he also craved foods like spinach, broccoli and asparagus. He found out later those are foods rich in vitamin K, which promote clotting. |
| Weight Loss Improves Sleep Apnea |
 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For years, doctors have told patients with sleep apnea that their best bet for alleviating the condition is to lose weight, but there has been very little research-based evidence to support that advice.
"Existing research has been limited by a number of factors, so there are very few studies that show whether the recommended amount of weight loss -- about 10 percent -- is enough to sufficiently improve sleep apnea," Gary Foster, director of the Temple University Center for Obesity Research and Education and lead author of a new study, is quoted as saying.
Foster and colleagues from six other universities recently completed a large randomized study on the effects of weight loss on sleep apnea in patients with type 2 diabetes. They found that among patients with severe sleep apnea, those who lost the recommended weight were three times more likely to dramatically reduce the number of sleep apnea episodes, compared to those who did not lose weight.
The new study, called Sleep AHEAD, looked at 264 obese patients with type 2 diabetes who were already enrolled in the Look AHEAD trial, an ongoing 16-site study investigating the long-term impact of an intensive lifestyle intervention in 5,145 overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants were between 45 and 75 years old.
The 264 participants were broken into two randomized groups. The first received a group behavioral weight loss program developed especially for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. This group received portion-controlled diets and a prescribed exercise regimen of 175 minutes per week. The second group attended three group informational sessions over a one-year period that focused on diabetes management through diet, physical activity and social support.
After one year, members of the first group had lost an average of 24 pounds. More than three times as many participants in the first group had complete remission of their sleep apnea (13.6 percent compared to 3.5 percent), and also experienced about half the incidents of severe sleep apnea as the second group. Participants in the second group only lost about a pound and saw significant worsening of their sleep apnea, which suggested to Foster and his team that without treatment, the disorder can progress rapidly.
"These results show that doctors as well as patients can expect a significant improvement in their sleep apnea with weight loss," Foster said. "A reduction in sleep apnea has a number of benefits for overall health and well-being."
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, September 28, 2009 |
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| Join Citizen's in Action C.I.A and help the Orphans of War |
They are without clothes, shoes, school supplies, and they need your help. Will you help them?
The Citizens in Action for the Orphans of War in Iraq is organizing a donation drive for clothes and school supplies for these needy children. If you can donate any of these items for these kids ages 2-18 y/o and/or you want to assist in any way, please contact us :
We welcome you to join Citizen's in Action and/or raise funds so we can make a difference to millions of children in Iraq & Afghanistan and worldwide with our various charities including Orphans of War, Victims of War, Orphans of HIV-AIDs in Africa and Orphans of Hope in Central & South America. thehealthsociety@aol.com to join. | |
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100% of every dollar goes to service the charities programs and services here in Palm Beach County and around the globe Not one cent in 8 years has ever gone to salaries, of any kind, to anyone. We are, from top to bottom all volunteers in service to the community. |
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MISSION STATEMENT
The American Health Society is a distinguished 10 year old multi-award winning preventative public health & wellness 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is in preventative healthcare, mental wellness, health education, literacy and advocacy aimed at preventing lifestyle based illnesses, diseases and the frailties of aging.
We have a strong "Social Green Philosophy" of Humanitarian Service through our American Volunteer Corps which has a global outreach in 46 countries with members in 37 US States.
J. Robert Gordon - CEO and Founder American Health Association
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