February Is Heart Awareness Month
 | Watch this video to learn how high blood pressure affects your health.
Have your blood pressure checked by a health care professional.
If it is high, you may need medication. Weight loss, physical activity and quitting smoking can also lower your blood pressure. |
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Sirloin with Sugar Snap Pea &
Pasta Salad with Gremolata
Dressing
A gremolata is made with fresh
parsley, garlic and lemon peel. This fresh-tastingdressing is an outstanding accompaniment to beef and pasta.
Click here for the recipe.
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Need Some Extra Help to Make Good on Your Healthy Resolutions?
Check Out These Apps!
Resolutions 2012: Record each resolution, identify what needs to be done in order to complete those resolutions (change of behavior, etc.), and in turn track success by recording actions taken in the course of the new year--available at iTunes only. Lose It!: Lose weight! Set goals and establish a daily calorie budget that enables you to meet them. Stay on track each day by recording your food and exercise and staying within your budget. Wellness Tip of the Day:Receive easy-to-follow tips that promote healthy living. What's more, they don't come in boring text but in colorful bouncing balls! With Wellness Tip of the Day, you can also email selected tips to friends and family, including helpful advice such as the benefits of daily flossing. |
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Proudly Entering Our
114th Year of Service
Helping seniors live independent lives with health and dignity is at the heart of our mission. When you or a loved one need home care or hospice service, ask for us by name:Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan.
Call us at (800) 882-5720.
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Weighing In
on Weight Loss at Work
Looking to lose weight in 2012? Weight loss is probably one of the most common goals people make, and one that is difficult to achieve alone.
A weight loss coach could be just the ticket to reclaiming a fitter you. A recent study, which you can read here, in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that a weight loss program delivered by health coaches over the phone with website and email support was as effective as one delivered in person. An American Council on Exercise-commissioned study found that people whose work is largely conducted while sitting behind a desk, such as secretaries, lawyers and teachers, get little physical activity during the day. A 2011 study published in the journal 'PloS ONE' showed that a sizable portion of the national weight gain can be explained by declining physical activity during the workday. . The findings also put pressure on employers to step up workplace health initiatives and pay more attention to physical activity at work and offer employees programs geared toward weight loss and improving overall health. If you are considering workplace wellness initiatives, Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan can help your organization set up a program to meet your needs from biometric screenings to health risk assessments.
Click here to download a clinic request form. |
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Earn Rewards for Exercising
Sometimes we could all use a little extra motivation to exercise. Through a new website called Earndit.com, you earn points that you can redeem toward gift certificates, just for exercising. And, it's free!
The website is based on the principle of hyperbolic discounting which means that humans discount the value of a reward if it occurs too far into the future. While you'd think that the allures of better health and a leaner body would be enough to kick us into action, the reality of the matter is that they do not. Hyperbolic discounting is the reason why better health and a leaner body down the road are not compelling enough to make us exercise today.
The system relies on GPS devices like Garmin and Fitbit to truthfully record your exercise data. You can compete against others in the Earndit community and participate in challenges for extra motivation. |
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5 New Year's Resolutions
for Better Health
Make a commitment to move more. Have a walking meeting; take the stairs; park further away from the building.
Drink one more glass of water each day.
Bring your lunch to work for plenty of healthy options.
Floss your teeth regularly.
Add strength training to your exercise goals.
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Help VNA Win
$100,000 of Free Marketing
Many of our clients like doing business with VNA because of our nonprofit mission. $100,000 worth of marketing services would help us get our name in the community to promote our Medicare home care and hospice services so that we can continue our legacy of caring. We appreciate your vote! Voting is easy and takes just a minute: a) Go to Shazaaam's website: b) Enter your name and email at the top.
c) Scroll about 3/4 of the way down the page and select Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michgan and
nine other nonprofits.
d) Share this with your family, friends, coworkers and neighbors so they can vote for VNA, too!
Note: You can vote only once from now until January 23.
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