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2 healthy outlook | V7N4 www.emoryadventist.org What’s In Your First Aid Kit? Be prepared for an emergency by having a well-stocked first aid kit in your home and car. The National Safety Council recommends keeping the following items: »» Acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen »» Adhesive tape »» Antibiotic ointment »» Antiseptic wipes »» Bandages and gauze of various sizes »» Cold packs »» Elastic wraps »» Emergency telephone numbers »» First aid manual »» List of allergies and family medications »» Medical exam gloves »» Thermometer, tweezers, and small scissors In Case of Emergency Do’s and Don’ts You cut yourself while chopping for dinner. ✓✓Do use a water-resistant Your child scrapes his knee when he falls off a scooter. container to keep items safe. A loved one has a headache. No matter the situation, many ✓✓Don’t store your first aid kit in the of life’s little emergencies call for a first aid kit. bathroom, as the humidity could shorten the shelf life of medications. Keeping a first aid kit stocked ✓✓Do store your kit near the kitchen, Find The Kit That Fits with bandages makes it easy to Many first aid kits are available since many activities—and clean and dress minor wounds, at drugstores, or you can create accidents—take place there. while having pain relievers like your own based around the ✓✓Do teach your family members how aspirin could help save someone’s individualized medical needs of you to use the kit—you never know who life if he or she is suffering from and your loved ones. You also can might need to use it and when. a heart attack. With these supplies customize your emergency kit for on hand, you can most likely return ✓✓Don’t forget to keep a first aid specific activities, such as camping, to normal activities or address hiking, or hunting. kit in your boat, cabin, or wherever emergency situations until further Whether you buy a first aid kit you end up traveling in case of medical attention can be obtained. at the store or make one yourself, an emergency. Additionally, it’s a good idea to it’s important to keep your kit up- ✓✓Do keep important documents have over-the-counter medications to-date. Replace missing or expired on hand, such as medical for common medical problems, items in your kit twice a year and such as cough, sore throat, nasal information, medications, and regularly check the expiration dates congestion, allergies, insect bites, of the supplies and replace any out- insurance policy information. or gastrointestinal problems. of-date items. www.emoryadventist.org healthy outlook | V7N4 3 Do You Know about DEXA? Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)—it may sound like something straight out of the pages of a science fiction novel, but it’s actually a very real imaging procedure that provides a warning if your bones are weakening with age. By the Numbers A DEXA scan is primarily used to DEXA is typically recommended for check for the presence of osteoporosis, post-menopausal women. On the day Take a look at some of the a disease that causes progressive bone of the imaging procedure, a patient vital statistics associated with loss and makes bones vulnerable to may eat a normal diet but should avoid osteoporosis and dual-energy fractures. Individuals experiencing calcium supplements for 24 hours prior X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). osteoporosis often don’t even realize to the scan. During the procedure, you »» Osteoporosis affects 28 million they are suffering from the disease must remain still while the machine Americans and contributes to until a fracture occurs. sends low-dose X-rays through the Risk factors for osteoporosis include spine and hip bones. A technologist 1.5 million fractures every year. age, family history of fractures, also may wish to measure the density »» One in two women and one poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, of bones in other locations, such as in five men older than age 65 and other medical conditions, such the hands and feet. will suffer fractures as a result as thyroid problems. Women are at After the procedure, a radiologist of osteoporosis. greater risk for developing the disease will interpret the images and send a »» A DEXA scan typically takes than men and should increase their report to your physician to discuss intake of calcium and vitamin D after with you. If the scan reveals the 10 to 30 minutes to complete. menopause to bolster the bones presence of osteoporosis, take heart: »» A T score—a number used against fractures. Knowledge is power, and if you know to determine your fracture what you’re facing, your physician can risk that shows the amount Understanding the Scan devise a treatment plan—which may of bone you have compared DEXA is an outpatient bone density include exercise, nutrition therapy, and with a young adult of the scan most commonly performed on the medication—to help prevent further lower spine and hip bones. It’s a quick, bone loss. same gender with peak bone accurate way to diagnose osteoporosis. Just a few minutes of your time mass—above -1 is normal. The amount of radiation experienced could save your bones. For information A score below -2.5 indicates by individuals during a DEXA scan about scheduling a DEXA scan at osteoporosis is present. is less than one-tenth the dose of a Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna, standard chest X-ray. call (770) 438-5217.

4 healthy outlook | V7N4 www.emoryadventist.org Ask A Physician prolonged periods of time, or even getting Q: I have had persistent pain in or out of a car or off a bike, can be in my hip area for months. I suggestive of damage in the hip joint. Pain have tried yoga, stretching, during intimacy can also be another sign of problems in the hip. Persistent hip or exercise, rest, physical therapy, groin pain should not be ignored, as it can even acupuncture, and nothing lead to early degeneration and long term seems to work. Is there anything problems in the hip joint. It is certainly else I can do? something worth having evaluated by a physician who is well versed in problems related to the hip. A: It is not uncommon for people to Jon Hyman, MD, is an orthopaedic suffer with hip pain for many months or surgeon and serves as the Medical even years before an actual diagnosis is Director for the Hip Arthroscopy Jon Hyman, MD, established. A common cause of hip pain Center at Emory-Adventist Hospital Medical Director for the Hip Arthroscopy Center is tearing of the cartilage lining of the hip at Smyrna. His office is located on the socket or pinching and rubbing of tissue hospital’s campus at 3903 South Cobb in the hip joint. Pain with getting up from Drive, Suite 220. He can be reached at a seated position, or while standing for (770) 363-8770.

Coming Holiday Soon: Home Tour Grab a friend and enjoy a fun day while at the same Dec. 6, time helping a worthy cause. Our 8th annual Holiday noon to Home Tour will feature homes in the Smyrna/Vinings 6:00 pm area. Each home will be decorated for the holiday season, highlighting the talents of local designers and decorators. The tour is sponsored by the Foundation of Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna, with the Marietta Daily Journal and Costco® Wholesale at Cumberland serving as co-sponsors. Proceeds from the annual Holiday Home Tours go to benefit the programs and projects of the Foundation of Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna. Admission is $20 per person. The ticket provides admission to the tour of homes, as well as a tearoom and auction at the Community Bank of the South. You may purchase tickets by calling (770) 319-2025. Tickets are also available at Karen’s Gifts and Love Street Antiques, located in Smyrna. www.emoryadventist.org healthy outlook | V7N4 5 A Life Enriched Mary Ann Longshore, a resident of Cobb County, has a full life—she travels the world and engages in her passions, which include art, music, and photography. When she’s not visiting other states or countries, she’s at Emory- Adventist Hospital at Smyrna fulfilling another one of her interests—volunteering.

Ms. Longshore, a retired her passion for music—and for rhythm. schoolteacher, found herself Soon after returning from Africa she in the Emory-Adventist started taking drum lessons, and not Hospital Emergency just any drum—but the Djembe drum, Room on three an African drum. Not long ago she separate occasions. traveled to New York City and was “Every time I was privileged to join a drum circle, which in the hospital, I was she performed in Central Park. “I feel I should contribute treated immediately, “When you drum, it makes you professionally, and with happy,” states Ms. Longshore. “I have to my community great kindness,” says Ms. often said that I wished the whole world Longshore. “There was a calm, would drum. We would have a much because it makes it a caring attitude in everyone from the more peaceful and happy world.” physicians and nurses to the technicians Ms. Longshore’s newest passion— better place to live, and admission clerks.” photography—complements her ongoing After retiring from the Cobb County interest in art and music. and I truly believe in School System, Ms. Longshore “As a photographer, you see life as remembered their kindness and decided others see it,” says Ms. Longshore. the saying ‘be ye kind, to seek a volunteer position at EAH. “I see light, shadow, angles, patterns, expressions, humor, heartbreak, one to another.’ Giving Making Time beauty, and ugliness—life.” While it’s sometimes challenging to make time for new hobbies or activities Is Volunteering for You? and helping others is such as volunteering, it’s often a very While Ms. Longshore believes rewarding experience. volunteering is up to the individual, extremely rewarding, and In addition to volunteering, she she does think people would enjoy travels the world where she engages working with the hospital. I leave Emory-Adventist in some of her favorite hobbies. “If community members do decide to “I love the planning, dreaming, join us, they will truly enjoy working Hospital at Smyrna and anticipation of travel,” says with the staff and the other volunteers,” Ms. Longshore. “I loved my trip to says Ms. Longshore. “There is a huge feeling worthwhile. That’s Botswana in Africa. I felt very much variety of ways to serve, including a part of the land and the circle of office work, changing beds, and a very nice way to feel.” life, and I did feel that was where greeting patients.” —Mary Ann Longshore, life began.” Are you interested in volunteering volunteer at EAH Ms. Longshore has always enjoyed at EAH? Learn more by calling music. In fact, in college she majored (770) 438-5232 or pick up an in pipe organ. Her trip to Africa ignited application in the hospital lobby.

6 healthy outlook | V7N4 www.emoryadventist.org Turkey Makes 4 Servings

Ingredients 2 (16-ounce) packages of extra-firm tofu 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon dried sage Toss the ¼ teaspoon dried thyme ¼ teaspoon marjoram Turkey ¼ teaspoon dried rosemary By: Jennifer Fox, R.D., L.D. ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 (12-ounce) package of dry bread mix Toss the turkey this holiday season in cup water 2/3 exchange for a tofurkey! A tofurkey is a ¼ cup based substitute for the traditional turkey meal at 1 slice bread, chopped holiday time for vegetarians and vegans. ½ teaspoon sage The primary ingredients in tofurkey are 2 Tablespoons water usually from a vegetarian-based protein ¼ cup sesame oil source, either wheat- or soy-based. The protein source is filled with stuffing and 1 Tablespoon paste traditional holiday herbs such as rosemary, 2 Tablespoons orange juice sage, and thyme. 1 teaspoon honey mustard Tofu is one primary ingredient often used ½ teaspoon orange zest when making a tofurkey. Tofu is made from 2 sprigs fresh rosemary and comes in a variety of styles from crumbles to extra firm, each with a Directions different purpose or use depending on the Drain and rinse tofu; in a blender, blend tofu until smooth. dish being prepared. Tofu in and of itself Stir in salt, dried sage, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, and has no distinct flavor pepper. Line a colander with two paper towels and place over or smell. As it is being an empty bowl. Place tofu in lined colander and press against prepared, however, tofu sides to form a deep well in the middle. Place two more paper absorbs the flavors towels over tofu and refrigerate for two hours. and of the While tofu is refrigerating, prepare stuffing mix by sauces, spices, or other ingredients it is being made with, making it a versatile ingredient combining water, margarine, and dry bread stuffing mix. for almost any dish. Bring to a boil; reduce to low heat, cover and simmer for five minutes. Remove from heat, let cool for several minutes then Why Tofu? fluff with a fork. Add chopped bread slice and T2 ablespoons There are several health benefits to of water to stuffing. substituting tofu for meat products as Once tofu has chilled for two hours, preheat oven to a primary source of protein in a diet. 350 degrees. Remove top layer of paper towels from tofu and Compared to meat, tofu is relatively low in calories and fat content, is cholesterol press tofu against the sides of the colander to form a well. free, and is often a good source of iron, Spoon prepared stuffing mix into the well and smooth the potassium, and magnesium. surface with a spoon. Flip tofu mold over onto a greased Many people decide to be vegetarians baking sheet. Remove remaining paper towel and shape tofu for environmental or ethical reasons but with hands to desired shape. health wise, vegetarians tend to have Bake tofu in preheated oven for 30 minutes. lower cholesterol levels, better weight While tofu is baking, prepare the glaze by combining management, lower risk for heart disease, decreased blood pressure, and lower sesame oil, miso paste, orange juice, honey mustard, and incidence of type II diabetes and some orange zest. Place sprigs of rosemary on top of the tofu. Once forms of cancer. So for an added health tofu has baked for 30 minutes, brush glaze over it and return benefit this holiday season…toss the turkey to oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes. and gobble, gobble on a tofurkey!

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