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10 Health & Fitness Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon County Vaccination — taking a offers free purposeful approach diabetes prevention By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Deschutes County Health Services has announced upcoming dates for the Prevent Diabetes Central Oregon program. This year- long lifestyle change program can prevent adults at risk from developing Type 2 diabetes. Free information ses- sions will be offered in Bend, Wednesday, September 18, 1 to 2 p.m., Mike Maier Services Building, 1130 NW Harriman; and in Redmond Thursday, September 19, 1 to 2 p.m., Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood. The program is for adults with prediabetes 4 a condi- tion marked by higher-than- normal blood glucose (sugar) levels 4 who are 5 to 15 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those with nor- mal blood glucose levels. In fact, many people with predia- betes will develop Type 2 dia- betes within three years if they do not take steps to prevent it. It is estimated that one in three American adults has prediabe- tes. People can find out if they may be at risk for diabetes by taking the risk test below, or talking to their health care provider: https://www.cdc. gov/prediabetes/takethetest/ Guided by a trained life- style coach, participants will learn the skills they need to make lasting changes such as losing a modest amount of weight, being more physi- cally active and managing stress. Groups meet once a week for 16 weeks, then one to two times each month for the remainder of the year. The program provides a supportive environment with people who are facing similar challenges and trying to make the same changes. Together, partici- pants celebrate their successes and find ways to overcome obstacles. Prevent Diabetes Central Oregon is a recognized pro- gram of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Deschutes County Health Services was awarded funding from the Central Oregon Health Council to coordinate Prevent Diabetes in Central Oregon with multiple partners. For questions about classes in Bend or Redmond, con- tact Sarah Worthington at 541-322-7466. To learn more about diabetes prevention, visit www.deschutes.org/ preventdiabetes or www.cdc. gov/diabetes/prevention. Vaccination has removed terrible scourges from human ken. Smallpox was, for most of human history, a deadly killer. Vaccination has elimi- nated the threat. Parents used to dread the advent of sum- mer, when polio seemed to lurk in the hot air, poised to strike down young people with paralysis that could blight their lives forever. Vaccination lifted that pall. Today there are vaccina- tions against all kinds of child- hood diseases, sexually trans- mitted diseases, and against seasonal afflictions like the flu. The ubiquity of vaccines for all kinds of diseases has created some cultural back- lash. While there are ardent <anti-vaxxers,= most of the concern raised about vacci- nation is not extreme 4 but people do have questions. <I wouldn9t say I have anybody who flat-out refuses vaccination,= Dr. Eden Miller of High Lakes Health Care in Sisters told The Nugget. Dr. Miller advocates a measured and individual- ized approach to vaccina- tions 4 and to the illnesses they are intended to prevent. Families should act upon their needs and requirements and upon solid, evidence-based information. <Vaccination should ben- efit the herd, but still be indi- vidualized,= she said. <We should not be fearful of ill- ness or fearful of vaccina- tion. There9s somewhere in between& We still have to have room for freedom.= Some people worry about side-effects of vaccina- tions. The concern that has received the most attention is a claim that vaccines cause autism 4 a claim that has been thoroughly and repeat- edly debunked. Most people9s concerns are less dire than that 4 and they9re not entirely unfounded. Some people can have a negative reaction to a vaccine and feel pretty cruddy. But serious side-effects are very rare, and pale in com- parison to the serious health risks of contracting measles or pertussis or other childhood diseases. For some people, it9s not the vaccines themselves so much as the intensity of the amounts and varieties recom- mended for kids that raise con- cerns. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends getting 29 doses of nine vac- cines (plus a yearly flu shot after six months old) for kids aged 0 to 6. Dr. Miller, again, recom- mends an individualized approach based on what works for a family. She notes that early, extensive vaccination is a widespread protocol because in many environments doc- tors simply don9t know when they9ll see a patient again 4 when they9ll have another opportunity to vaccinate. In a community environ- ment where patients and fami- lies can develop a relationship and a history with their doctor, it may make sense to hold off on some vaccinations. For example, if a new- born isn9t going to be out in the world and potentially exposed, that family may be perfectly justified in spacing out their vaccination regimen. Problems arise when people want to have things both ways: An ancient skill lives on... PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Central Oregon Textiles offered a spinning wheel demonstration at the Sisters Farmers Market last Sunday. Spinning was once a key skill for any household, where cloth and clothing were hand made — and it lives on today among fiber arts enthusiasts. The Sisters Farmers Market continues on Sunday afternoons through September. 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