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Science
Care for Your Heart In the 21st Century Genealogy On The Internet
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI)-supported scien
tists have made dramatic progress in
the fight against heart disease during
the past half-century Millions of
lives have been saved and the quality
o f many more greatly improved.
For exam ple, 50 years ago, v ir
tually the only treatm ent available
for a heart attack was bed rest— 6
months o f it before the patient could
even sit up in a chair. T oday, most
patients resum e norm al activities
w ithin mere w eeks o f a heart at
tack.
H ere’s a sneak preview o f the new
century— 10 coming advances that
will help Americans take better care
o f their hearts. Each advance is ex
plained more fully in the following
pages.
The 10 advances cover:
•W om en’shealth— The W omen’s
Health Initiative will give women
answers about some o f their most
pressing health concerns.
•H eart failure— An implantable
device will restore heart function for
those with heart failure.
•Cardiac imaging— new devices
are helping physicians see w hat’s
going on inside the heart and blood
vessels without surgery.
•A ngiogenesis— A drug will pro
mote the growth o f new blood ves
sels to body tissues and organs with
poor circulation.
•Em erging risk factors— Knowl
edge o f the risks posed by new fac
tors will help Americans better pre
vent the development o f heart dis
ease.
•D A SH — A new eating plan will
help Americans lower their blood
pressure and reduce the need for
medication.
•Arrhythmia—Genetic therapies
will stabilize erratic heartbeats.
•S tre ss m an a g e m e n t— B etter
stress management will help Ameri
cans reduce the risks o f first and
repeat heart attacks.
•Children ’ s health— Heart disease
will be averted early with new ap
proaches that get children to adopt
and maintain lifelong healthful hab
its.
• Framingham Heart Study—More
fin d in g s fro m th e la n d m a rk
Framingham study will help Ameri
cans avoid or better manage heart
disease.
Advances also depend on im
proved methods o f research. This
sneak preview also includes a look at
a new approach to clinical trials.
Networks to assist family care-givers
Bv G ary W eeks
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As I liste n e d to the w om an tell
her sto ry , I ask ed m yself, “ H ow
m any o f us co u ld m ake th at kind
o f sa c rific e ? ”
T he w o m a n ’s d au g h ter h as a
d isa b ility th at cau ses the g irl to
aw aken sev eral tim es each night.
The w om an and her husband have
found that the o n ly way to g e t her
b ack to sle e p is to d riv e h er
aro u n d the block.
T his ex hausting p rocedure w ill
o c c u r sev eral tim es to n ig h t ju s t
as it does ev ery n ig h t, 365 n ig h ts
a year.
I w as told a b o u t one c a re -g iv
ing co u p le w ho had had no tim e
alone, not even to go out to d in
ner for five or six years.
T h ese p a re n ts are h e ro e s, and
they are h ardly alone. T h o u san d s
o f O reg o n fa m ilie s p ro v id e 24-
h our care for a m ed ically frag ile
ch ild , for a fam ily m em b er w ith
d ev elo p m en tal d isa b ilitie s o r for
an ag ed p aren t w ith h e a lth c o n
cern s such as A lz h e im e r’s d is
ease.
In fa c t, m o st p e o p le k n o w
so m eo n e w ho sh o u ld e rs th e se
fam ily care re sp o n sib ilitie s. As
o u r ow n p a re n ts age, we know
th a t o n e d a y w e m a y be
c a re g iv e rs, too.
Today people often d o n ’t know
w here to call to find h elp. If th ey
do find so m eo n e to a ssist th em ,
they m ay not know the p e rs o n ’s
b a ck g ro u n d or c a re -g iv in g e x p e
rience.
N ow , th an k s to the c o m m it
m ent o f in d iv id u a ls an d fa m ilie s
and the O regon L e g isla tu re ’s su p
p o se, h elp w ill be a v a ila b le to
fam ilies w hether they live in P o rt
land, P en d leto n , or P o rt O rfo rd .
T h e h elp is c a lle d “ re s p ite
c a re .” R esp ite lite ra lly m ean s a
b reak or a rest. R esp ite se rv ic e s
w ill be a v a ila b le to p ro v id e re-
lie f so o th e p rim ary careg iv er can
e n jo y a relax in g d in n e r o ut, a
c h u rc h function, an a fte rn o o n o f
sh o p p in g or a w eekend g et-aw ay
w ith a spouse or o th e r fam ily
m em bers.
L e g isla to rs d ire c te d the O r
egon D ep a rtm e n t o f H um an R e
so u rc e s to w ork w ith co m m u n i
ties to d e v e lo p lo c a lly d e sig n ed
re s p ite -c a re n e tw o rk s. T h ese
n etw o rk s w ill o ffe r a single p o in t
o f c o n ta c t for p eo p le to o b tain
re fe rra ls to scre e n e d p ro v id e rs
and c e n te r that o ffe r re sp ite care.
T h ey can also id e n tify sou rces o f
fin a n c ia l a ssista n c e and coach
fa m ilie s in how to se le c t a p ro
v id er.
In M arch, w e w ill in vite co m
m u n itie s to apply fo r tech n ical
a ssista n c e to d evelop respite care
serv ices for the fu ll range o f fam
ily n e e d s— c h ild re n , ad u lts, se
nio rs. In M ay, w e exp ect to nam e
the first 12 c o m m u n itie s w ith
w hom w e w ill w ork. By 2003,
o u r go al is th at re sp ite care w ill
be e a sily a v a ila b le statew ide.
O regon recognizes that if fam i
lies g et a b reak they can continue
p ro v id in g care at hom e, p re v e n t
ing o u t-o f-h o m e placem ents such
as fo ste r hom es and n u rsin g fa
c ilitie s .
F a m ilie s w ill be
s tre n g th e n e d , th e p u b lic save
m illio n s in costs for in stitu tio n a l
c a re , a n d c a re g iv e rs are less
lik e ly to fall v ic tim to stress-
in d u c e d illn e ss, c arin g co m m u
n itie s also set a good exam ple
for c h ild re n .
F a m ilie s in K lam ath C ounty,
w ho now have access to a full
ran g e o f re sp ite serv ices, te ll us
th at ju s t k n ow ing that they w ill
h av e a b re a k on given a fte rn o o n
m ak es it e a sie r to get th ro u g h the
w eek.
W e b e lie v e O re g o n is the
le a d e r in h elp in g co m m u n ities
statew id e e sta b lish se rv ic e s for a
full ran g e o f ages an d d is a b ili
ties.
T his w ill g u a ra n te e th a t no
lo n g er w ill fam ily c areg iv er, like
the m om and dad w ith the d a u g h
ter w ho aw ak en s n ig h tly , have to
go for years w ith o u t g ettin g a
re stfu l b re a k in th e ir ex h au stin g
ro u tin es.
(NAPS)—Are you are interested
in your family history? Do you have
a home computer, a modem, and
an account with an Internet service
provider? Then log on today. You’ll
find a wealth of information, from
how-to in fo rm atio n to lis ts of
genealogical societies and on-line
records databases.
To get s ta rte d , use a search
service to search on term s like
“g e n e a lo g y ” o r “ro o ts .” O r try
these sites:
A n cestors: http:llw w w .kbyu .
byu .edu lan cestors.htm l. This is
the home page for the PBS series
on genealogy. Ancestors. Sponsored
by E a stm a n K odak C om pany,
Ancestors first began airing on local
PBS stations in February, 1997.
The Ancestors home page gives
information on the series, including
a series overview, information on
the hosts and answers to frequent
ly asked q u estio n s. It provides
links to other sites of interest to
genealogists. These include the
National Archives, the Library of
Congress, and special interest sites
such as the Am erican Civil War
home page. It also provides a link
to Kodak’s home page (www.kodak,
com), which provides information
on the Kodak Image Magic digital
imaging workstations that make it
easy and affordable to copy and
enhance family snapshots and heir
loom photos.
F a m ily T ree M aker O nline:
http:llwww.familytreemuker.com.
This home page is published by
Broderbund Software, Inc. Broder-
bund m a n u fa c tu re s a p o p u lar
genealogy so ftw are pro g ram ,
Family Tree Maker. From this site,
you can download a demo version
of Family Tree Maker. Or get tech
nical support if you already use the
program. This site also includes a
genealogy how-to-guide. Finally,
check out Broderbund’s free on-line
index of records d atab a ses, the
Fam ilyFinder Index. This index
lists approxim ately 115 million
nam es from centuries of govern
ment and historical records. Save
research time by using the Family
Finder Index to see if your ances
tors a re included in any of th e
d atab ases. If th ey are, you can
order the d atab ase or databases
from Broderbund on CD.
G e n e a lo g y S e r v ic e s O nline:
http:llourworld.compuserve.comJ
h o m e p a g e s /r o o ts . This site is
m aintained by Richard Eastm an,
who founded th e C om puServe
genealogy forum. It provides files on
genealogy you can download. You’ll
also find an extensive list of links to
other Internet sites. These include
sites where other genealogists have
posted their research. Others are
sites of interest to people research
ing their ancestry overseas. One, for
exam ple, provides N e th e rlan d s
genealogy information.
T he G en ealogy H om e P age:
h ttp:llw w w .g en h o m ep a g e.co m .
This home page, m aintained by
Stephen A. Wood, provides links
to h u n d re d s of o th e r I n te r n e t
sites. Categories include libraries,
maps, genealogy societies, upcom
ing events, genealogy guides and
searching for related genealogists.
For more inform ation contact
th e Kodak In fo rm atio n C e n te r
at 800-242-2424, or access th e
Kodak home page at: http://www.
kodak.com.
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