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Event focuses on mental health services Free lead testing for children on Nov. 13
m anaged care and fee-for-service uncom prom ised
treatment.
This event is sponsored by the A m erican M ental H ealth
Alliance ofOregon(A M H A -O R), Call 503-222-0332 for
information.
Location: The Evangelical Center, 18121 SE River Rd,
Milwaukie, Oregon.
Time: The AM HA-USA national meeting will meet from
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and will continue on
Sunday. A dinner party for AM HA m em bers and their
guests will be held Saturday evening.
The A m erican M ental Health A lliance is a resource for
m ental health care clients and practitioners.
For further inform ation contact K athleen W alsh at 503-
233-0331 orEliseCam pbell at AMHA-Oregon, 503-222-
0332.
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for T he
P ortland O bserver
The A m erican M ental H ealth A lliance-U SA , a national
organization dedicated to supporting com petent and
ethical m ental health services by licensed professionals
to their clients, is conducting im portant education and
com m unity building events during it’s national meeting
on N ovem ber 5th, 6lh and 1^.
Dr. Ivan M iller, the founder o f the B oulder Colorado
Psychotherapists’ Guild, will discuss the negative impact
o f m anaged care on m ental health services and ways to
counteract these forces in clinical practices. This
presentation is on Sunday, N ov 7*, 9:00 a m . -1 2 :0 0 p.m.
Dr. A ndy Pom erantz o f Southern Illinois University will
present his soon-to-be-published research on client
preferences w hen choosing betw een com prom ised
to 2p.m. at Com m on Bond, 4919 NE
N inth A venue (N ortheast N inth and
AIberta behind St. Andrew ’ s Church).
Blood lead testing o f children should
be perform ed at ages 1 and 2 or at least
before ages 6 if no previous testing
h as b ee n d one and an y risk o f
d e v e lo p in g le ad p o is o n in g are
p resen t C hildren who live in or
tO N TR lB LTFD STORY
for T he
P ortland O bserver
Childhood lead poisoning is a major
and p re v e n ta b le en v iro n m e n ta l
health problem and lead-based paint
is now the prim ary source o f lead
exposure. F ree lead te stin g for
children will take place the second
Saturday ofeach month, from 10 a.m.
regularly stay in a home, apartm ent or
child care center constructed before
1978 are at a greater risk T he effects
o f lead poisoning are reversible if
detected early by a blood test. I f
undetected, lead poisoning dam ages
th e b rain , causing learn in g an d
b eh av io ral problem s in affected
children.
Health briefs
as adults.
ith a few as a 1,100 calories and 33
Thanksgiving can w gram
s o f fat.
There are many
be a healthy
Kids can make
ways to transmit
holiday
holiday baking fun,
hepatitis C
There is always a lot o f good-tasting
educational
People
with hepatitis C can pass the
fo o d
aro u n d
th e
ta b le
at
Thanksgiving, but it does not m ean it
has to be full o f fat and cholesterol.
“There are a num ber o f w ays to keep
the T hanksgiving feast a healthy
one,” said Dr. R ebecca Reeves with
The D eB akey H eart C enter at Baylor
College o f M edicine in H ouston.
“ Using gravy from m eat drippings,
margarine instead o f butter, low or
no-fat m ayonnaise, and pie m ade out
oflow -fat ice m ilk instead ofw hipped
cream will help keep you from adding
u n w a n te d p o u n d s a r o u n d th e
holidays.”
A meal consisting o f turkey, stuffing,
candied yam s, broccoli w ith cheese
sauce, rolls, and other goodies can
total th o u sa n d s o f c a lo rie s and
hundred o f gram s o f fat. W hereas, a
feast co n sistin g o f turkey, com ,
pum pkin pie and m ashed potatoes
w ithout butter can result in a meal
FDA approves
new flu pill
A ssociated Press
Flu sufferers are about to get a second
n ew drug that prom ises to ease
m iserable influenza sym ptom s a little
1 this winter.
The Food and D rug A dm inistration
on W ednesday approved Tam iflu,
the first pill effective against both
types A and B flu. T am iflu joins a
com peting but inhaled drug, Relenza,
that the FDA approved earlier to also
fight both flu types.
H ealth ex p erts say n eith er drug
should replace flu vaccines - the shots
clearly offer people a better chance at
staying flu- free all winter. The flu kills
20,000 Americans a year, a toll doctors
say w ould drop if m ore people got
vaccinated.
But doctors also w elcom e the new
tr e a tm e n ts b e c a u s e so m a n y
Am ericans forgo vaccination.
O lder flu m edicines w orked against
only the type A flu, w hich accounts
for about tw o-thirds o f the estim ated
20 m illion U.S. flu cases yearly, and
doctors have said those m edicines
d idn’tw orkw ell.
Tamiflu, manufactured by Hoffrnann-
La Roche, helped reduce the duration
and severity o f flu sym ptom s in
unvaccinated adults w ho agreed to
be infected w ith influenza to test the
drug.
Tam iflu is not a cure-all, the FDA
warned. Studies show ed taking the
drug helped patients recover only
about a day faster than flu patients
who took a dum m y pill, the agency
said.
To get that benefit, patients took
Tamiflu within 40 hours o f the first flu
symptom - m eaning patients would
have to recognize flu sym ptom s and
g et to th e d o c to r to g e t th e
prescription-only pill rapidly.
S id e e f f e c ts in c lu d e d n a u s e a ,
vomiting, bronchitis, trouble sleeping
and dizziness, the FDA said.
The FDA said Tam iflu has not yet
been proved to prevent flu.
But a study published in today’s
edition o f the N ew England Journal o f
M edicine suggests it m ight reduce
the c h a n c e s o f c a tc h in g flu if
unvaccinated people took it daily
during flu season.
T a m iflu , k n o w n g e n e ric a lly as
oseltam ivir, w as given to 520 people
for the first six w eeks o f the 1997-98
flu season. Just 1 percent o f them got
the flu, compared with nearly 5 percent
taking dum m y pills.
H oliday baking can be a fun w ay for
c h ild r e n to le a rn a b o u t fo o d
preparation and nutrition.
“Letting children get their hands dirty
baking holiday goodies will help them
learn a new skill, as well as teach them
about the foods they eat,” said Becky
Gorham, a nutritionist with the U SD A/
A RS C hildren’s N utrition Research
Center at Baylor College ofM edicine
in Houston.
It’s important to choose simple recipes
that offer a lot o f opportunities to stir,
add ingredients and decorate. Also,
stick w ith nutritious foods such as
fruit and nut breads, oatmeal and
peanut butter cookies, and carrot and
fresh apple cakes.
G orham believes children who learn
how to cook at a young age m ight be
m ore inclined to cook for them selves
and be less dependent on fast foods
potentially fatal virus on to others in
a num ber o f different ways.
“Things like dirty tattoo needles, or
sharing IV drug needles with someone
who is infected w ith the virus can
increase the risk o f exposure,” said
Dr. Rise Stribling w ith The L iver
C enteratB aylorC ollege ofM edicine
an d T he M e th o d ist H o sp ita l in
Houston. “Helping som eone w ho is
bleeding can also put som eone at
risk.”
Hepatitis C is a virus that is prim arily
transm itted through blood or blood
exposure and causes inflam m ation o f
the liver. The virus could be in a
person’s system for 20 to 30 years
before they develop cirrhosis, or
scarring o f the liver. It takes about 80
to 90 percent ofth e liver to be affected
before a person w ould see changes in
the w ay the liver works.
It's a scientific fact -
he's fuming inside
After just minutes of expo­
sure jo secondhand smoke,
hi&Tmmune system is
You want your
teenagers to start
working, not smok-
ing. Call your
elected officials
and demand
smokefree air!
this teen not
use his head
> ♦ Andy Cromwell, 16, thought the skateboard hel­
“The nurses were great.
met his mom bought him was too geeky to wear. So
We got to the hospital
when he fell off his board, whacked his head and land­
room late and one o f the
weakened, blood thickens
and fits heart beats faster.
Magnify that by a day,
a week, a year, and he
may as well be
smoking, himself
We helped
nurses gave his dinner
found him a more stylish model in black and purple.
to Andy. They also did­
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n't make him feel guilty
Andy is skateboarding again—with helmet—executing
about not wearing his
some epic moves a bit more safely, thanks to a little
helmet."
help from Emanuel Children's Hospital. »
— Dianne Cromwell, Andy's mom.
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These little
things matter. For physician referral: (503) 335-3500.
Legacy Emanuel
Children's Hospital
www.legacyhealth.org
Health System
Little Things Matter
Sponsored by Citizens for a Healthy Workplace.
Everybody deserves smokefree air.
Legacy Health System includes Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Good Samaritan
Hospital & Medical Center, Meridian Park Hospital, Mount Hood Medical Center, Visiting
Nurse Association, and CareMark/Managed Healthcare Northwest PPO.©1999
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