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Kaiser Welcomes International Researcher
Gerardo Maupome, Ph.D., a den
tal researcher who has studied and
w orked in M exico, England, and
C a n a d a , h a s jo in e d K a is e r
Perm anente’s Center for Health Re
search in north Portland.
Dr. M aupom e received his den
tal degree in 1985 from the U niver
sity N acional in M exico City. He
earned a m aster’s degree in experi
mental oral pathology in 1986 and a
doctorate in public health in 1991
from E ngland’s U niversity o f Lon
don. He has held teaching and re
search positions on the faculties o f
U n iv e r s id a d
N a c io n a l
and
U niversidad Tecnología in M exico
Gerardo Maupome
City. From 1995 to 2000 he was
assistant professor in the D ivision
o f P re v e n tiv e and C om m unity
H ealth, departm ent o f O ral H ealth
sciences, at the U niversity o f B rit
ish C olum bia in V ancouver, B.C.
“Com ing to the U nited States to
do dental research is a great pro
fessional opportunity form e,” says
M aupom e. “1 loved doing research
in Mex ico and Canada, and I’m look
ing forward to continuing my work
here. I was attracted to joining CHR
because it has a thriving dental
research program A sa researcher,
being able to study oral health is
sues am ong the more than 180,000
The Doctor's Corner
Take Control of Your Emotions
By John O da, Ph.D.
for The Portland O bserver
Dear John,
I recently broke up with my
soul mate. This is the first
holiday season in three years
that 1 will be spending alone. 1
am so depressed. How do I
make it through the season?
Sincerely,
B.S.A.
when you see the sun, or grass,
or see a smile. The key is to
make it simple.
Make your holiday special.
If you change your rules and
create a paradigm shift in your
life, this will be a special holi
day.
Make your life outstanding.
of NW Portland
John Oda: This is a great
time for you to start all over.
The first thing you must under
stand is the definition o f alone.
Most people in our society
make it too easy to feel alone.
Maybe it ’ s time to change your
rules and make it very hard to
feel alone.
The goal is to make it im
possible to feel alone, while at
the same time making it easy
to accept love and warmth.
It’s time to take control of
your emotions. You can feel
love and warmth in others, or
Dear Doctor John,
I am 22 years old and have a
serious problem. I’m dating
two guys that I both love. They
don’t know about each other.
This triangle is making me con
fused.
Nancy of NW. Portland
Dear Nancy,
It appears that you want your
cake and eat it too. It’s time to
grow up. It’s not fair to be
dating two guys at the same.
How would you feel if this would
be happening to you? It’s time
to let them know, or just pick
one o f the guys. When you are
confused, it’s an opportunity
to deeply learn about yourself
to make the right choice.
John P. Oda, Ph D., NLP
is a peak performance ex
p e rt with 13 years experi
ence in the m ental health
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U.S. Banks Collect
Food Donations
m em bers o f K aiser Perm anente
N orthw est’s dental care program is
an exciting challenge.”
The author o f more than 40 pub
lications, M aupom e’s research in
terests include the oral health o f
the elderly, oral treatm ent needs in
high-risk patients, dental epidem i
ology, and dental practice and de
cisionm aking.
K aiser Perm anente’s C enter for
H ealth R esearch/N orthw est and
Hawaii, headquartered in Portland,
is a non-profit research institute
that conducts research in the pub
lic interest in a wide variety o f medi
cal and dental health care issues.
U.S. Bank and the Oregon Food
Bank are asking for your help to “Nour
ish our Neighborhoods" by bringing
non-penshable food items to any U.S.
Bank branch through Dec. 31.
All food donations will stay in the
local community and will be distrib
uted by the Oregon Food Bank.
“A surprising number o f our neigh
borhoods do not have enough to eat.”
said Dwight Adkins o f the Oregon
Food Bank, “Your donations through
the U.S. Bank Food Drive will help us
feed people right here in our commu
nity.” Some o f the most frequently
needed items include powdered milk,
peanut butter, canned meats, tuna,
Free Clinic
On Women’s
Health Nov. 29
soup, and canned fruits in natural
juices. According to the Oregon Food
Bank. 41 percent of those receiving
emergency food are children. Amenta's
Second Harvest estimates that 30 mil
lion Americans, one in eight, are in risk
of suffering hunger every year.
By collecting non-perishable food
items at all of our branches throughout
the state, we can go a long way in
reducing hunger during this holiday
season,” said John Rickman, president
ofU.S. Bank in Oregon. In addition to
collecting non-penshable food items,
U.S. Bank will also accept cash dona
tions to the Oregon Food Bank’s dona
tion account
hin ese m ed icin e offers
th e ra p ie s fo r treatin g
w om en o f all ages
T he O regon C ollege o f O rie n
tal M ed icin e is h o lding a free
clinic on W ednesday, N ov. 29 at
7 p.m . fo r w om en w ho w ant to
stay h e a lth y natu rally .
The c lin ic is fo r w om en o f all
ages w ho are in te re ste d in the
c e n tu rie s -o ld n a tu ra l, h o listic
techniques o f C hinese m edicine.
The c lin ic w ill address m en o
pausal c o m p la in ts, p e ri-m e n o
pau sal c o n d itio n s and re la te d
concerns. S peakers w ill also d is
cuss w ays to deal w ith the p h y si
cal d isc o m fo rts o f pregnancy.
B ecause w om en are usually the
careg iv ers and health d e c isio n
m akers in most fam ilies, there will
be an em phasis on how w om en
can m aintain th e ir h ealth w hen
caring for o th e rs as w ell as for
th em selv es.
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WHO WOULD COME THROUGH FOR YOU TOMORROW?
Every Baby Health Care Based on
Good Will, Not Profit
B> M eryl S im o n . M iriam
M o s d l i . n asp R l ih P ros
The agony w hich p ro fit-d riv e n
m e d ic a l c a r e is c a u s in g in
A m erica can be seen due to the
fact th at life -sa v in g tech n o lo g y
is not g e ttin g to all the p eo p le
w ho need it. W e d ep lo re this.
For ex am p le, b lo o d screen in g
tests for n ew b o rn s d ev e lo p e d re
cen tly can p re v e n t th o u sa n d s o f
bab ies and c h ild re n from g ettin g
c rip p lin g d ise a se s. B ut h ard ly
a n y in fa n ts a re g e ttin g th e se
tests. U sing tan d em m ass sp e c
tro m e try , the tests id e n tify o v er
30 h e re d ita ry d e fe c ts. T h ese d e
fects strik in g one in 4 ,5 0 0 n ew
born s are tre a ta b le by ch an g in g a
c h ild ’s d ie t, but d ead ly w hen u n
d e te c te d .
In “ B ig G ap in S creen in g U.S.
Infan ts for H e re d ita ry Ills” (N ew
Y ork T im es) an acco u n t o f tw o
babies: one w ho w as tested for
d ise a se and one w ho w as not.
“ M u b ash ir Y ounis and B ryce
B urke b o th w ere b orn w ith rare
m etab o lic d iseases.
M u b ash ir w as bo rn in M a ssa
c h u se tts ju s t tw o m o n th s a fte r
the state ex p an d ed the screen in g
fo r h e re d ita ry d ise a se s it does on
new b o rn s. T he test p ick ed up his
p ro p io n ic acad em ia. W hich can
cau se com a, b rain dam age, and
even death. T re a te d and w atch ed
carefully, he is grow ing norm ally.
Bryce, who has a m etabolic dis
o rd e r c alled M C A D w as b orn in
Fort W orth, T exas one still does
n o t ro u tin e ly screen n ew borns
fo r it. W hen he w as 19 m onths
o ld, B ryce had m assiv e seizu res
and fell into a com a. B rain dam -
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age left him unable to walk or talk.
“ H e ’ll n ev er be a norm al child or
p erso n a g a in ,” said his father,
R obert Burke.
It is u n c o n sc io n a b le th at out
o f fo u r m illio n babies born every
y ear in the U nited S tates, few er
than 300 ,0 00 pre screened. In a
recent Parenting m agazine article,
“ T he P rice o f L ife ,” there is this:
“ M ost o f the illn e sse s are so
rare that p u blic health o ffic ia ls
d o n ’t thin k te stin g for them is
w orth the m oney few (insurance)
com panies will pay for the screen
ing, leaving sta te s to decide if
they w ant to p ick up the tab and
h o sp itals the op tio n o f offerin g it
o n ly to those w ho can affo rd it.
The debate is com plicated by free
m arket co m p e titio n .”
T hat the w ell being o f a child
should d epend in a debate about
cost and “ free m arket c o m p e ti
tio n ” is co n tem pt for hum an life.
Eli S iegel, the great A m erican
p h ilo so p h e r and founder o f A es
thetic R ealism , defined contem pt
as “ the ad d itio n to s e lf th ro u g h
the lessen ing o f som ething else.
C on tem p t, he e x p lain ed is the
b asis o f o u r econom y the pro fit
sy stem , w here a few individuals
p ro fit from the labor o f m any and
from the very things people need
in order to live food, m edical care,
h o u sin g ."
In “ E thics the O nly A nsw er for
the E co n o m y!” E llen R eiss, the
class chairm en o f A esthetic R e
alism , ex p lain s: “ O nce you are
a fte r p ro fit, you c a n ’t be too in
te r e s te d in w h a t p e o p le d e
se rv e ... it w ill cram p your ability
to m ake m oney from th em .”
D esp ite re p o rts to the c o n
trary , the m u ch -to u ted “ su ccess"
o f the A m e ric a n e c o n o m y is
fraud. People are angrier and more
fearful than ever b ecause o f the
p ro h ib itiv e cost o f h e a lth care,
p re sc rip tio n d ru g s, and the in
c re a sin g cuts in M ed icare and
M edicaid. In our “ p ro sp e rin g ’
econom y, m illions o f A m ericans
are forced to live w ith o u t health
in su ran ce.
Eli Siegel stated “ W hile one
c h ild needs som ething he h a sn ’t
got the pro fit system is a fa ilu re .”
A nd he said w ith b e a u tifu l pas
sio n :” N obody should e v e r have
to pay for having his body [cared
for], even if he w anted to pay The
idea o f people w orried about their
health [and] w orried about m oney
is barb aro u s. I t ’s ego c o rru p
tio n .”
W e resp ect the p a re n t’s sc ie n
tists, doctors and people in on
governm ent w orking to g e th e r to
m ake expanded new born screen-
in g u n iv e r s a l a n d p u b lic ly
funded. We have learned that
for the A m ericans health care
system to be fair to all p eo p le, it
is crucial that the life o f a baby in
N ew Jersey, F lorida and O regon
be seen as real as o n e ’s ow n. For
this to be, it is n ecessary for
l e g is la to r s , d o c to r s a n d all
A m ericans to answ er this e th i
c a l q u e s tio n s ta r te d b y E li
S iegel: “ W hat does a perso n d e
serve by being alive?
Aesthetic Realism is taught in
New York City at the Aesthetic Re
alism Foundation, a not-for-profit
educational;
212-777-4490;
www. Aesthetic Realism org
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