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Health
Kicking the Tobacco Habit
A PROGRAM OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
Summer days can get you moving and bum off stress
HEALTH COALITION, Inc.
2800 N. Vancouver Avenue, Suite 100, 97227; 503 413-1850
by C harles T edesco
In the w inter, it’s too cold o u t­
side to stop smoking. In the sum ­
mer, it’s too w arm and w onderful
outside to try to stop sm oking.
No m atter w hat the season, it
seems that there is alw ays an ex ­
cuse to put o ff the challenge of
stopping the tobacco habit.
If you w ant to get tobacco out
o f your life, sum m er is a great time
to do it. A ttitude is w hat it is all
about. H e re ’s som e fo o d for
thought if you’ve been on the
stop sm oking roller coaster, g o ­
ing up and dow n w ith your desire
to let go o f tobacco.
With the warmer weather comes
the opportunity to m ove your
body, to bum off the stresses o f life
in the great outdoors. Just enjoy­
ing the flowers and the new leaves
on the trees is a reminder o f how we
can regenerate ourselves by sim ­
ply making better decisions about
Healthy Options for Living Longer Actively
(HOLLA!) is a peer education project for
high school students.
Students from Benson and
Jefferson High Schools
will be trained as
Community Youth
Health Advocates
to deliver heart
disease
prevention
messages to
their peers.
health promotion
video, "From the
Heart", which will be
aired on local television
channels.
L arry L ucas
If you are A frican A m erican,
Hispanic, Native A m erican o ra
Pacific Islander, you are at high
risk for type 2 diabetes.
T h at d oesn't m ean y o u 'll n ec­
e ssa rily d e v e lo p th e d ise ase ,
but it d o es m ean you sh o u ld be
screen ed reg u la rly by a p h y si­
cian, preferab ly starting at about
age 30. By g ettin g sc re en e d and
d iag n o sed ea rly , peo p le are b et­
te r ab le to co n tro l th e ir d isease
by
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Prevention and made possible in part by Legacy Ernanuel,
PSU-RRI and the Department of Human Services.
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Features and services:
• Twice the size of the old center,
able to serve many more clients
• Same-day appointments
available with extended hours for
your convenience
• Teen Clinic walk-in hours every
Tuesday starting July 2nd
• Easy bus access on #8 & #33
• Art projects from members of
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• Convenience of other shops and
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su g a r lev els co u ld red u ce ey e
and kidney co m plications o f d ia­
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Y our physician m ay prescribe
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av a ila b le , p h arm a ce u tic al c o m ­
p an ies are w o rk in g on 23 n e w ’
m edicines.
I f you d o n 't have th e d isease,,
now is th e tim e to tak e step s to
p rev e n t it.
A cc o rd in g to th e N atio n al
In stitu te o f D iab etes and D ig e s­
tiv e a n d K id n e y D is e a s e s ,
life sty le c h a n g es can help high-
risk p eo p le av o id the d ise ase .
S p ecifically, w eight loss o f 10 to
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fro m d ev e lo p in g the d isease.
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ness an d am p u tatio n .
Y ou have additional risk fac­
tors for type 2 diabetes if:
• You are overw eight.
• You have a sedentary lifestyle.
• You have low levels o f "good,"
or H D L, cholesterol.
• You have cardiovascular d is­
ease, high blood pressure or
high triglyceride levels.
• You have a relative w ith type 2
diabetes.
• You have delivered a baby that
w eighed m ore than 9 pounds at
birth.
If you h av e o n e o r m o re o f
th ese risk fa c to rs, ask y o u r d o c ­
to r ab o u t a fastin g b lo o d su g ar
test. If you are d ia g n o sed w ith
d ia b ete s, y o u 'll w an t to w o rk
clo sely w ith y o u r p h y sic ia n to
te st and c o n tro l y o u r ow n b lo o d
s u g a r le v e ls . S tu d ie s h a v e
show n that tig h t co n tro l o f blood
MARTIN CLEANING SERVICE
of the new
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a donated gift on permanent display at the Northeast ftw fta ntfC W e r J
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Charles Tedesco is the founder
o f Smoking Release Associates in
La Quinta, Calif. For helpful tips
on stopping smoking, take the
Quitters ’ Quiz found at the SRA
w esite
at
w w w .S m o k in g R e le a se .c o m
or
w rite
Tedesco
at
ct@SmokingRelease.com.
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fo r ourselves.
If you w ant to stop smoking,
one way o f fertilizing your mind is
to think this thought: “I w onder
how easy it can be to stop sm ok­
ing?” W ondering how difficult it
can be is feeding your mind a poi­
son . There ’ s no time like the present
to start the process o f stopping
smoking. Build up to it over the
course of at least a few weeks, as
you get more and more consistent
at taking care o f yourself, of keep­
ing your word to yourself.
T hen let it go, and w atch your­
self blossom .
Diabetes—If You're At Risk, Get Screened
HOLLA students
will also produce
and star in a
A new
how we take care o f ourselves.
If we look at w ays nature re­
news itself during this tim e of year,
we can rem em ber that we have the
pow er w ithin us to renew our­
selves. T hings that grow in the
ground renew them selves with
w ater and sunshine. So do we.
A nim als that have recently
com e out o f hibernation during
the cooler m onths renew them ­
selves by exercise and stretching,
by being very active. W e hum ans
can do this too.
We fertilize our garden flowers
so that they w ill bloom and be
strong to handle the stresses o f
the heat o f the day. If we eat
sm arter, we give ourselves the
strength to w ithstand the stresses
in our lives and the challenges
that com e w ith releasing tobacco.
A nd w e fertilize our m inds w ith
positive th in k in g , choosing to
know that we can do that is right
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of the Columbia/Willamette
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