August 29, 2007
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H ealth MATTERS
Robin Roberts: Prognosis ‘Quite Good’
H ealth W atch
Adventist Medical Center Support Groups
Adventist at 10123 SE Market St. offers a wide assortment o f
support and educational programs throughout the month:
• Bereavement Support Group meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays,
from 10a.m. to 11:30a.m., to learn morecall503-251-6192ext5670.
• Better Breathers. COPD and asthma educational support meets
on the I st Tuesday of the month in the Patio Room, from 1:15 p.m.
to 2:45 p.m.. for more information call 503-251 -6830.
• Cancer Support Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ot
each month at 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., please call 503-251 -6305 for more
information.
• Chronic Pain Support Group meets the 1st Wednesday at 4 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and the 3rd Wednesday of each month, from 7 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Call 503-256-4000 for more information.
• Heart Talk Support Group meets on the 2nd Monday of each
month, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Sept. 10th meeting features special
motivational guest speaker Jeff Hardesty, and author of 'M ake Mine
a T rip le... Bypass That Is.' Call 503-251 -6260 for more information.
• Smoke-Free Support Group meets Mondays, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m..call
503-256-4000 for more information.
Diabetes Self-Management
Wednesday. Sept. 5, Adventist Medical Center, 10123 SE Market St.,
will provide classes teaching self-care techniques tor living with
diabetes. Contact 503-261-6003 for more information.
Prepared Childbirth
Sunday, Sept. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Adventist Medical Center,
10123 SE Market St., will offer the accelerated one-day class to
prepare new parents for labor and delivery. Pre-registration is
required: cost is $85 per couple (lunch included), to register call 503-
2564000.
Becoming Smoke-Free, Staying Smoke-Free
M ondays, Sept. 10 and Sept. 17. from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Adventist
M edical Center. 10123 SE M arket St., will provide practical
guidance and ongoing support to break free of nicotine addic­
tion. Cost is $30 for 2 sessions, to register call 503-256-4000.
Managing Menopause: How to Transition with Grace,
Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. Providence St. Vincent
Medical, 9205 SW Barnes Rd., provides discussions on the latest
research on menopause and managing the symptoms. Contact 503-
574-6595 for more information.
Role of Natural Medicine in Cancer Treatment
Thursday, Sept. 20, from 6:30p.m. to 8:30p.m., Providence St. Vincent
Medical, 9205 SW Barnes Rd., teaching safe and scientifically
natural therapies that may help to remain cancer free. Contact 503-
574-6595 for more information.
Breast Feeding Classes
Thursday, Sept. 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.. Adventist Medical
Center, 10123 SE Market St., provides expectant parents the oppor­
tunity to learn the benefits of breast feeding. Cost $30 per couple, to
register call 503-256-4000.
Comprehensive Wellness Screening
Thursday, Sept. 20. Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital. 1015 NW 22
Ave., will offer an extensive heart and stroke screening package
aimed at staying healthy through early detection. Pre-registration is
required; screening cost $175. For more detailed information and
registration, contact 503-335-3500.
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Thankful for
early detection
(AP) - Robin Roberts' progno­
sis is "quite good."
"The cancer is out of my body,
and I'm healing from the surgery,"
the "Good Morning America" co­
host told The Associated Press in
a telephone interview Thursday.
"Hopefully, the plan now is to keep
it out."
She announced on ABC's morn­
ing show July 31 that she had been
diagnosed with breast cancer and
underwent surgery Aug. 3.
The 46-year-old Roberts said
doctors will wait several weeks tor
her to heal before having her un­
dergo more treatment, which may
mean chemotherapy. Roberts said
she did not want to be specific
about her treatment until she is
certain what it will be.
"The prognosis is quite good,"
she said. "I did find it in the early
stages. I am very confident and they
(doctors) are very confident that it is
going to be tine. The road getting
there is going to be a little bumpier
than I anticipated and they antici­
pated. 1 am better off than so many
people who find it so late and that is
Robin Roberts on her return to ABC's 'Good Morning America' in New York.
why I am grateful and that again is
why my battle cry isearly detection."
Roberts, who grew up in Pass
Christian, Miss., said her mother
"was fussing at me" forretum ing to
work less than two weeks after her
surgery.
developing world, the toxin now
threatens U.S. consumers. If even
toothpaste is susceptible to con­
tamination by unregulated
foreign companies, imag­
ine the potential for disas­
ter in something as lucra­
by P eter J. P in s
tive as fake drugs.
C ounterfeit C olgate
Several members of Con­
toothpaste containing
gress have introduced leg­
diethylene glycol, a poi­
islation to allow the impor­
sonous chemical used in
tation of pharmaceuticals
a n tifre e z e ,
recen tly
turned up in discount grocery from abroad, promising that imports
will be closely scrutinized and only
stores all over the East Coast.
This dangerous chemical has permitted from certain countries.
But the reality is not so simple.
long been used by chemical com ­
panies in China as a substitute for Drugs purchased from "safe" coun­
more expensive glycerin, an ingre­ tries may well have originated from
dient necessary for toothpaste, othercountries where there are ample
soap, and other cosm etics and opportunities for counterfeits to enter
the legitimate supply chain.
drugs.
Indeed, the World Health Orga-
Previously only a problem in the
The dangers
of drug
importation
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According to the federal Joint
percent of globally traded drugs
are counterfeit. Most originate in Terrorism Task Force, terrorists
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nology is m aking production ing weakened chains of pharma­
cheaper and safety regulations are ceutical custody in North America.
poorly enforced — perfect condi­ In a recent report, the task force
tions for manufacturing and dis­ revealed that a terrorist ring with
ties to Hezbollah has been import­
tributing fake drugs.
Making matters even more wor­ ing counterfeit drugs into the U.S.
risome, penalties for counterfeiters through Canada.
Congress has a responsibility to
are relatively slight. In South
protect
Americans from overseas
America, selling cocaine will land a
threats,
not expose them to those
person in jail for 15 years, but mak­
hazards.
Unfortunately, Congress
ing and selling fake medicine gets
the perpetrator six months. These seems not to have learned from
small risks — especially whencom- A m erica’s recent ordeal with
bined with the potential financial tainted toothpaste.
Peter J. Pitts is president o f the
rewards - have contributed to the
Center fo r Medicine in the Public
rapid growth of counterfeiting.
By 2010. it's estimated that glo­ Interest and a former Associate
bal counterfeit drug sales will total Commissioner o f the FDA.
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Since being diagnosed with the
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