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The INDEPENDENT, February 3, 2011
Wear red tomorrow to support women’s fight against heart disease
On February 4th, the Ameri-
can Heart Association asks
women – and the men who love
them – to show their support
for the fight against heart dis-
ease in women by wearing red.
It’s an easy, powerful way to
speak up and show support for
Go Red For Women®, the
American Heart Association’s
solution to save women’s lives.
Go Red For Women invites
women to make it their mission
and help save lives by telling
five women from their personal
network that they want them to
live. At GoRedForWomen.org,
women can learn more about
how to Tell 5 and can donate to
help save someone they love
from heart disease.
In the past, the public has
associated heart disease pri-
marily with men. Historically,
men have also been the basis
for research used to develop
treatment guidelines and pro-
grams. This led to a lowered
awareness level among women
and healthcare providers. Only
65 percent of women realize
heart disease is their No. 1
killer (up from 34 percent in
2000) and less than half can
identify healthy levels for car-
diovascular risk factors like
blood pressure and cholesterol.
Because more than 420,000
women die each year from car-
diovascular disease, women
need to know they are at risk so
they can take action to protect
their health.
One in three women has
some form of cardiovascular
disease, and it kills more than
420,000 every year, which is
about one every minute. When
it comes to risk, about 90 per-
cent of all US women have one
or more risk factors for devel-
oping heart disease. Risk fac-
tors include exposure to tobac-
co smoke, high blood choles-
terol, high blood pressure,
physical inactivity, obesity/over-
weight and diabetes.
Common symptoms women
may experience when having a
cardiac event include:
• Uncomfortable pressure,
fullness, squeezing or pain in
the center of the chest lasting
more than a few minutes.
• Pain spreading to the
shoulders, neck or arms. The
pain may be mild to intense. It
may feel like pressure, tight-
ness, burning, or heavy weight.
It may be located in the chest,
upper abdomen, neck, jaw, or
inside the arms or shoulders.
• Chest discomfort with light-
headedness, fainting, sweat-
ing, nausea or shortness of
breath.
• Anxiety, nervousness and
/or cold, sweaty skin.
• Paleness or pallor.
See Wear red on page 16
Oregon State Hospital hopes to find families of deceased patients
While the Oregon State Hos-
pital has made strides toward
improving care and treatment
for the patients of today, there
is unfinished work in honoring
patients of previous genera-
tions.
Oregon State Hospital is the
custodian of the cremated re-
mains of approximately 3,500
people who died between 1914
and the 1970s while living at
Oregon State Hospital, Oregon
State Tuberculosis Hospital,
Mid-Columbia Hospital, Dam-
masch State Hospital, Oregon
State
Penitentiary,
and
Fairview Training Center.
These cremains were never
claimed.
The hospital hopes to
change that and unite the cre-
mains with family members. To
that end, the hospital has post-
ed online the list of names of
the people whose cremains are
in its possession. Hospital offi-
cials urge anyone who thinks
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he or she may have a family
member who passed away at
one of these institutions to re-
view the list. As soon as the
connection can be confirmed,
the hospital will make arrange-
ments for the cremains to be
sent to the family.
“It was the discovery of the
Room of Forgotten Souls in
2004 that served as the cata-
lyst for the construction of a
new Oregon State Hospital and
a new devotion to improving
the mental health care system
in our state,” said Senate Pres-
ident Peter Courtney (D-Salem/
Gervais/Woodburn). “We owe it
to these former patients to
make every effort to reunite
their cremains with their fami-
lies.”
Courtney authored the law
that allows Oregon State Hos-
pital to make public the names
and dates of birth of those for-
mer patients whose cremated
remains are in its possession.
This information otherwise
would be protected by medical
confidentiality laws.
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The list of names for the de-
ceased is posted on the Ore-
gon State Hospital website at
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/m
entalhealth/osh/cremains.shtml
.
Names are listed alphabeti-
cally, and listings include the
date of birth and the date of
death, when known. Families
who identify relatives on this list
should contact the hospital’s
Medical Records Services at
503-945-2976. You can also
reach Medical Records Ser-
vices by e-mail at osh.cre-
mains@state.or.us or postal
mail: OSH Medical Record Ser-
vices, 2600 Center St. NE,
Salem, OR, 97301.
Additionally, Oregon State
Hospital is planning a memorial
to honor those patients whose
remains were unclaimed for
decades and those that may
never be claimed. This project,
a collaboration with the Oregon
Arts Commission, is funded
through the Percent for Art in
Public Places Program in the
new hospital’s construction
budget. It is expected to be
complete in 2012.
“We hope all remains will be
united with family, but we also
know that may not be possible
given how much time has
passed,” said Superintendent
Greg Roberts. “Those remains
that stay at the hospital will be
given a final resting place with
all due dignity and respect.”
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800-294-5211
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1-800-
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