Diabetes and food

Diabetes and food

SALEM

Choosing the right foods to eat during the holidays is important for everyone, but especially for people with diabetes, a chronic condition that causes a person’s blood glucose or sugar levels to rise higher than normal, according to officials from the Salem Regional Medical Center’s Wound Healing Center.

The SRMC offers holiday eating tips for people with diabetes.

Plan ahead: Know what you will eat, how much you will eat and what time you will eat.

Plan favorite dishes: Prepare healthful versions of favorite dishes by using fat-free or low-fat ingredients and baking foods instead of frying them.

Be selective of foods: For instance, if homemade mashed potatoes are something looked forward to, consider passing on the rolls; and take smaller “sample size” portions.

Dessert: Volunteer to bring a healthful, homemade dessert to the holiday gathering.

Sledding safety

COLUMBUS

A study by Nationwide Children’s Hospital found sledding leads to an average of more than 20,000 injuries each year. The hospital offers injury information and sledding safety tips by Tracy Mehan, manager of translational research.

Injury statistics

Injuries often occur when the sled hits a stationary object or when the child falls off the sled.

Bruises, cuts and broken bones are the most common injuries.

Head and neck injuries are common among children 6 and younger.

The most common injuries are fractures and cuts and bruises.

The majority of injuries occur during a collision.

Overall, the head was the most commonly injured body part.

Sledding safety tips

Teach children to have an adult with them when they go sledding.

Avoid sledding near trees, fences and light poles or on rocky hills.

Always go down the hill feet first.

Do not sled in the street or on a highway.

Never ride a sled being pulled by a car, ATV, snowmobile or other motorized vehicle.

Avoid sledding on driveways, hills or slopes that end in a street, drop-off, parking lot, river or pond.

Immunization clinic

WARREN

The childhood immunization clinic of the Warren City Health District, 258 E. Market St., Suite 327, for January, February and March will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 9 and 23; Feb. 6 and 27; and March 13 and 27.

All clinics are walk-in; no appointment is necessary. Children should be well and be free of fever, rash or illness. An updated shot record is required. A $10-per-shot administration fee is charged. Most insurances are accepted, but some may require co-pays. Bring all applicable insurance cards. For information, call 330-841-2596.

ACH names director

AKRON

Dr. Berrin Ergun-Longmire, M.D., has been named director of the Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Akron Children’s Hospital. Most recently, she was chief of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes in the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine at the University of Toledo. Also, she was an attending physician in Akron Children’s Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology from 2009 to 2012.

After completing medical school at Istanbul University in Turkey, Dr. Ergun-Longmire completed residencies in internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology at hospitals in Turkey. After completing numerous other residencies and fellowships in the United States, she worked as an attending physician at assistant professor rank at Mount Sinai.