Tips for a healthy heart

Tips for a healthy heart

SALEM

During February, which is American Heart Month, the staff of Salem Regional Medical Center’s Wound Healing Center is urging residents to take steps to keep their hearts healthy.

Registered Nurse Dawn Thomas, program director at SRMC’s Wound Healing Center, says maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle is vital for everyone, but especially those with chronic or nonhealing wounds.

SRMC’s Wound Healing Center offers these tips to help keep the heart healthy: get 30 minutes of exercise most days ; don’t smoke or use tobacco products; eat a heart-healthy diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and other low-fat sources of protein; maintain a healthy weight; ensure quality sleep by making it a priority; manage stress in healthy ways such as using positive self-talk, doing things enjoyable and take time to relax; and get regular screenings, including blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes screenings.

Total hip and knee replacement

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.

The Joint Commission is offering a new Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical-access hospitals and ambulatory-surgery centers seeking to elevate the quality, consistency and safety of their services and patient care.

The on-site review and advanced certification requirements include procedures associated with the orthopedic consultation, pre-operative, intraoperative and post-surgical orthopedic surgeon follow up care. An organization must have achieved Joint Commission Hospital, Critical Access Hospital or Ambulatory Care Accreditation in order to be eligible for this certification program. Organizations must also meet the general eligibility requirements of Joint Commission Disease-Specific Certification.

Organizations interested in Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement can request an application. For information, email the certification@jointcommission.org or call 630-792-5291.

Herbal remedies lecture scheduled

YOUNGSTOWN

A one-hour Phoenix House Fundraiser and lecture on “Healing with Herbal Remedies” is offered by Dr. Dannielle MacDuff at 7 p.m. March 3, 10, 24 and 31 at ITT Technical School/Center, 1030 N. Meridian Road. A $40 minimum donation gets guests in for all classes in March, including materials, and goes toward the Phoenix House Wellness Center Scholarship Fund.

The March classes are part one of a three-part course during 2016. Each course consists of four sessions. For information and to register, call 330-505-3515. Free parking, samples and door prizes are provided.

Eating Disorders Awareness

NEW YORK CITY

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is launching its 29th annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week), Feb. 21-27, with a campaign to bring public attention to the critical needs of people with eating disorders and their families. The focus of this year’s campaign is on early detection and intervention.

Themed “3 Minutes Can Save a Life: Get Screened. Get Help. Get Healthy;” in 2016, NEDA has partnered with Screening for Mental Health, Inc., to develop an anonymous, free, online screening, which takes as little as just three minutes to complete, from which participants can learn if it’s time to seek professional help.

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder and 30 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their life. While recovery is possible, early intervention and treatment are key and many people don’t always recognize the signs.