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HOLIDAY ► Continued from Page Cl several hundred calories, but if you return to a healthy lifestyle balancing adequate exercise and a nutritious meal plan you’ll soon be back to normal. The key is what you do during the other months of the year, i.e. cutting down on that fast food, excess sweets and getting those workouts in. Holiday recovery workout Try this training plan over the next four weeks, and it should help you catch up: Monday 20 minute Morning Walk Tuesday 20 minute Morning Walk Wednesday 20 minute Morning Walk Thursday 30 minute moderate intensity treadmill or aerobics Friday 30 minute moderate intensity treadmill or aerobics Saturday 30 minute moderate intensity treadmill or aerobics Total calories burned/week: Approx. 1,000 Your Trainer, A.D.
Have a question for A.D.? Send itto [email protected], or call (317) 592-9115. Anthony Davis is a certified personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise and a Certified Coach with the USA Track & Field Association. You can find more information about fitness and nutrition at www.echelonfit.com. Please consult your physician before pursuing an exercise activity.
Blacks (again) resolve to live healthier lives
By MAKEBRA M. ANDERSON NNPA National Correspondent
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) - It’s a similar song for most Americans who have made the same New Year’s resolution for the third year in a row - eat less, sleep more, work harder, and spend more time with family. But for African Americans, the need to exercise more and focus on health is not a simple resolution. It’s a matter of life
and death.
“It is so important for African Americans to get serious about their health because we’re getting disabled earlier and earlier and we are dying earlier and earlier,” says Maya Rockeymore, vice president of research and programs for the Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation.
Of the 15 leading causes of death in the United States, African Americans have higher death rates in 11 areas: heart disease, cancer, stroke, accidents, diabetes, flu and pneumonia, kidney diseases, septicemia, homicide, cirrhosis of the liver and hypertension. Cardiovascular disease
ranks as America’s and Black America’s No. 1 killer. The American Heart Association (AHA) reports that cardiovascular disease claims the lives of nearly 39 percent or 936,000 Americans each year. Roughly 40 percent of Black Americans have cardiovascular disease and 37 percent or 106,560 will
die from it.
There are approximately 64.4 million Americans living with some form of cardiovascular disease, whether its heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, congenital cardiovascular defects or hardening of the arteries. Of all cardiovascular cases, around 30 percent (19.3 million) are white men, 41 percent (26.4 million) are Black men, 24 percent (15.4 million) are white women and 40 percent (25.7 million) are Black
women.
The most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black men is prostate cancer; lung cancer is the second most commonly
diagnosed cancer among Black men
One contributor to cardiovascular disr ease is diabetes. Like other cardiovascular diseases, the number for Blacks with diabetes is higher than all other races. The American ^ Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that 11.4 percent or 2.7 million of all African Americans over 20 have some form of diabetes. That compares to 8.4 percent or 12.5 million whites in that same age category. Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States and J the second deadliest disease ' among Blacks. African Ameri1 cans with diabetes put them- , selves at a greater risk for other
diseases.
f Another contributor to cardiovascular disease is obesity. Approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese, the American Obesity Association (AOA) reports. Mexican Americans and Blacks are considerably more overweight and obese
that white Americans.
Between 1999 and 2000, the American Obesity Association reported that 73.4 percent of Mexican Americans were over-
weight and 34.4 percent were obese. Among African Americans, 69-6 percent were overweight and 39-9 percent were obese. During that same year, 62.3 percent of whites were overweight and 28.7 percent were obese. Among women African Americans have the highest prevalence of obesity at 50.8 percent and among men Hispanics have the highest prevalence at 29.4 percent. Again, Black America’s failing health can be attributed to diet choices, a lack of physical activity
and socioeconomic factors.
Although being “thick” is accepted in the Black community as a positive thing, living overweight leads to more serious health ailments. Like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity, African Americans are disproportionately represented among cancer patients. In 2003, the American Cancer Society (ACS) reported that approximately 1.3 million Americans were
diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is “a group of diseases characterized by uncontrollable growth and spread of abnormal cells.” Of the 1.3 million Americans diagnosed with cancer, Black men had a 20 percent higher incidence rate and a 40 percent higher death rate that white men. Roughly 132,700 Black men and women were diagnosed with cancer in 2003 and 63,100 died from it. The most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black men is prostate cancer (39 percent). Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black men at (16 percent), followed by rectum (9 percent). Among Black women the most common cancers are breast (31 percent), lung (13 percent), and colon and rectum (13 percent), according to the ACS. In addition to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer, Blacks are also over represented in the number of new HIV/AIDS cases. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that African Americans represent only 12 percent of the population, but account for 54 percent of all new AIDS cases. Significantly, Black women are more likely to get AIDS from heterosexual activity than white women. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 67 percent of Black women are infected that way, compared to 59 percent of white women. Of newly infected women in the U.S., approximately 64 percent are Black, 18 percent are white and 18 percent are Hispanic. Of newly-infected men, approximately 50 percent are Black, 30 percent are white and 20 percent are Hispanic. “We are less likely to have access to information in the inner city. Prevention isn’t a message that is concentrated in our neighborhood,” Rockeymore explains. “Black women are the highest and we’re contracting it from our men primarily through heterosexual contact. This is an issue Black women need to face head-on. I would urge women to have a frank discussion with the men in their life and protect themselves.” It’s the beginning of a new year and more African Americans have made resolutions about maintaining a healthier lifestyle. “We’re headed to higher and higher incidents of disability and higher rates of mortality. We have to look in the mirror and say this is self inflicted genocide,” Rockeymore declares. “We have the control to resist the elements, but if we don’t take that control and begin to lead different lives, we will continue to contribute to our own demise.”
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Riley ranked as a 'lop children's hospilal' in U.S. by Child Magazine
Special to The Recorder
The nationally distributed Child Magazine recently released its annual rankings of children’s hospitals in the United States. Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana’s only comprehensive children’s hospital, was ranked 18th overall out of nearly 150 children’s hospitals across the country. The Riley Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was also recognized and singled out as one of the top 5 NICUs in the United States. Riley was the only children’s hospital in Indiana to be recognized in any category by the magazine. “We are delighted to be recognized for the outstanding, and family-centered care that we provide to Indiana’s families and children,” said Ora Pescovitz, MD, president and CEO, Riley
Hospital for Children. “This recognition acknowledges the excellence in patient care that all of the physicians and staff at Riley perform each and every day. As Indiana’s only comprehensive children’s hospital, Riley continues to set the standard in pediatric care in Indiana and beyond. Everyone at Riley works harder each and everyday to provide the very best in care so that we can make the lives of our children and families better. We are pleased to be recognized.” “I also want to send a special word of praise to the neonatal care team at Riley for being recognized as the best of the best by Child Magazine,” Dr. Pescovitz added. “The Riley NICU continues to be regarded as one of the premier NICUs in the country and this recognition is another demonstration of the continued excellence that they perform day in and day out.”
The Riley Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was the first in Indiana and was established in 1970. The Riley NICU, its physicians and staff are highly regarded as national and international leaders in neonatal care. The Riley NICU has over 30 neonatologists, 180 neonatal nurses, and 20 neonatal respiratory therapists, as well as social workers, dieticians and other important staff The NICU also employs two parents lull time to work alongside the social workers as family support professionals. NICU survival rates have dramatically improved over the years due to improved obstetric care and prenatal diagnosis, surfactant therapy, sophisticated ventilators, ECMO, other microtechnology (intravascular catheters, etc), microlaboratory techniques, as well as greatly improved non-in-vasive monitoring technology, advanced nutritional support, and
improved surgical and anesthetic techniques. Riley continues to be a national leader in pediatric care, and the latest acknowledgement by Child Magazine is one of many recent awards and recognition that Riley and its staffhave received in recent months and adds to the continued leadership and expertise in pediatrics that only Riley offers. The Child Magazine rankings were based on a variety or criteria. To begin with each hospital considered had to be one of the 144 full voting members of the N ational Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions. The field was then narrowed to nearly 100 based on a hospital’s evaluation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), anonprofitagencythat visits each hospital and grades it on medication use, infection control, and more.
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Avoid a stroke in 10 minutes Residents living in and around the Indianapolis community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke. Life Line Screening will be at the Castleton Church of the Nazarene on Jan.14, located at 7848 Allisonville Road. Appointments will begin at 9 a.m. Screenings are fast, painless and low cost. They involve the use of ultrasound technology, and scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which can lead to a stroke, aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta, and hardening of the arteries in the legs, which are a strong predictor of heart disease. Also offered for men and women, is a bone density screening to assess their risk for osteoporosis. Each screening reguires 10 minutes or less to complete. A complete vascular screening package, including the Stroke/Carotid Artery, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Ankle Brachial Index (hardening of the arteries) screenings is $109. Sign-up for a complete vascular package; include the osteoporosis screening and pay only $129. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1-800-697-9721. Pre-registration is reguired.
Upcoming blood drives in Marion County Indiana Blood Center will conduct blood drives in January at the following locations in Marion County: Tuesday, Jan. 11,11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Canteen Vending, 3800 S. Shelby. Each donor will receive a free T-shirt. Tuesday, Jan. 11,4-7 p.m.: Lakewood Lodge Alliance, 6630 Glenbrook Dr. Each donor will receive a free T-shirt. For more information, contact Adrian Conwell at (317) 259-0521. Wednesday, Jan. 12,9-11 a.m.: Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, 2600 S. Harding. Each donor will receive a free Tshirt and walk-ins are welcome. Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good general health and present photo I.D. prior to donating. For more information call (317) 916-5150 or 1-800-632-4722.