One can hardly pick up a frozen dinner, boxed cereal, or any prepackaged food and not notice the “Heart Healthy” label splashed all over the item. Relying on these marketing ploys alone will likely NOT provide much that is truly heart healthy.
You don’t have to scrupulously count calories or become obsessive about your diet to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. Here are 5 practical ways to make heart health an everyday thing.
Our remarkable brain helps us to remember yesterday’s events as well as those from a decade ago. It helps us to organize tasks, make decisions and plan activities in an orderly fashion. We learn, and we consider proper behavior to live a productive life.
Our brain also acts as the conductor leading the orchestra of body movements. The most sophisticated computers cannot rival the endless functions of the brain. Will Artificial Intelligence, or AI, someday surpass the brain’s powers? Only time will tell. For now, continuing to keep the brain healthy is the best course of action.
Meet our Employee of the Quarter for our Technical Division!
Crystal N. – Business Systems: Crystal has effectively juggled multiple system tasks to include but certainly not limited to being liaison for 3 server builds; successfully assisting with vendor development of new SWDIC technology to better serve our patients; the development and implementation of new clinical technology allowing SWDIC and CMI’s operations and patient flow to be more efficient; and supervising her own staff as they test the viability of the upcoming new RIS version. Crystal’s attitude and demeanor through all of this has been exemplary, never hesitating to stop and assist others with questions, and offering solutions to problematic issues; and tirelessly working with both Technical and Business Services staff. Her passion, knowledge and dedication are true assets to SWDIC.
Here are some fun facts about her:
1) How many years have you worked at SWDIC? – 10
2) What’s the most rewarding part of your job? – Helping users find solutions
3) Cowboys, Rangers, or Mavericks? – Cowboys
4) What’s #1 on your bucket list? – Skydive
5) If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? – Italy
6) What’s your lucky number – 7
7) What’s your favorite food? – All food
8) What would you do if someone gave you $100 today? – Get a massage
9) What are your hobbies? – What are hobbies? I have two newish babies under 3…
10) What is your favorite season of the year? – Spring
11) Where did you go to high school/college? – New Mexico State University (NMSU) and University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)
“Go Further With Food” is the theme for the 2018 National Nutrition Month. Each year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics holds a campaign to showcase how to eat right regardless of your lifestyle.
Before you decide this doesn’t apply to you and your family, think again. Our lives are busy and it’s easy to lose proper focus on what we eat each day. After school activities, work, scheduling conflicts, and multitasking, in general, can all present challenges to maintaining a healthy diet.
Meet our Employee of the Quarter!
Renae M., RN – Myelogram Coordinator: She has really gone above and beyond, this last quarter especially. We were short staffed at the busiest time of the year. She came in on her days off, filled in with training our new nurse and on many occasions she took care of employee health related duties also. She has floated to all departments without having to be asked to check on her coworkers. She has been the person we can depend on most with the green slips while Dwayne was out. We know we can depend on Renae, not just as an outstanding nurse and employee, but also as a role model. We truly appreciate her being a great team player. Continue reading “Meet our Employee of the Quarter!”
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A bone scan is the only way to diagnose osteoporosis before a broken bone happens. A bone density test, or DEXA scan, may be done on your hip or spine to estimate your bone density and determine if treatment is necessary.
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According to breastcancer.org, one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer over their lifetime.
